Studebaker Station Wagon Retractable Roof

The retractable roof on this lark adds a lot of character and makes it really standout in a crowd of boring grocery haulers.

Studebaker station wagon retractable roof.

It was more for function than fun making it possible to hual around tall items such as refrigerators. It s really easy to picture a wagonaire backed up to a stream or boat ramp with some angler standing right up in the back and casting trout flies through the open roof. It has the retractible rear roof designed by brook stevens that was only available for 3 years am fm cd player air conditioning. The studebaker wagonaire was a station wagon produced by the studebaker corporation of south bend indiana from 1963 1966.

Especially when you consider this 1964 studebaker lark waonaire station wagon s rear retractable roof. Sadly the driver doesn t get to enjoy all that sun and fresh air. Studebaker advertising showed the practicality of an open roof wagon with demonstrations of the extra cargo carrying capacity the open roof added. I haven t come across one of these in years and it is definitely worth a closer look.

It has been said that the wagonaire was one of the most distinctive station wagons ever built and the world s only wagon convertible. Its potential uses are myriad. When studebaker came out with the sliding roof station wagon in 1963 it was a pretty innovative design. While the guys were shooting this cool studebaker wagon for unique cars we snuck in and talked with the owner richard salter.

Unknowingly studebaker had set the tone for every tricked out sunroof moonroof and multi panel retractable roof to follow suv or not. Subscribe to street machine fo. Located in scotts valley california it is available here on craigslist for 6 850. It s a go anywhere take everybody go have fun kind of vehicle.