Klipsched with Yamahas Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I've always had a soft spot for those Candy Apple Red 70's SS El Caminos' with the 454: (as close a pic as I could find) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago_Pete Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Nice Ranchero! The 67 Fairlane is one of my favorite body styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Ignore this post. Mittens and a keyboard are a bad combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Allan, Your wife's truck is a beauty! My wacky neighbor had one about the same year and the same color, but your's is much nicer. We are weeks away from the Woodard Ave. Dream Cruise (http://woodwarddreamcruise.com/). Words can't describe the event. But it's an event that any enthusiast of classic automobiles and trucks would enjoy. I look forward to the photos of the completed project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 a dual master cylinder - + 1 on that ....[] We're going to modify this set up to use on the Studebaker--it's tried and true on similar vintage Chevys and with brackets suited to the Stude it should be a really sweet (and SAFE) setup: http://www.classicperform.com/Instructions/PDF/4754BB.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Allan, I am not into old or new pickup trucks but your wife has excellent taste. Studebaker's of any model are cool. Hers is a beauty. As you may know from past threads I am into older vehicles, my newest model car is a 91, which is old to most, the oldest car we have is the 70 beetle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 Slow but steady progress. I think we're about 2-3 weeks away from being FINALLY finished! http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/runsgood99/enginebay.jpg'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Nice pictures...........Who's doing to resto? I ask because in the last picture I see a couple more Studes? Do you collect those too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 The truck is in a friend's shop--he's letting me use his space and is helping out. He's a BIG TIME Studebaker collector/parts dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 It's coming along great. Looks fabulous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 Two new pics. ALMOST done! Waiting on the hood ornament from George Iverson in Minnesota (the GURU of pot metal resoration--he's had the ornament since April and he says I'll have it back here the week of Labor Day). Got to install the dual master cylinder and mini booster yet. But other than that she's pretty much done. We're going to put her on the chassis dyno tomorrow--I'm betting about 190 HP at the rear wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Looking pretty damm clean Allan. Obviously a labor of love, ...... how long has it taken? Was the restoration from the chassis up? And lastly, why the Dyno run? And how many break-in miles you gonna put on the engine and drive train before sitting her on the dyno? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 Frame up. Started on it mid-April. Got about 200 miles on the motor. Just doing this chassis dyno for fun. It's a 289 with some VERY mildly reworked "high compression" (8.5:1 LOL!) heads. The Stude V8 is a pretty amazing engine--came from the factory with a forged crank and rods, gear driven cam, solid lifters, etc. Never ever once seen the bottom end let go on a Studebaker V8 and that included MANY Paxton blown motors. The weakness is the heads--small valves, siamesed center exhaust ports--but they flow OK with VERY mild porting. Certainly good enough for THIS old pickup! The stock 224 V8 was rated at 145 HP--this one probably puts out about 225 at the crank and I'm hoping for 190 at the rear wheels. My blown '64 Lark type was bored .093 over, had SERIOUSLY reworked heads (I still have them--over 100 hours in them back in the 80s), full floating pins, forged Venolia pistons. It put out about 330 at the rear wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Truly a beauty Allan. It should give many miles and years of service again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Looks real nice !!!!..............Studebaker made quite a few Performance type cars, most people don't realize that....Aways loved the Avante, just something about them, and was it the Lark Daytona model V-8, 4 speed, posi's, anyway, the truck looks great, and should be worth the wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted September 8, 2007 Author Share Posted September 8, 2007 My wifes' '55 Studebaker half-ton V8 pickup is pretty much done! Still waiting on the hood ornament from George Iverson, but it's been shipped--all we have to do is paint the "8" red on it, bolt it on and we're good to go. After 4 1/2 months off the road, this truck will be back in daily service as of Monday!!! It's almost TOO nice to be a daily driver!The interior was done to my wife's specs. Leather with a Pendelton Indian Blanket insert on the back and the famous "Studebaker Thunderbird" painted on the glovebox door. Plus, she wanted RED sun visors, so there they are! I think the truck turned out fantastic-- my wife's from Tucson and this is the Studebaker truck she's always wanted-- it's her "Arizona Desert Truck." Check out the last pic--it's the frame rail mounted dual master cylinder with booster! It fits! Barely! But it fits and works REALLY well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Allan, It is too nice to be a daily driver, but it's great that it will be driven. That's an eclectic bunch of cars visibile in the background of the photos, but Studebakers seem to be disproportionately represented. You'd probably have to go to South Bend to see more Studes in one place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Is that the original floor in the pick-up bed? Gotta ask, because I was expecting wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 OK .. then .. put 351 Windsor heads on that 289 .. you'll have the same size valves as a Chevy ..[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 Wrong 289, Duke. This is a STUDEBAKER 289, not that brand-X crap! Factory forged steel crank, gear driven cam, solid lifters, STOUT forged steel rods--they NEVER come apart, Well, not NEVER--saw one explode running 14 pounds of boost from dual Paxtons once. Studebaker head (with a bit of work I must admit!), Intakes are 2.02, exhaust a puny 1.54. But these flow pretty well for heads designed in 1951 (this version is the "big valve" head brought out in 1957 for the Golden Hawk). Studebaker introduced the all-steel pickup bed in 1937. Chevy followed about 25 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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