February 7, 2013 - Updated information on this post:
SOLD I am selling as a package for $2500 the following:
one '51 Commander parts car
one '50 Champion Starlight coupe project vehicle (pictured above) with complete 6 cylinder Champion engine with transmission and overdrive.
The 232 cubic inch engine is rebuilt. The transmission was checked by a transmission shop and it is good.
Also included: many extra fenders, doors, and Starlight glass
The 232 cubic inch engine is rebuilt. The transmission was checked by a transmission shop and it is good.
Also included: many extra fenders, doors, and Starlight glass
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Please contact me if interested at wsanders98@gmail.com .
This 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coupe (pictured above) originally had a Champion 6 cylinder and 3 speed with over drive.
This vehicle shown above has wrap around back glass, a characteristic of the Starlight.
This vehicle was primarily housed in a barn for many years. This is what I know about its history: the last license plate on it was Arkansas 1963. It was bought by a man from Oklahoma and put in his barn, until a friend of mine discovered it and put it in his barn in Holden, Louisiana.
The little 6 cylinder Studebaker cars of this era
could get 27 mpg, but that was not a big selling feature back then because gas was so cheap. Studebaker would almost always win the Mobile Economy Run-an annual event in which the automobile industry competed for best mileage awards.
It is said that some of the drivers at this event taped an egg to the accelerator so that they could only apply gentle pressure on the accelerator, thus, improving their gas mileage.
This picture is a drive-in movie speaker box that was mounted in the rear seat of this Starliner coupe by a previous owner. It was quite common for vehicle owners to install a drive-in speaker box as a rear radio speaker.
