Topic: Karn's Puzzle #1512 - Bob Doehler model 1961 Studebaker Compact

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

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[Otto Puzzell]

Expert point for the taking

[Otto Puzzell]

Moving to the top floor.

[Otto Puzzell]

Pro's Know

[Otto Puzzell]

I'm flabbergasted. I thought this one would go in the Rookie round.

[Allemano]

Italian bodied?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[white12]

I think it is a Studebaker New Lark aborted project styling model by the designer Bob Doehler in early sixties.

[Otto Puzzell]

That's the car!

In 1971, Doehler wrote:

"In the period following the scrapping of all new sheetmetal for the 1962 program, Studebaker Styling was in another of those all-too-frequent periods of indecision. Having nothing particular to do, I asked Randy Faurot if I could build a model of my idea of a small car on a 100-inch wheelbase. He readily consented, as it gave him one less man to make work for. So I went across the street (where most of the tools I needed were) and came up with this model. This was early in 1961. If the superstructure appears a little high, it's because the model was built to a headroom and seating package considerably more generous than they get by with today on the somewhat comparable Pinto and Vega."

~Special Interest Autos - Sept-Oct 1971 Issue
*Raymond Loewy alum and Studebaker's styling chief
 

[Allemano]

I could swear I've seen it somewhere else before...