Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

[David Conwill]

Try the Stude out. It may have adequate power if all you want is to cruise around town. Don't bother buying if you want to swap engines. You will waste your time and money and end up with a car that is not only unsatisfactory to drive, but also worth less than when you started.

If you want a V8 car, buy a V8 car.

Said the restorer to the hot rodder.

Actually, if this were a '51 I'd be really interested in the Studillac conversion, as those cars were already set up to accommodate the Stude V8, which is similar. The '50 Champ, it seems, is a far more primitive creature that only willingly accommodates a straight six, so now I'm thinking twin-carb '55 engine (185 ci versus 170) with a Bill Cathert aluminum head.

 

[dh66]

years ago I worked in a garage and the owner was a big Stude nut. He was in the club and all that. I helped him rod an old bulletnose with a later V8 stude mill, 259 I think. Those old Studebakers were fairly light cars despite looking so bulky, and with that 8 in it, it moved pretty quick. The later 50s Hawks, it must be remembered, were offered as an alternative to the early 'vettes. They, along with corvettes, were some of the earliest f.i. cars. Studebaker was way ahead of the curve technologically for the time

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[David Conwill]

years ago I worked in a garage and the owner was a big Stude nut. He was in the club and all that. I helped him rod an old bulletnose with a later V8 stude mill, 259 I think. Those old Studebakers were fairly light cars despite looking so bulky, and with that 8 in it, it moved pretty quick. The later 50s Hawks, it must be remembered, were offered as an alternative to the early 'vettes. They, along with corvettes, were some of the earliest f.i. cars. Studebaker was way ahead of the curve technologically for the time

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It wasn't this guy, was it?

 

[dh66]

It wasn't this guy, was it?

Ha it wasn't THAT many years ago

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[jamespowers]

There you have a point.

In addition to the one on the top of your head, that is.

 

[jamespowers]

I wonder how it compares with my flathead Rambler.

Comparing slow with slow is hard.

 

[HeyMoe]

Comparing slow with slow is hard.

Not really.

You have turtle slow and molasses in January slow as appropriate gauges of slowness.

Well, you can also add in mouth breather slow, but that might offend someone LOL

 

[LizzieMaine]

There's dirt-road slow, two-lane slow, deer-crossing slow, pothole slow, pulp-truck slow, and lollygagging damn tourist slow. All other slows are merely conjectural.

 

[vitanola]

Orient Buckboard slow?

Brush Runabout slow?

Holtzman High-Wheeler slow?

Maxwell Model 25 slow?

 

[jamespowers]

Not really.

You have turtle slow and molasses in January slow as appropriate gauges of slowness.

Well, you can also add in mouth breather slow, but that might offend someone LOL

I don't want to have to split slow hairs here. lol lol Suffice it to say slow.

 

[Stanley Doble]

I wonder how it compares with my flathead Rambler.

Probably about the same. Studebaker Champion (and later Lark) were selling to the same market as the Rambler six. They were the earliest compacts, years before Falcon, Corvair, Valiant, Chevy II and so on jumped on the band wagon.

 

[Stearmen]

Comparing slow with slow is hard.

 

[jamespowers]

:rofl:

 

[rjb1]

Does anyone remember George Carlin's comedy routine about other drivers? They are either idiots or maniacs. Anyone driving slower than you is an idiot: "Why can't that idiot get out of the way?" Anyone driving faster (and passing you) is a maniac: "Did you see that maniac?"

 

[Big Man]

I posted this picture in the "Vintage Photo" thread but didn't get an answer to my question, so sorry for the cross post. This thread, however, is much more active, so I thought I'd try here.

This is my cousin (second cousin to be exact), D.A. Grayson. The photo was taken on the Catawba River dam on Lake James in McDowell County, NC. I know D.A. worked for a while at Marion Motors, the local Ford dealership in Marion, NC (that's their logo on the front of the car. I'd be interested in knowing about when the photo was taken. I'm guessing the car in the photo was new when the photo was taken, so anyone know the model year of this Ford?

Thanks in advance.

 

[vitanola]

The machine appears to be a 1927 Willys-Overland Whippet which has been fitted with later headlamps from another make of auto.

 

[Big Man]

The machine appears to be a 1927 Willys-Overland Whippet which has been fitted with later headlamps from another make of auto.

Interesting. Thanks.

 

[HeyMoe]

Folks,

I was driving my D-11 into work this morning and when I was about a mile away from my office, I heard a grinding like the car jumped out of gear (I was in 3rd gear coasting down a long hill and had been for about a mile - clutch out, no gas). I immediately tossed in the clutch (which had normal pressure), pulled off the road and tried to put it into gear and had no issues getting it into first, second and third. I drove it the rest of the way to my office primarily in 3rd but did have to use 1st and 2nd to get moving. When I pulled into my office I tossed in the clutch to take it out of gear and noticed that the clutch was almost fully depressed with little movement. I was able to get it out of gear with no issues and the clutch will pull out easily with the toe of my shoe.

Anyone have any idea what might have happened?

I have about a 35 mile drive back home this afternoon and I would much rather get it home than pay for a tow charge from here back to the house.

 

[David Conwill]

HeyMoe,

I'm afraid I'm having a hard time envisioning your problem. The clutch pedal is flopping around and not returning to the full-up position without you pulling it up with your toe? But it will still disengage the clutch if pushed in? Sounds like perhaps you lost a return spring somewhere?

I hope you get it sorted before quitting time!

 

[HeyMoe]

I think I was able to get the car out of gear by luck. The clutch pedal will not depress the clutch when pressed and yes I am able to pull the pedal up quite easily.