SOLVED: si_852 - Studebaker - Lark - by Rappold

[sichel]

The last car is always an estate.
What is this one here and who built it?

[sichel]

Which expert has the solution?

[marmer]

Rappold Studebaker Lark VIII hearse, 1961

[sichel]

Rappold and Studebaker Lark are correct,  but my source mentions a later year of construction.
Locked for marmer.

[marmer]

If it's later than 1961 it has to be 1962, as the Lark received a major redesign for the 1963 model year, with a distinctly different (flatter) windscreen.  Of course the Rappold body could have been fitted later, but I can't find the Rappold book.

[sichel]

My source (a book, but not the Rappold book) mentions 1964, the well-known forum on the subject of coachbuilders mentions 1961. It is quite possible that it is as you say and that the conversion took place quite late. I consider the mystery solved and leave the year of construction in the title open.