62 Studebaker Gran Turismo-Jack Irish
The Magazine Feature Story #7 https://classiccarsworldwide.com.au A TRUE SURVIVOR CAR – ’62 Studebaker Gran Turismo PROUD OWNER, STEVE ROCCO, SHARES ITS COLOURFUL HISTORY WITH CLASSIC CARS WORLDWIDE FROM EARLY DEVELOPMENT BY AUSTRALIA’S KING OF CUSTOM, DALE FISHER, TO THE JACK IRISH TELEVISION SHOW Steve spent years looking for something out of the ordinary and spotted this particular car on Carsales up in Queensland in 2020. From the photos he could see that it was different (initially he thought the seller had two cars mixed up) so he rang the seller, flew up on the weekend and bought the Studebaker as soon as he saw it. He says “I could see the quality of workmanship immediately as it had its roof chopped off and converted to a convertible in 1975. It looked factory, along with the hand-made roof irons, the fender skirts, wire baskets on the wheels and continental boot lid/dunny seat! Yes, it has two interchangeable boot lids which gives the