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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / March 2006Doesn't get any cooler than this.....
Wish it was alot closer, I had a place to put it, and it went for alot less money than it's likely to go for..... http://tinyurl.com/ovw7q Richard Lawler '57 1/2 ton Transtar '51 2dr Champion >Wish it was alot closer, I had a place to put it, and it went for alot >less money than it's likely to go for..... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >'57 1/2 ton Transtar >'51 2dr Champion Man, Richard! That is a gorgeous car. Still, I could see one spending 20 grand to make it a concours car, which is what it deserves. I sure hope it finds a good home. Gord Richmond >>Wish it was alot closer, I had a place to put it, and it went for alot >>less money than it's likely to go for..... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Gord Richmond I do too... hmm it's in Maryland, who do we know in Maryland who's handy with a wrench and I seem to recall was thinking about a prewar car? <G> Jeff DeWitt Drool, drool. What do you experts think it will sell for? I think it will go over $35K for sure. Richard, you need to buy cheap & perfect R ser cab in Salem OR. Barry'd in Studes > >>Wish it was alot closer, I had a place to put it, and it went for alot > >>less money than it's likely to go for..... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeff DeWitt If it was a later model cab I might consider it, but I've already got one of those things sitting in the back yard waiting to put on the Transtar and I'm not sure the better half would tolerate another piece of yard art. Richard Lawler '57 1/2 ton Transtar '51 2dr Champion Here's an alternative to spending a million dollars restoring such an interesting old car: Do the absolute minimum to make it safe to operate and drive, clean it up thoroughly, and enjoy it JUST THE WAY IT IS. Seriously, so it's been repainted? Most of that is flaking off and with a good cleaning, much more probably would. I'll wager you would wind up with a far more interesting car that would draw a lot more attention and respect as a virtual survivor that had been again made operable...as opposed to spending bookoo bucks on it and making it look like every other beautifully-restored car that COULD have been a two-piece rust bucket only 4 years earlier. <bobcaripalma@hotmail.com> wrote > Here's an alternative to spending a million dollars restoring such an > interesting old car: Do the absolute minimum to make it safe to operate > and drive, clean it up thoroughly, and enjoy it JUST THE WAY IT IS. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > and making it look like every other beautifully-restored car that COULD > have been a two-piece rust bucket only 4 years earlier. Oh, yeah. I saw a "barn fresh" 32 President at So.Bend in 97 that had been bought for a "few thousand," literally out of the barn. No upholstery left, a fender loose, and three different colors, but it STARTED and it DROVE it to the meet. Sure, in a while it was going to be a 100K car, but it was way cooler just as it sat. "Drivers" Club! Is that underneath paint stock? Those delta shapes were all the rage when V8 cars first showed up at Indy--Ford's factory racers all had the arrow motif, and many specials used that look also, including the early proto-Novi Winfield. I've seen it on air racers too. Ever seen it on a Studebaker before? I've thought that too... kind of like those guys who show up at cruise-ins or meets with the chicken crates on the back of the truck... Beverly Hillbillies style. Get the mechanicals working and leave the body alone and keep a 10 pound bag of barn dust on hand. Didn't somebody do this 6-8 years ago at the Int'l... I think I got the idea from a TW issue. Lee > Here's an alternative to spending a million dollars restoring such an > interesting old car: Do the absolute minimum to make it safe to operate [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and making it look like every other beautifully-restored car that COULD > have been a two-piece rust bucket only 4 years earlier. You are probably thinking of Ford Stoecker's '30s Land Cruiser (not sure of the year, don't want to embarrass myself by guessing, and too lazy to go look it up!). I think he drove it to the SDC Rapid City Int'l Meet in Beverly Hillbillies dress. It has since been restored and is beautiful, but lost some charm along the way IMHO. BP What a totally awesome ride! Although my 38 is nowhere near as cool a ride, it is in roughly (well, maybe a little better) the same condition. The discussions bolster what I am doing with it even though a ton of people ask me whay I'm not restoring it. I have been doing the mechanicals to make it road worthy and I will be skipping the cosmetics because it is too original. Maybe someday if I live long enough I will restore it, but for now I want to DRIVE it. Studebaker George 'Glad to have that report, George. Like the old adage says, "You can restore a car every year, but it's only original once." |
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