Judith Rimmelzwaan's 'Stude'

I fell for it on the spot when I went to look at a 1962 Studebaker convertible. I bought the car because it was so beautiful. But when my brother started working on it, he found a lot of technical work would be needed. I signed up for various American car gatherings and immediately joined the SPCN, showing up at the European meeting in Ouddorp (2019) in my Studebaker. I was under the impression that my Studebaker was from 1962, which is how it had been sold to me and how it was listed on the papers. But when I drove up to the SPCN board, they nearly fell off their chairs. It was not a 1962 car at all, it was a 1964, a younger but rarer model. A Canadian gentleman who was also at the meeting checked the numbers and the engine block to see whether the car was a mix-and-match or the real thing, and sure enough, my Stude turned out to be a genuine 1964 model. Only 55 of this type, the Line 6, were ever built. I was stunned and went home to dig out every paper I could find and to contact the Studebaker Museum in South Bend, Indiana. They confirmed it. My Stude was indeed from 1964, everything matched. The Dutch vehicle authority RDW confirmed that the papers could be amended, provided I attached the statements from the museum and the SPCN board. That is what I did, and my Stude was properly registered on paper. The car has since had new brakes, a new soft top and an engine rebuild. It is now being worked on at The Classic Way in Hilversum. *Judith Rimmelzwaan*