Yeah, had studded snows on my K-car two winters ago. Wasn't much anywhere I couldn't go. Boss wasn't too happy about me grinding the tarcoat off his driveway, though.
I drove a paper route in that car, too. My first weekend on the route I drove through 1/4 inch of ice on cable chains. Another time those chains got me through 8 inches of unplowed snow. Couldn't do 9 inches because it packed up under the car and lifted the wheels off the ground!