55 Pres.Foglight advice,Ebay

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Malcom Gillette - 01 Nov 2005 19:21 GMT

Hi All,
I need some advice on some factory fog lights.This is my first Ebay auction
and I do want to get it right. I bought some bumper foglights off of a 1955
President 4 door.
So I patterned my ad off of others that were successful.
I also assumed that Studebaker being as frugal as they were, that these
would interchange with 2 door models.
But I do not have the factory parts manuals to check the numbers. This
morning I received a email that the foglights would not fit the profile of
the 55 2 door bumper. At noon I went out and compared them to the bumper of
the 62 Hawk and it looked like they would fit. But I 'm not taking the
bumper apart to prove it. Also I know the front sheet metal between a 55 2
door and 4 door are different. Could someone tell me if the foglight part
numbers were different between the 2 door and the 4 door. Thanks
Malcom
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Mike - 01 Nov 2005 21:02 GMT

I see only one version of the "grill guard" that houses the fog light, in
my parts book. Right side is 536710w. Left is 536711w. They fit 16G & 6H
models. Which are '55 President, Champion and Commander.

Mike M.

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Malcom Gillette - 02 Nov 2005 05:25 GMT

Thanks Mike,
That kinda puts my mind at ease. I don't want to sell somebody something
that won't fit. How should I go about answering the person who said the
profile was different? I don't want to just ignore him.
Malcom

> I see only one version of the "grill guard" that houses the fog light, in
> my parts book. Right side is 536710w. Left is 536711w. They fit 16G & 6H
> models. Which are '55 President, Champion and Commander.
>
> Mike M.

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Grumpy AuContraire - 02 Nov 2005 06:27 GMT

I believe that the sedan-c/k bumpers were the same in 1955. I know that
the '55 sedan and later Hawks share the same front bumper.

JT

> Thanks Mike,
> That kinda puts my mind at ease. I don't want to sell somebody something
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> >
> > Mike M.

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Paul Johnson - 02 Nov 2005 13:29 GMT

> Thanks Mike,
> That kinda puts my mind at ease. I don't want to sell somebody something
> that won't fit. How should I go about answering the person who said the
> profile was different? I don't want to just ignore him.

Tell him that was true on '53s and '54s, but they got smarter in '55.
Paul Johnson

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Malcom Gillette - 06 Nov 2005 03:10 GMT

Thanks to all who replied.
I posted your answers, on my Ebay ad and metioned that everyone who likes
Studebaker should visit the Newsgroup. The answer was a lot clearer, but
Ebay said I was over the limit of characters, I still had two to go.
So I shorten it a little bit.
But again a big thanks to all.
Malcom

> > Thanks Mike,
> > That kinda puts my mind at ease. I don't want to sell somebody something
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> Tell him that was true on '53s and '54s, but they got smarter in '55.
> Paul Johnson

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