Identify Old Studebaker Gasser

Does anyone know anything about this car? We just bought it from the El Paso area.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii177/saltracer1/studebaker024.jpg

 

You might ask over on Racing Studebakers forum, or the Studebaker Driver's Club forum.

 

Unfortunately the Racing Studebaker site seems to be infected.
Another picture:

 

Does it have a straight axel? Does it look like it has been a race car or just a big hole in the hood?

 

looks like Mustang II and tubbed out back. Firewall is completely cut out.

 

I dont think it was a an old gasser with a mustang two, most likley a street rod that didnt get finished, The front end also looks too wide for the car. I would put a staight axel and radius the rear wheels and make a gasser

 

I don't think the frontend is too wide. Look at the offset and width of those wheels; they're too much for that frontend. With narrower wheels, and more backspace they would be nicely tucked in.
I also think it was somebody's streetrod, not an old gasser.

 

It seems so much longer that we've been working on this car, but here it is, moving under it's own power for the first time.

 

That turned out pretty cool, what's the drive train ?

 

557 cubic inches of Henry Ford's finest with a Powerglide. That's what we were told as we have not been in the motor. Sounds pretty healthy though. Phil

 

Ya gonna race it?

 

HELL YEA! We run with the Southern Gassers. Fairly new group out of Miss., Al. and La. Might make Day of THe Drags at Temple, Texas and Texas State Championship in San Antonio.

 

Make sure and hit us with some video when it happens.

 

Cool car I like it, good luck with it.

 

Damn that was a quick build! Turned out really nice. I love the stance on it.

 

I have to agree with all of that. It looks great.

That car is going to be a handful at Temple. Make sure it has damned good brakes if you run at that track.

 

Seen the car at No Problem Dragway!! looks great!!

 

My partner on the car (John Gross) does most of the work on the car. I guess I could be called a "junior partner" as I am also younger than John.

 

try to post another video...........

 

Sonny's Racing Studebaker site isn't infected....
He's just sick of foriegn spammers getting in and messing his site up.
So he has cranked his ISP filters way up.
Unfortunately, it catches some ISP's that use multiple addresses.
(AOL for example)...
Jeff

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsyk9GwX4CM




Test and tune with fresh motor. Made a couple of passes then blew up the transmission.