Looking for R4

I remember reading an article fifteen years ago about the only production 64 R4 Lark and the car was white. If there was another one or a red one then the article was mistaken.

The one in Australia I have had the opportunity to purchase twice before. Once at $6k and then at $15k now twenty years later the price has gone up some what. But if it's the same one it has racing history.

Wiz.

I will look into the car I saw in the article and find out if I am indeed color blind.

Wiz.

The car was white, here is a link to a scan of the story from the 1963 October Car Life magazine:

Oops I meant red. Don't know what I was thinking while typing.

Interesting that the R-4 they used was red. My museum R-4 is blue. Paul Johnson

This could not have been the article I read, although I have read that before, because Studebaker was referred to in the past tense. The article mentioned that it was the only R4 to be ordered by a customer, not for a magazine test drive, and the article was a few years after Studebaker had stopped production. Possible even as late as the 80's.

I did get a hold of my brother and he has that same article and we went over it last week and confirmed that it was not the same article I had read.

The search continues.

Wiz.

Wiz, there was an "R4 equipped" WHITE Daytona Convertible that Andy Granatelli built to run at Bonneville. Maybe that is the car you read about?

Wizard of Oz wrote:

I don't think so. The car was a hardtop. I am probably just getting us all to dig around for no good reason. With all the things that have happened to me and all I have done in the past it's a wonder I can remember my own name.

My brother said that the article with the red R4 was in a Brookland book and there was a white R2 article preceding it so I might have them confused but I remember the article I read mentioned the car was the only one delivered to a customer.

Wiz.