Now if you had a Golden Hawk with a Paxton blower that is a completely different story.
Going back a long time, one of our small town police men had (I think a 56 Stude lowboy). It had been ordered by the Saskatoon City Police, they decided to sell that one because they had too many. I heard my older brother talking to his friends saying don’t try to out run George, but the the RCMP were okay. By 1964 you pretty well knew you couldn’t out run George, but the RCMP with their 283 Chev/Pontiacs, Fords were fair game.
George’s Lowboy was apparently ordered as a highway pursuit car. Fortunately George only had jurisdiction if you broke a town law. He was a very understanding officer.
Of course it would be. Sort of like having a hemi charger might be different then a 318.
But then, look at what this guy is asking for his pile of rot. You can go buy a Silver Hawk and drive it home, take it to the next car show for what this guy is asking for his clapped out shell.
Because the old guys that loved the Studebakers are gone.
I don't use old guys in some condescending tone. It's the facts of life. If you were a young man when these Chargers were ripping it up then you have a whole lot more memory and nostalgia and appreciation of the car, then some 35 year old would.
I bet George had something to say when telling stories about his time. Young people don't even know what a Studebaker is. Who do you think is willing to pay more?
We all get old, we all have "the golden days" in our own heads, and try as we might we can't let someone else experience our life so they can truly understand it. All we can do is tell stories. Some day, sooner then we all like to think, we won't be there to tell stories and the cars will have to sell themselves without any nostalgia hype to inflate the price. Then you get the Silver Hawks, the Model A, even stuff like the 57 Chevy.
Not sure why I get a red X for being real about it. The last 25 years has shown everything I write to be true. The car shows where the Model A club used to have their own patch of real estate and a parade coming and going are down to a couple guys that get there early to stake out a spot by each other to sit in the shade. The Studebaker club used to bring 60 cars to my local show in Iola. We average a dozen or so now and half of those are local guys and it includes the Kaisers. That's life. 57 Chevy was a 6 figure car 25 years ago. I can buy them local for 20k now, couple a year over the summer will pop up for the last few years now. Hype sets the price.
If you were 15-25 when these muscle cars were new, you are old. You don't have to act or feel it, but that's the truth.
