Barb's Avanti!

[mfg]

In October of 1963, Barbara Nieland set a total of-----?----- records at Bonneville as part of Studebaker's factory team.

1) eight............2) seventeen............3) twenty-six.......or.......4) thirty-three...........................?

[r1lark]

The Hot Rod "Bonneville Wrap Up" article in the January '64 issue said in the writeup that Barb had twenty-eight of her own records, but one of the picture captions said twenty-six. So, of your possible answers, I'll go with #3 -- twenty-six.

Sadly, this issue of Hot Rod probably didn't hit the newsstands until after Studebaker's announcement of the cessation of production in South Bend - and the fact that the Avanti be discontinued. (And what about the hi-po Larks & Hawks - were any R1 or R2 Larks or Hawks built in Hamilton in calendar year 1964?)

Here's a picture of Barb and Andy looking over the engine of an R2 'Lark'.

 

Edited July 26, 2017 by r1lark
added picture

[mfg]

#3 is CORRECT!....and thanks for posting photo!