When Grills Were Grills
Nov 13, 2020 18:11:08 #
Nov 13, 2020 18:22:50 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
And bumpers were bumpers!! Oh where, oh where have they gone???
Nov 13, 2020 18:36:11 #
Had the '60 Lark convertible Black with Red upholstery and V8 - a veritable magnet back in the day!Nov 13, 2020 18:42:55 #
Nov 13, 2020 19:03:21 #
Learned how to drive in one of those Studebaker larks, my dad love Studebaker. He also had Champion with suicide doors, it was built like a tank. Thanks for the memories!
Nov 14, 2020 06:10:28 #
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Nov 14, 2020 10:19:33 #
ballsafire wrote:
And bumpers were bumpers!! Oh where, oh where have they gone???
One good thing about bumpers was that they avoided a lot of costly car repairs. If someone bumped into you in a parking lot about the only thing it did was scratch your bumper, nowadays it requires a trip to the body shop if you want to cough up the $500-$1000 deductible, first. No bumpers reduces the weight of the vehicle as well as the cost to the manufacturer.
Nov 14, 2020 11:26:16 #
I always enjoy seeing the vintage Larks as I helped build them 1962-1963. I worked in final assembly and light repair - 3rd shift. We got to take finished Larks and Avantis out to the back lot when they were ready for delivery. The red instrument panel lights in the Avanti looked so cool and racy in those dark early morning hours.
Nov 14, 2020 13:58:56 #
The Avanti lives on, in a sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avanti_(car) A few years ago I stopped to walk around the "new" Avantis on display at a dealer here in the Atlanta area. IIRC the ones I saw were attractive, seemed to be well-finished but definately old school in their technology. According to the Wiki a few were built with independent rear suspension but I don't think any of such were at the dealer where I visited. Lots of exclusivity, since they were essentially built to order. Thus expensive!
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Nov 14, 2020 15:38:37 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
daythedog wrote:
Canon 5D SR
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 G2
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 G2
Could have been mine. Hey, paid $100 for it!
Mine was a six, though.
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Nov 14, 2020 19:17:07 #
Back in the dim past my then Girlfriend's Father was the Director of a fish hatchery in Brevard, NC. The hatchery was probably under the aegis of the Forest Service. He had a government issued car, a Lark station wagon. Due to the specifications the government issued, it HAD to have a V-8. Given the location of Brevard and nearby illegal whiskey production, he wouldn't drive that vehicle to various areas where the trout were introduced, since it was a standard "gummit" color and had an official seal on its front doors. He did say that the V-8 might give him an edge if he needed it. 
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