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1964 Studebaker Wagonaire

1964 Studebaker in Twilight Zone: The Movie, Movie, 1983 IMDB

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin: US

1964 Studebaker Wagonaire

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Big Dave VA

2010-08-09 21:43

Studebaker Wagonaire

HWJOE US

2010-08-09 22:23

1963+ per the tailight design

Commander 57 US

2010-08-09 22:31

I have been researching information on the rear styling of 1963 to 1966 Studebakers station wagons since seeing this car in the background of another post.
(This was more or less the "last frontier" of post-war Studebaker styling for me as I had never looked into indentifying these cars solely from the rear before.)

Unfortunately, there is a paucity of photos of the rear of these vehicles with the tailgates closed, which is needed for identification.
After looking through the available pictures however, I have come to the following conclusions:

The exact same styling was used by Studebaker on their 1963 through 1966 Wagonaire station wagons as far as tailgate design, taillamps and bumpers are concerned.
The only variance I encountered was in nameplate design and placement.

1963
Studebaker fielded 4 Wagonaires in 2 series.
1) The Studebaker Standard Wagonaire (NOT a Lark and it carried no Lark badging). This model had the Wagonaire nameplate on the right side of the tailgate and no STUDEBAKER letters below the rear window. There was NO nameplate on the left side of the tailgate.
2) The Studebaker Lark Regal Wagonaire (middle trim line). This car had the Wagonaire name on the right tailgate side and STUDEBAKER letters across the tailgate top below the rear window but no bright overlay under the letters. Ther was NO nameplate on the left side of the tailgate.
3) The Studebaker Lark Daytona Wagonaire (top trim line). Daytona models had the Wagonaire name on the right tailgate side and the STUDEBAKER letters across the tailgate under the rear window on top of a bright overlay panel. There was NO nameplate on the left tailgate side.
4) The Studebaker Lark Custom Wagonaire (export only). I found only one photo of this model and it was identical in appearance to the Daytona from the rear.

1964
Studebaker dropped the Standard and replaced it with the Challenger.
1) Challenger and Commander Wagonaires. These 2 models carried identical rear styling. Neither had the large STUDEBAKER letters but did have small, scripted Studebaker nameplates on the left side of the tailgate with the usual Wagonaire nameplate on the right side.
2) Daytona Wagonaire. Identical to the 1963 version from the rear.

1965
The Challenger was dropped.
Both the Commander and the Daytona continued the exact same rear nameplate placement as those same respective models did in 1964.

1966
The Wagonaire became a separate series apart from the Commander and Daytona and did not carry Commander or Daytona designations.
The Studebaker name was on the left tailgate side with the Wagonaire name on the right. There were no STUDEBAKER letters under the rear window on any of the 1966's.

As you can see, only 1963 Studebaker Standards and non-Daytona Larks can be definitively identified when viewed directly from the rear. All the other models shared the same design as at least 2 other years.

Of course, in all probability at least some of the car's side will be visible which helps substantially with identification.


Using the above, we can see the photo'ed car has no large STUDEBAKER letters but has nameplates on both sides of the tailgate. That eliminates 1963 as a possible year since no 1963 model had left side tailgate nameplates. It also tells us this is a non-Daytona as all Daytonas had the large STUDEBAKER letters.
That leaves 1964 Challenger, 1964 Commander, 1965 Commander or 1966 Wagonaire.

Will list as a 1964 Wagonaire with the series unknown as first of the possible years.


-- Last edit: 2010-10-17 22:23:59

Wicio PL

2010-08-23 02:33

Last at right US spec Renault 12

Michael SE

2010-08-24 12:30

Great research work, Commander 57...

Commander 57 US

2010-08-24 15:59

Merci.

(I am currently working on '58 to '60 Rambler Americans after noticing several mis-idenficaions in that section.
The differences are subtle but each year can be identified.)

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