I was watching a later episode of Happy Days today on TV Land. I hadn't watched many of the later "post-Richie" episodes, and I was surprised to find that in the beginning of the episode the Cunninghams had a 1962 Studebaker Lark. I was not aware that they got rid of their beloved DeSoto for the Studebaker. Does anyone know the episode (if there was one) where they get a new car? Can anyone shed a little light on the subject? Studebakers are my favorite cars (see avatar) :D

It was in episode # 213 Letting Go When they got the new car. It WAS a 1960 to 1962 Studebaker lark, It was red. He got it because "He thought after all those years driving a huge DeSoto he thought he deserved something sportier. BTW I LOVE Classical Studebakers!

Originally posted by TheFonz
It was in episode # 213 Letting Go When they got the new car. It WAS a 1960 to 1962 Studebaker lark, It was red. He got it because "He thought after all those years driving a huge DeSoto he thought he deserved something sportier. BTW I LOVE Classical Studebakers! I love 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coupes!

That makes two of us :D

From what I could see it was a 1962 model. It had the Mercedes-esque grille (Studebaker was the North American distributor of Mercedes-Benz at the time), 1959-1962 wraparound windshield and the 1962-3 taillights. Attached is a pic of a 1962 Stude that I found that is pretty similar to the one in Happy Days:

I've watched all of those episodes and it's a '61

Ok, thanks for clarifying. I didn't really get a good look at the car anyway, but I could've sworn it was a '62...(or maybe they could have called it a '61 and it was really a '62...it's happened on more than one TV show where they misreport the car's year...who knows...)

Here's a pic of a '61 Lark then:

I just checked and it IS a 1962! It has the mercedes-esque grille! Here's some facts i found out from my tape

It's a four door sedan
It has Black leather seating
And it's a '62

Alright, cool! Coulda sworn it was a '62 :)

Yeah it's a great car and a HUGE improvement over that butt-ugly DeSoto.

Originally posted by iluvfonzie
Yeah it's a great car and a HUGE improvement over that butt-ugyly DeSoto.

:eek2: AHHH! That was a great american automobile! I loved his DeSoto!

But it looked more like a tank than a car. :D

They don't make cars like they used to then,
http://w3.one.net/~desoto/desotoland/desotoshow/1948_Custom_Suburban_a.jpg

That was a fine classical american auto...

I like some of the others from the 50s and 60s, like the Chevy Bel-Air, the Ford T-Bird, the Ford Mustang and Chrysler Imperial.

I love 1955 - 1956 Imperials and most other cars from 1937 to 1960..

cool

TheFonz, you should come to SE MI in August. We have this parade of antique cars called the Woodward Dream Cruise. They cruise on Woodward Ave. from Downtown Detroit up to Pontiac. There's lots of old beauties from the 40s, 50s and 60s there.

Yeah, I'm going next year! It's called the Woodward Dream cruise they got a website...They're sponsered by Oldies 104.3 WOMC! I know all about the dream cruise..I'm DEF. going next year

I go every year. Who knows? Maybe we'll bump into each other.

Hey yeah!