Ever wanted to let a horse convince you of your next automotive purchase? Do we have the video for you!
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@-oiiio-3993 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Ed was the true 'Stable Genius'.
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
Hahaha.
@moboutmen Жыл бұрын
BRILLIANCE!
@hutchcraftcp3 жыл бұрын
My first car...2 door white with blue interior. I loved it. Lasted 20 years
@drakbar59573 жыл бұрын
A Mr Ed endorsement works for me! The 62 Larks looked better than previous editions, but the 64’s were the bomb.
@Paramount531 Жыл бұрын
I agree, the 64 was a very attractive facelift. I just wish it had sold well enough to keep them going.
@gcfifthgear4 жыл бұрын
Connie Hines was the wife on Mr. "Ed." (I don't recall Barbara Billingsley driving a car until after Ward Cleaver passed away in "Still the Beaver.")
@barrythomason38116 ай бұрын
Great cars! Straight six, would run forever. Loved mine!!! Dad
@jimmyb15593 жыл бұрын
The Lark looked boxy and I didn’t like it back then. But I like it now and would love to own one! Thanks for the memories!
@robertlipshutz86113 жыл бұрын
Mr. Ed was a persuasive spokeshorse.
@StudebakerMuseum3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. Especially considering he can't even drive...
@-oiiio-3993 Жыл бұрын
The true 'stable genius'.
@seed_drill7135 Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t there an episode where he did?
@bittagrit36883 жыл бұрын
I loved my black ‘62 Lark... it always got attention!
@KingOFuh Жыл бұрын
RIP Bamboo Harvester, aka Mister Ed (1949-1968). A horse is a horse, of course, of course, but that is not Allan Lane's voice, of course. Nay. But I love that Lark convertible.
@jimmccord487 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Ed.....what an actor!
@eeblatter2 ай бұрын
I loved my 60 Lark 8 convertible. So fun to drive and got lots of attention.
@helios19123 жыл бұрын
This production has more artistry and content than today's "Closed Course" frenetic chases Thanks for the post of this timeless gold.
@StudebakerMuseum3 жыл бұрын
Happy to post it!
@helios19123 жыл бұрын
@@StudebakerMuseum Thanks for the quick reply. I took a tour of the South Bend plant with Arnold Altman in 1981. It was the Avanti with the Monte Carlo chassis model. Nice guy and interesting business model.
@glennso472 жыл бұрын
@@StudebakerMuseum I wonder if Studebaker could come back and get into the electric car market. 🤔. They couldn’t do any worse than GM, or Fiskar 🔥💥
@StudebakerMuseum2 жыл бұрын
@@glennso47 Studebaker did build electric cars back in the early 1900s. However, their top speed for about 25 mph so they might want to work on that first.
@moboutmen Жыл бұрын
Drive a Lark while smoking Lark cigarettes. Egad, what a time it was!
@snapfinger1 Жыл бұрын
A convenient ash tray when enjoying your Lark cigarette.
@tracykingston9668 Жыл бұрын
In the back seat also . Studebaker thought of everything. Back seaters are important also.
@MisterMikeTexas11 ай бұрын
I'll take the hardtop with the 4 on the floor! 😊
@HeyThereItsMeHere Жыл бұрын
Wow, that was a lot of car!
@70schild420 Жыл бұрын
Back when a car was a tank!!
@mistergrandpasbakery9941 Жыл бұрын
I miss seeing Studebakers on the road!
@friendofdorothy93767 ай бұрын
The lady was delightful to listen to and look at. 👍
@Keltster2 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure that’s ELOISE HARDT who used to be on the DENNIS O’KEEFE SHOW. HARDT almost made it to 100 yrs.
@kevinferris15892 жыл бұрын
If they can bring back the mammoth, maybe they can also bring back the Studebaker!
@neildickson53946 жыл бұрын
Love those Skytop's!
@neildickson53944 жыл бұрын
I'd like to have been in charge of expenditures for sponsoring Mr. Ed at Studebaker-Packard. There would have had to be one shot at the very least of a Studebaker every episode. I watch the program on Light TV and it's extremely rare to even glimpse a Studebaker. The dealers sure didn't get their money's worth.
@leegraves101 Жыл бұрын
The characters on the show drove Studebakers so they showed occasionally.
@ACF6180T3 жыл бұрын
Always liked the Studebaker mid 60's larks wish they hung in there a little longer instead of folding up! but at least they did not go bankrupt . Thanks for the awesome video
@StudebakerMuseum3 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@T-41 Жыл бұрын
The 1962 styling changes were very attractive and well received. Sales of these Lark models was quite a bit better than 1961. 1962 also saw the first Brooks Stevens designed Gran Turisimo Hawk , a stunningly beautiful update of the long running Hawk line. Unfortunately competition primarily from the Big 3 compacts and Rambler was so strong Studebaker sales didn’t get high enough to breakeven financially.
@gerardvye9015Ай бұрын
Due to financial problems they put all their eggs in one basket that was the compact car market and oh yes the sporty Avanti
@domitilla10_- Жыл бұрын
Man, those cars look snazzy. Mr. Ed did a fine job.
@se2702 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Mr. Ed could drive as well as he could surf?
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
It stands to reason. He was a very talented horse after all.
@gadgettherobotstudios6055Ай бұрын
Looks alot better than a Cybertruck, and thats saying something
@michaeltipton55004 ай бұрын
Our next door neighbor had 2 Studebakers. Lark and Hawk.
@davidquinn9676 Жыл бұрын
What a huge trunk. At 0:33 I thought she was opening the front hood.
@mgabrysSF Жыл бұрын
... and a metal dashboard - so sturdy - that when your head bounces off it - it'll be rinse-and-ready for the next owner. Guaranteed!
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
Safety was slowly becoming more of a consideration--just not quite there yet.
@tracykingston9668 Жыл бұрын
It is very durable though and won't discolor and rot from the intense summer sun of 100 degree weather.
@henryweaver667 Жыл бұрын
I have one on order now...bought mine on line, put down My 69.90 cash dep....
@windwardhaven Жыл бұрын
For a moment I thought I was looking at a 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE Convertible....
@msquaretheoriginal Жыл бұрын
Studebaker was the US distributor for Mercedes at the time, so similarities in styling were more than coincidental.
@eddihaskell3 жыл бұрын
Arnold Ziffel and Eva Gabor once did a Cadillac Coupe De Ville commercial. Can someone find it and post it?
@stephenstearns4342 Жыл бұрын
Joanna Barnes is lady in this Lark Commercial
@KingOFuh Жыл бұрын
It looks just like her, but Barnes was so well-known by then that it is strange her name wasn't mentioned, i.e., "And now, Miss Joanna Barnes for the Studebaker Lark". Still, you may be right because it looks just like her.
@alanstrong55 Жыл бұрын
Studebaker was such a fine make. Did not deserve to die.
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
And that's why we exist. To keep that legacy alive!
@seattlebeard Жыл бұрын
I don't remember seeing a Lark convertible. Were they rare? Love the video. :o)
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
There are less than there are standard Larks, but you can certainly find one to purchase even today.
@ericchristen26239 ай бұрын
Love it!
@SnepperStepTV4 ай бұрын
I missed the first two seconds and was extremely confused when the horse didn't show up at all to tell us about the 1962 studebakers
@JRS-iq9pz Жыл бұрын
Too bad Studebaker isn't around anymore. They started in 1852 making wagons.
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
Yep! They had over a century on wheels!
@mikehunt8997 Жыл бұрын
Show us tour Lark!
@mrstacyj9496 Жыл бұрын
have a Lark! have a Lark! have a Lark Today!
@02chevyguy Жыл бұрын
Cigarettes.
@doncuddihee20872 жыл бұрын
Hoofy. Didn’t need Mr Ed. The Lark is a lark, a beauty without a need for equine introduction.
@StudebakerMuseum2 жыл бұрын
It is certainly an odd choice of spokesman! Spokeshorse?
@ACF6180T3 жыл бұрын
Love the whole line up! where is the P/U truck ? Thanks for the video.
@StudebakerMuseum3 жыл бұрын
Not sure. We don't have much information on the thought behind commercials unfortunately.
@ACF6180T3 жыл бұрын
@@StudebakerMuseum Okay thank you for your reply.
@seed_drill7135 Жыл бұрын
Appeared to only be showcasing Larks. Didn’t see the Hawk here either.
@davidpancerev9658 Жыл бұрын
Hey, Studebaker Museum..were you ever familiar with the Kliment Brothers' Studebaker dealership in Forest Hills(Pittsburgh area)Pa ? Circa 1954-2001ish. Had many Stude artifacts. Longtime local business. Do you have any of their items ?
@tomservo56954 Жыл бұрын
I never saw the logic in a car company sponsoring a show with a large kid audience...they may be able to nag their parents into buying any number of things, but not an automobile.
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
The better question is why would anyone take car advice from a talking horse? The real question.
@KingOFuh Жыл бұрын
Most of Mr. Ed's audience were American adults. It wasn't a kid's show. LOL
@tomservo56954 Жыл бұрын
@@KingOFuh A family show has a large portion of its audience as children
@gcfifthgear Жыл бұрын
@@StudebakerMuseum As you no doubt already know, "Mr. Ed" was the only television show in which a horse sold horsepower!
@stevenschiffel42944 ай бұрын
These cars had much more style than today's "cookie cutter" pieces of junk.
@larry930legend5 жыл бұрын
June Cleaver first vehicle,she even smoked a few just to get away from Ward,Wally and Beaver, must've had something going on with Wilbur.
@leslieeckhardt5044 жыл бұрын
It was a 1957 Ford Custom 300 in season 1 only. Following seasons had the Cleavers drive a series of Plymouths.
@glennso472 жыл бұрын
June Cleaver was in the movie “Airplane” talking jive with a couple of African Americans.
@-oiiio-3993 Жыл бұрын
@@glennso47 _Chump don't want no help, chump don't get no help._
@stevetaxpayer6664 Жыл бұрын
I saw Joy Behar but I didn't see Mister Ed.
@StudebakerMuseum Жыл бұрын
He's at the very beginning--I suppose a horse doesn't best show off the roomy interior.
@billj8527 Жыл бұрын
LOL, too funny!
@Tukwillie3 жыл бұрын
Her voice sounds like Margaret Sheridan (Thing from Another World). The look isn't quite right, though.
@richardrice403 жыл бұрын
Who's the spokeswoman?
@StudebakerMuseum3 жыл бұрын
Is she from the TV show?
@richardrice403 жыл бұрын
@@StudebakerMuseum No
@StudebakerMuseum3 жыл бұрын
@@richardrice40 I can look around, but Studebaker didn't always leave details about these sorts of videos...
@richardrice403 жыл бұрын
@@StudebakerMuseum Understand, don't waste a lot of time looking just thought somebody might know. Love the mueseum but liked it better in the old building but time marches on! 😢
@michaeltuz6083 жыл бұрын
Looks and sounds a lot like Julie Adams to me...
@cliftonjarvis8010 Жыл бұрын
Why in the hell did America car companies give up the market?