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There is a guy over on the Racing Studebakers website that is doing a Potvin build for his Stude V8 if your are interested. He is building a lot...
I used to tow my stock-car behind my dad's 1966 Chevy Carryall on an open trailer. It's drive train was a 283, 2bbl, 3 speed overdrive with 4:11...
If the threads are male threads, you can probably use one of those square sided thread files. Match the thread count up to what the AN fitting...
I had a somewhat similar problem when I started circle track racing. I could make a couple of laps then the car would die. Pull to the infield,...
I used Imperial tubing benders for years when I built test systems. We primarily used AN tubing and fittings. If you need a real tight bend you...
1965, I had worked all summer and saved enough money to swap a motor into the 1948 Jeep station wagon that my dad used to drive. He had already...
I had my hands badly burned when I was a kid requiring skin grafts. This left my skin thin and susceptible to cutting easily. I worked for a NASA...
Some years ago at the National Studebaker Driver's Club in Phoenix some worthless person stole a side mirror off a Mid-thirties Stude while it was...
When I was working, if you had a mouse problem pretty soon you had a rattlesnake problem too The peanut butter on a Victor spring trap worked the...
When I have tried to drill a hole up to 5/8" I have found that if you are not careful the material being drilled will work harden making the job...
If you go over to the Studebaker Drivers Club website I think you can find what the differences are if you want to use the Lark frame.
Are you sure that the end that you have the brass fitting screwed into is pipe thread? Some AN threads and pipe threads are close enough in size...
If you decide that you would like to replace the frame you can get a copy of the factory blueprints that will give you all the dimensions and...
I used an Imperial- Eastman tubing cutter for years to cut thin wall ( up to .065 wall )Stainless Steel tubing . There were two different size...
Studebaker International carries the parts to rebuild the bell crank as well as the whole suspension if you are so inclined. By the way, the...
I was in 3rd grade at Valley View Elementary school when one of the girls in my class was dropped off by her brother in a 53 Stude Commander. The...
I built my own puller using a 68 ford front hub. I had the back of the hub turned down flat and welded a 1-1/8 course thread nut on one side I had...
Only my paternal grandfather drove. The earliest vehicle I remember him owning was a Crosley station wagon. Next up was a 56 rambler station wagon...
I believe there is a difference between the input shafts on the Stude versus Chevy T-10's. I sold a 1963 Stude T-10 to a guy years ago that needed...
That year T-Bird is a great road car. Easy riding, my family had one in the late sixties.
Many years ago Hot Rod magazine had an article where they adapted the overdrive from a 3-speed saginaw onto a 4-speed saginaw giving them an 8...
Yes, 250 flathead 6. I realized after I posted that your car may have had right hand drive. Thanks for posting the information on your car. Jim...
The original Studebaker disc system was the same as the one Jaguar used .in their cars. I believe it was made by Dunlop. There is a lot of...
If you have the time a drive thru the White Mountains is worthwhile. Springerville has an old wrecking yard but I don't know everything they have....
Growing up, my family had a 48 Willys jeep station wagon. When the four banger gave it up my dad had a Studebaker champion six put in. When the...
Back about 1963 my brother brought home a 47 Dodge sedan to make into a dunebuggy. He told my friend and I we could take off the body if we wanted...
The Studebaker Drivers Club has a wealth of information on their website if you want to check them out.
One of the funniest things I ever saw was a drag race in the early seventies between a new Corvette and a ragged out 62 Ford Galaxie. The Galaxie...
About 110 in my 63 Avanti with my beer goggles on.Went 125 in my buddies 67 hemi belvedere before we decided to slow down because the front end...
I saw a picture of a Studebaker Champion six in a Corvette. Made my day.
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