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Four door convert appealed to me, could be done in a month and be out cruising with 5 of my friends along. Clown car? Yep, we would be having a ball!
If it were installed in a regularly driven vehicle where the replacement rings could wear in and get seated, there is no telling how long it might...
Good save. Should remain usable for many more years.
Dad's first car was a '34 Studebaker straight 8. Kept him buying new Studebakers right up to their final year in 1966. I was 16 when he took me...
You cannot go wrong with making it look exactly like it did when driven off the dealership lot when new.
Petrified Permatex?
A 221 or 239 would make for a much more 'traditional' and satisfying hot rod.
An old timer here, thought I ought to chime in with a bit of personal knowledge. In the summer of 1963, I was acquainted with a family that owned...
If I had a time machine that would travel into the past .... I expect I would go back repeatedly and correct all my mistakes, insert myself into...
Back in the '60s and early '70s it was quite common to swap the Mopar A833 into high hp Chevy drag cars. I have one of the simplest of those...
I wouldn't put hydrochloric into an iron engine block. There is a strong risk of -hydrogen embrittlement- (look it up) when ferrous (iron) based...
Love the look. It doesn't need chopping or channeling, just finishing.
It took me years to find one. Haven't seen another for sale since I can't remember.
Honoring its history, and credit to its major constructors, I'd call it The Hawkins/Cole Special. Be really cool to affix a Hawkins-Cole badge.
Dad was hell on wheels with his ‘three on the tree and overdrive’ V-8 Studebaker’s during the 50’s and ‘60s. Most here have never experienced how...
When I was young I was an enthusiastic builder and driver, one project car after another plus working on my buddies rides. As the years rolled on...
Both of my Studebaker(s) are still wearing all of the filler that was applied to their bare metal (and some areas well roughed up paint). 50+...
Back around '64 I saw one of these fitted out with a 392 Hemi and push-button TorqueFlite, but it was priced well beyond my lawn mowing income....
1950s speed secret. Cadillac manual transmissions FIT Cadillac (or other) engines and are hell for strong.
Was 57 years ago that one of my buddies adapted a Olds V-8 to his old Ford flathead 3 speed. I rode in that Ford on only 3 occasions, each ended...
Born in 1949, been bullet-nose Studebaker crazy since I was a 10-year-old kid. Have owned over a dozen Studes, but never a bullet nose. But around...
Somewhere I have, or once did have, a heavily reworked early Cadillac intake. No one else around here would have any use for. Been searching for...
Interesting thread. Winter of '65 when I was a 16 year old High School student, a buddy bought a '61 Falcon 4 door with a burned out hunk of junk...
Studebaker offered 4 headlights in '58, then returned to only 2 on the '59 and '60 Lark's. 1961 through '64 they gave a choice of either 2 or 4...
Depending where and how long it sat, mice or chipmunks can pack exhaust and mufflers full causing drivability problems.
Sludged is far better than rusted solid.
Thread has supplied the information and pictures that show a 440 WILL fit into a ‘50 Plymouth without great difficulty. Thanks for showing us...
I only buy what I want, and never sell anything. Got 60 years of junk.
Scrub down with mineral spirits and a new stiff bristled parts cleaning brush. Dry thoroughly.Soak in a bucket of clean motor oil, and place into...
Easier to remove than having to clean up than the greasy blow-by grunge puked from the Y block.
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