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1963 Studebaker Lark Custom Ute

Greetings from the USA! My name is Chris Newell, and I live in Washington DC.

I’d like to invite Australian Studebaker enthusiasts to check out my 1963 Studebaker Lark.

It is of special interest as a unique vehicle and presented in the spirit of your many

decades-old heritage of defining utility work vehicles from automobiles.

My 1963 Studebaker Lark Ute was highlighted in the August 2026 edition of the

Studebaker Drivers Club official publication TURNING WHEELS, on page 56.

Converted from a 4-door Custom-8 Lark sedan that spent almost all of its life in California desert country, I brought the original car east to Maryland to have a well-known

Studebaker / Packard craftsman design and fabricate the utility conversion.

The work was done from 2022 to 2024 by a talented fabricator named

Ross Miller of Speedwell Garage, in Parkton, Maryland.

Ross has over 40 years of Studebaker maintenance and repair,

including utility conversions first with Packard sedans, then with Studebaker cars.

Great effort and care were taken to maintain originality.

Specifications include the following:
- 259 V8 (original engine)
- 3-speed automatic transmission
- Original Factory front disc brakes

- Factory power steering
- Dual exhaust
- Odometer shows 87,790 miles (exact mileage unknown)

I’d like to think if Studebaker had ever built a factory Lark Ute,

it would have looked something like this.

After two and a half years of ownership and 4,500 miles of attention-getting at

car shows along with driving enjoyment, I am considering selling this very rare vehicle.

While I have invested well over $30K USD, I am willing to negotiate

with serious inquirers and entertain all reasonable offers.

Located: USA, Washington DC.
Price: $POA

For more information contact;

Chris

USA Tel: (202) 793-0789 (text or voice) or

email: robertcnewell@gmail.com
 

Listed 12/10/26.