Peter Limon is a sucker for Studebaker Champ pick-ups, and he’s owned half a dozen over the years. However, he has found one that’s extra special, as Jim Gibson finds out. 

Peter’s father bought this 1960 model Studebaker Champ new in 1963, and sold it in the late 1960’s. He had seen an advertisement in The Sydney Morning Herald in the spring of 1963, from York Motors, the importer and distributor for Studebaker, which announced they were having a sale of old/new stock Champs. He went along to the woolshed in Canal Road, Alexandria, NSW, where the vehicles were stored, and selected this one. The satin grey hued ute stood out, as not all of them had chromed grilles, and this feature appealed to him. 

Limon Senior had designed a chicken-plucking machine and needed a large ute