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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / September 2006please help me put my car together
need to know any info or pics you could offer about the correct routing of P/S hoses, speedo cable, e-brake cable, all that stuff around the steering box in my '55 coupe. Also if anyone has any NOS power steering hoses (yeah right!) I am at my wit's end trying to make what I have work. Alternately, look for a burned-out shell of a '55 coupe on eBay soon. On eBay because I will need to get rid of it, and burned-out shell because it will feel so damned good to see it go up in flames. nate  Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel I'l be by next week to come pick up your car. You have to pay me to haul it away though. :) Matthew > need to know any info or pics you could offer about the correct routing > of P/S hoses, speedo cable, e-brake cable, all that stuff around the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > replace "fly" with "com" to reply. > http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel You mean you actually sold a BEAUTIFUL '62 HT to put up with this sh.t? >need to know any info or pics you could offer about the correct routing >of P/S hoses, speedo cable, e-brake cable, all that stuff around the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >nate Lee DeLaBarre Daytona62 That 62 was a nice car. Makes me REALLY envious! Matthew P.S. Nate is a Porche guy, what do you expect? Sorry Nate, I had to. ;) > You mean you actually sold a BEAUTIFUL '62 HT to put up with this > sh.t? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Lee DeLaBarre > Daytona62 No offense taken... whaddaya expect from me? I like Porsches, and I like C-Ks and Avantis. It's just the way it is. Leaves more Larks for people like Lee :) nate > That 62 was a nice car. Makes me REALLY envious! > Matthew [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>Lee DeLaBarre >>Daytona62 Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel I didn't think it was possible for a person to like C-K's AND Avanti's. Maybe if they redesigned the nose, put in seats for people over 5'4", and redesigned the nose. Good place for a handful of bumper stickers though. Lee > No offense taken... whaddaya expect from me? I like Porsches, and I like > C-Ks and Avantis. It's just the way it is. Leaves more Larks for people > like Lee :) > > nate I fit fine in an Avanti, but the seats don't agree with my back. True story, JP called me up one day and said "I'm up in Carlisle and I just bought an Avanti. Wanna drive it home for me tomorrow?" or words to that effect. I figured since JP was nice enough to let me make a mess of his garage every weekend or so, I could handle driving a car home for him, and hey, it was an Avanti, albeit an inexpensive one. IT's about a 2 hour drive back to JP's place and the first thing I said after I got out of the car (well, after, "do NOT drive this car, the water pump is about 15 miles from complete and total destruction") was "I don't know what the heck everyone's talking about, my back feels fine, and that was a straight through drive." Turns out the car had some Mustang buckets in it; I just didn't know enough to tell that they weren't correct. Got to drive a '71 back from WV as well; I made it about to Fairfax before we had to stop for gas. I drove JP's car back the rest of the way; as delightful as driving a supercharged, 350/4-speed car was, (I didn't even have to think about this one) the seats were killing me. But anyway, I think Avantis look good, esp. the Studebaker ones, although I do think that the square headlights just do not work with the styling of the car. nate > I didn't think it was possible for a person to like C-K's AND Avanti's. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >>nate Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel I've sat in a couple, I think they were Brian Scott's when they were at Ray's. First thing I noticed was the seat back came up to about the middle of my shoulder blades. I figured it'd be like driving a car while sitting on a folding chair. Lee >I fit fine in an Avanti, but the seats don't agree with my back. > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>> >>>nate Oh yeah, no argument that they suck. You'd *think* that you'd break your back if you were ever rear ended, but the truth is that you'll just bonk your head on the rear seat because the fronts will likely disintegrate before your back will. nate > I've sat in a couple, I think they were Brian Scott's when they were at > Ray's. First thing I noticed was the seat back came up to about the middle [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >>>> >>>>nate Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel Hey, it still looks better sitting still in the driveway. Unfortunately, that's all it does right now :( nate > You mean you actually sold a BEAUTIFUL '62 HT to put up with this > sh.t? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Lee DeLaBarre > Daytona62 Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel I'm going to hide the matches from N8 and give the hoses a try in the AM. > Hey, it still looks better sitting still in the driveway. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> Lee DeLaBarre >> Daytona62 SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 65 Daytona Sports Sedan 64 Daytona HT 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk (Black) 63 R1 GT Hawk 63 Avanti R1 63 Avanti R2 63 Daytona convert 62 Lark 2 door 60 Hawk 60 Lark Convert 51 Commander All part of my evil plan. when he gets tired of fighting this one, I have a nice rag top waiting in the wings. <g> > You mean you actually sold a BEAUTIFUL '62 HT to put up with this > sh.t? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Lee DeLaBarre > Daytona62 SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 65 Daytona Sports Sedan 64 Daytona HT 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk (Black) 63 R1 GT Hawk 63 Avanti R1 63 Avanti R2 63 Daytona convert 62 Lark 2 door 60 Hawk 60 Lark Convert 51 Commander Come up with a package deal with a ragtop and a functional pickup and I won't even have to think about it. (could use a truck; always wanted a ragtop.) I *thought* that this would be an easier project than that green '64 ragtop; I was wrong. nate (well either that, or Jim Turner is never going to speak to me again.) > All part of my evil plan. when he gets tired of fighting this one, I > have a nice rag top waiting in the wings. <g> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> Lee DeLaBarre >> Daytona62 Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel BTW I did manage to fix one thing today; I had the rear brakes adjusted too tight, took me all of 10 minutes to fix that. Dang, those brakes GRAB. Takes less pedal pressure to stop the '55 with manual drums than my new Impala with power discs; I suspect some of that is due to rust on the drums however :( Now that the front linings are worn in, I take back my previous comments about the new linings, they aren't that much worse than the originals. nate > Come up with a package deal with a ragtop and a functional pickup and I > won't even have to think about it. (could use a truck; always wanted a [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> Lee DeLaBarre >>> Daytona62 Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel I had rather have a C-K in my garage, in piecies, than a Lark type that could be driven. <G> JF > You mean you actually sold a BEAUTIFUL '62 HT to put up with this > sh.t? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Lee DeLaBarre > Daytona62 My '55 Prez coupe is parked way out in the country. Possibly within the next week, I might pay a visit and take a few pics as it has all that stuff... JT > need to know any info or pics you could offer about the correct routing > of P/S hoses, speedo cable, e-brake cable, all that stuff around the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > replace "fly" with "com" to reply. > http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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