It is "alive!!!!!!!!"

I backed my Stude out of the garage under its own power for the first time in close to 20 years!!!!! Yikes!!!! I hope to shake it down at Cordova Drag Strip this Sat......This will be interesting to say the least!!!

 

Car looks good,great job and accomplishment...

 

Congratulations!

 

looks great, and I bet it feels even better.

 

that georgeous stude has been parked for 20 years ???

 

Congrats...it's lookin great!!
Good luck with your shake down and have fun!!

 

What held up better you or the car.Congrats

 

Thank you Guys!!!!! Ya it has sat almost 20 years! I have been workin on it the last five.If ya look at my avatar you will see the fixture I made to store it on so I could roll it around the shop.Again thanks to all! Yes it felt great to at least back it out! That sintered iron disc and that adjustable pressure plate is either in or out....man this thing is gonna be fun!!! I put a Liberty faceplated tremec 5 speed in it, with 544 hp I can't wait to redline it,dump the clutch and start rowin that 5 speed!!!!YOW!!!!!They call me "Redline Racer"...

 

That must feel good! 20 years is too long.

 

I got divorced and lost everything but my old Harley,my coupe,my tools and my Lazyboy recliner....I had to buy another house,get it paid off,and many other dang things but NOW the time has come to bang some gears!!!!

 

why so long ?
does it run as good as it looks ?

 

Ya it was KILLIN ME to have to walk by it day in and day out especially when I had no idea how long it was gonna take to get it goin...I never gave up,just kept building it in my head,collecting parts as I went...Hell it took me 3 years just to collect the engine parts etc... A little at a time and it aint finished yet! Closer tho!!!!

 

I have not driven it at the track yet...it dynoed at 544hp.I expect to run mid 10's maybe 10.30s....Don't wanna open my mouth to far...it is a pumpgas motor with only 11.3-1 comp.and not much over .500 lift very mild by todays standards I say....

 

Thanks man!!!!

 

Wow! Way cool!!

 

congrats, 20 years is a long time.

 

I dunno which held up better...haha...I bet the Rude Stude is around long after I'm gone....

 

way to persevere! i wish you many great miles......a quarter mile at a time.

 

congrats man, beautiful car!!!

 

Have to admit I like yo car!!

 

WOW! That get's a guy's heart pumpin.

 

Great car. How many cubes?

 

Wow, the car looks beautiful...and vicious! Perfect stance...not too awfully high. Love the black paint...wheels...everything. A Studebaker coupe is a good choice for a g***er, and you made this one look great. And you tell us that you faced a bunch of "adversity" before you could get goin' on it, but now you've brought 'er this far. Wow...that's inspiring to me. Now I don't feel so bad that even though I've had a few cool old (basically stock) cars in the past, I'm still pursuing my dream to build a real hot rod or two. Life (and limited $...and certain cir***stances) can slow things down, and time continues to fly by. I respect very much, that you followed your p***ion in spite of everything. And I think the car is sweet. Have fun!

BTW...Did you build the car from a stocker...from the ground up? Did you paint it? Did you build the engine? Did you enjoy the build? Sounds like you did a lot of work yourself.

"...lost everything but my old Harley, my coupe, my tools and my Lazyboy recliner..." LOL. That's cl***ic.

 

I am a newbie so I donot know the proper etticate for answering everyone but will try....thanks to all!Steady T the motor is a Lunati Sledgehammer Cranked 383,Lunati Pro Mod rods, AFR 195 heads, Bullet cam and I can't remember the name of the flattop pistons...I had to fly cut them tho...

 

Sweet Ride
I hope to be there some day. Have a blast this weekend, There is only one 1st time.

Carl

 

Thanks Rickeybop! I bought the car almost 30 years ago.I knew about the car as a kid as it was built in my home town as a D/G car and I wanted it even then...I found it in a barn complete minus motor,the old boy that built this ex g***er in the sixties still had the 302 he had bought new in 67,under his bench! I bought it and reworked the car so it was safe and changed nothing I did not have to.I drove it that way for a few years ran 12.50s but always spun hard. In the 80s I backhalved it lowered it put in a 360/glide combo and went bracket racin.Later a 377/glide,ran 10.90s with a mild combo and had a ball.I built all my motors but this one as I have waaaay to much money in parts so I just collected all the parts and had it built and dynoed in Moline at Stealys Performance.It is on you tube on the dyno under Stealy Performance SBC e-85 and gas.I built or should say rebuilt the entire car myself save the cage as I had no tube bender.I built the 4 link from scratch,as the entire car is hand built by me. soooo much done it would take foreverto type as I am a hunt and pecker...haha.I moved the motor back 6 inches the firewall 8 inches boxed th frame,removed stock X and many more mods....Check out my profile as there are some old shots from when I raced it as a true D/G car although I was bracket racing it was a legal D/G car,302 4-speed 8000 rpm!!!!Yikes Thanks for all the nice comments and stick with it and"Endeavor to persevere!!!!" R~R

 

Thanks Carl!

 

That's awesome, man... good luck and have fun!!



Malcolm

 

Congrats man, now go out and give her hell !

 

......WOW.......Twenty years and still lookin good.....Sweet ride....