Judith's 'Stude'

I fell in love on the spot when I went to see a 1962 Studebaker cabriolet. I bought the car because it was so beautiful. But when my brother took it on, it turned out that a lot of technical work was needed. I signed up for various American car gatherings and immediately joined SPCN, and drove up to the European meeting in Ouddorp in 2019. I was under the impression that my Studebaker was a 1962; that is how it had been sold to me, and that is what the papers said. But when I arrived in front of the SPCN board, they fell off their chairs: it was not a 1962 car at all, it was a 1964, a younger but rarer model. The Canadian gentleman who was also at the meeting went off to check the numbers and the engine block to see whether this car was a mix of parts or the real thing. And indeed: my Stude turned out to be a genuine 1964 model. That was good news, because only 55 of this particular type, the line 6, were ever built. I was stunned. At home I went through all the papers and contacted the Studebaker Museum in South Bend, Indiana. They confirmed it: my Stude was indeed a 1964, everything checked out. I asked the Dutch RDW what to do next, since I wanted my papers to match the truth, and they confirmed it was possible, provided I enclosed the statements from the Museum and the SPCN board. Said and done, and my Stude ended up neatly on paper as what she really is. Since then the car has had new brakes, a new top and an engine rebuild. It is not yet running well; the car is currently being looked after by Classic Way in Hilversum.