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Originally Posted by BluebottleFlyer
Anybody got any cars they particularly like, even if they've never driven in that car before, or if they've just driven it in a game? Mine is the Nissan Skyline, great car to drive in Gran Turismo 2/3.
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Man, I was wondering when somebody would start a thread like this!
I'm a HUGE fan of Classic automobiles, but my favorites, by far, are Studebakers. I'm a member of both the International and Palmetto(South Carolina)chapters of the Studebaker Drivers Club, who are dedicated to keeping as many of these cars and trucks on the road as possible. I've currently got two Studes, a 1951 Champion(the famed "bullet-nosed" cars)sedan, and a 1961 Lark VIII Cruiser, which has become my other daily driving car. I'm getting the '51 repainted soon, since I don't like the color, and will probably go with a Studebaker "official" color called "Black Cherry", which is a really, really dark maroon, so dark that it looks black in low light. Here's some pics of my rides"
First, the '51 Champion:
Next, the '61 Lark Cruiser:
This Cruiser is one of only two like it known to still be on the road; Studebaker made a very small number of Lark VIII Cruisers with the 289 V-8 engines in them, and less than half of those had automatic transmission, like mine. Of those, only two are known to have survived from 1961 to the current day. The color of this car is not original, but is a color used only on the "Golden Hawk" like of Studebaker cars, which were a very FAST luxury car of the day. The seats have been re-covered, and there is an after-market under-dash AC unit, as well as a modern AM-FM/CD four-speaker stereo system, but other than that, the car is completely original. I'm currently putting polyurethane shells in the wheel wells to prevent rust, and having some minor paint chips repaired.
If I could have ANY Studebakers I wanted, though, it would be a 1958 Hawk, a 1960 GT Hawk(the ones with the big tailfins, like the "Batmobile"), a 1955 President Speedster(with a speedometer that goes up to 160-how often do you see THAT in cars nowadays?), or a 1949 R10 Pickup.
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