Special Interest Autos Gives Studebaker Its Due In October Issue

24 August 2000
Special Interest Autos Gives Studebaker Its Due In October Issue
    BENNINGTON, Vt., Aug. 24 In an issue also featuring a Nash
and a GMC truck, perhaps the most loved automobile marque which is no longer
with us -- Studebaker -- takes center stage in a five-car comparison of post
war Studes.
    In the upcoming October, 2000 issue of Special Interest Autos magazine,
SIA Associate Editor Robert Gross lines up a 1950 Studebaker Champion, a 1957
Golden Hawk, a 1960 Lark, a 1963 Avanti, and a 1965 Wagonaire -- all owned by
members of the Ocean Bay chapter of the National Studebakers Driver's Club --
and has the five owners comment on each car.  The quintet drove each others'
cars through the scenic Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts and the
adjacent foothills of eastern New York, providing a challenging course for
these cars of yesteryear.
    In same issue, Gross also profiles the leader of another beloved, but
almost forgotten car company remembering Henry J. Kaiser not only as an
automotive pioneer, but as a great American entrepreneur.  Other driveReports
in this issue of Special Interest Autos include a 1949 GMC FC-152 pickup, a
1939 Nash 1060 Sedan, and a 1963 Rambler American Station Wagon.
    The October issue also provides readers with SIA's annual Top Ten Sleepers
-- ten cars currently available at prices less than $10,000 but with the
potential to become the more valuable classics of tomorrow.  Editor Richard
Lentinello provides informative and entertaining commentary on the following
"sleeper" picks, listed alphabetically:

    AMC Javelin, 1971-74
    Buick Riviera Gran Sport, 1965
    Chevrolet Corvette LS4 coupe, 1974
    Dodge/Shelby OMNI GLH-S, 1986
    Hudson Super Jet, 1953-54
    Jensen-Healey, 1972-75
    Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, station wagon 1970-72
    Pontiac Grand Prix, 1969-72
    Porsche 912, 1966-69
    Studebaker Lark V-8 convertible, 1960-63

    A look at model cars, book reviews, the calendar of upcoming events, and
columns by the editors round out the October issue.
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redesigned for a more contemporary look, including more color pages and action
photographs, along with additional editorial departments providing readers
with more information on hobby books, scale models, on-line resources, and
market values of collector cars.  In addition, there will be more features on
big American cars from the Fifties and Sixties and muscle and performance cars
from the Sixties and Seventies -- with an occasional article on an especially
interesting car from the Eighties.
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