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I am half way thru with the frame swap on my 56 Studebaker truck. Alot of people told me not to and that It would be dangerous and all sorts of...
Thanks for all the great advise. I picked up the July issue of Street Rodder and found a great article about ABS braking system. I sent them an...
Thanks for the wake up, I had alot of people tell me I couldn't do it, but it has actually gone very smooth. I will keep your advice in mind. And...
So against the advice of many people, I did a frame swap on my 1956 Studebaker Transtar pick-up. It fit nicely on the c-10 frame after a little...
I was going to use an S-10 for the frame on my project. I've decided to go in a similar but slightly different direction. to make a long story...
I don't think it is fixing what works. I think the spirit of hot roding is, forgive me if I'm wrong, taking something that works and making it the...
Thanks, It's true that ignorance is bliss. I'm used to getting huge difficult projects done well and quickly. I guess every one just see's things...
Thank you! The C-10 is a good fit for the body and the Chevy 350 is already in it. Again, If someone wants the C-10 body they are welcome to it. I...
I love Harrison Bergeron (the Story) no matter how hard we try to be the same, we are all different.
I became a Licensed Mariner and Pilot(airplanes) a couple of years ago.
I live in Friendswood and like the AAA storage on 528. I have my trailer ther and friendswood is a pretty safe place.
Lately I find my self with a surplus of frames. I wanted to see if anybody has built there own one-off? I'm not talking about a copy of some old...
Welcome from CaptDave, My Grandfather was the superintendant of New Berlin schools for years.
I'm not really worried about the fraame width. the s-10 frame was much wider that the Studebaker. The problem is the Track space on the front and...
I want to thank those of you who give me encouragement. "I shall be not afraid!" I'm not worried about the work, and I'm a pretty tenacious...
As you may have heard, I'm doing s Frame swap of my Studebaker body on to an S-10 frame and a chevy 350 motor. so I got my Studebaker frame back...
Thanks for the encouragement, I have my ups and downs. I decided to go with a vintage Air system. I thought I could use the A/C from the S-10 but...
I was also with the "Keep it Stude " Crowd until I tried to drive it to town. It was a very scary experience. I live in Houston, Tx. I need to be...
Update: Well, the S-10 is getting smaller and the discard pile is getting bigger(anybody need parts off of an S-10?) I got the Chilton Online...
I wanted to thank Scrap Metal-48.I had forgotten that this was supposed to be fun. Maybe I don't need to devote every waking moment to This.
I drove the Stude up to 50 mph and quickly decided that I needed to upgrade alot of things. Brakes, powersteering, A/C (i live in hot ass Tx.) The...
Day 1 Ok, so I still admit that I know nearly nothing about cars. I'm a boat guy. Today I've started to post the progress about my new trucks....
I think a little of both.
OK so everyone warned me about not over heating my projects. But like the newbie I am, I over estimated what that entailed. I have over heated the...
I spent about a week measuring every kind of truck. In Tx, that can get alittle dangerous.
Ok so I'm not exactly a car guy. My wife and I bought a 1956 Studebaker Transtar. We are planning to swap the frame and update the whole thing....
I'm starting my '56 soon and was thinking about using a Dakota. Any thoughts? Any advice or warnings you can give?
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