61 Studebaker Lark CT highway Dept.

[Foxer]

I drove a 60 or 61 Lark all summer for the Connecticut Highway Dept. taking traffic surveys all over the state. We'd sit in school desk chairs at shopping malls and take license plate numbers. They used this to graph traffic patterns. The Larks were our home for the day with all our lunches and sleeping quarters for smoke breaks. This model will be a nice representation of a car I "owned" The 1:1's were about 10 year old State cars on their last duty station. We were prospective State Engineers for the Highway Dept. The cars did take us everyday to a different city diligently, with college break abuse firmly applied. They were all black 4-doors with no options. I don't remember what the interior was and have to begin research.

The model is a Johan 1961 Studebaker Lark friction wheel Promo with a missing wheel, grill and a broken front bumper end. The 1:1 car I'm replicated was a 4-door '60-61, so a '61 2-door will be close enough. I found it for $10 at the Bennington Toy Show and ebay has them for like $50, so whats a few pieces to make or replace.

The body is pretty straight, slight lower mid warp and top hsd small warp the hopefully window can straighten. The glass has yellowed but might look good on a dirty, unpolished, scratched State black.

Edited February 12, 2017 by Foxer