Up in Roseland,there has been a bit of a gas price war.While the rest
of our metro area has been $1.89 +/- a few cents, this one Phillips 66
had thier unleaded @ $1.65 a gal at 6:30 AM Wednesday.
Then @ 8AM,they increased the price to

I'd like to get some of the undercoating off the under-side of the '55 I'm
working on, now that I have the body back on the frame.  (Would have much
prefered to do this without the frame in the way, but don't have the
rotisserie and chose not to be under the body-on-blocks.)  No gas ...

Here's an easy contest to enter...especially if you are a NASCAR fan.
I ran accross it in a Carquest store yesterday.
Stick in your e-mail address and then use code# CQ382
Jeff

I purchased a 160 mph speedometer face to replace the 140 mph face on
my 1963 Avanti.  I have been told that the 140 mph speedometer can be
reclaibrated so the 160 face will be accurate. I am currently running
the stock automatic transmission with a 373 rear end. Does anyone have

Well, the wife was trying to be nice to me........
She went to renew the tag (License plate for you Yankee's <g>) for the
yellow truck...
The state had sent me a form saying the old tag I had was due for

'Finally gave up having to locate Ol' Skool Rodz on the newsstand every
time there was a Studebaker item in it, because there was one in every
issue! So I subscribed about a month ago and today got my first issue
by mail subscription; cover date May 2005.

I don't know if everyone got a flier in the mail this week but Harbor
Freight has some pretty decent items on sale.  The flier I got was 12 pages
and several items were 50%+ off.  There's also a parking lot sale on
Saturday and Sunday March 4 & 5.

 My pal that owns Wally's service has finally started work on his 50
starlite coupe. I need a right rear glass for a starlite.We could do the
"pony express" delivery from York as some of the NC members (But not me,
unfortunately) will be there. My email is valid above. Thanks!

http://www.acclassiccars.com/vehicles.html .
  -begins today & for the next few days.  I see a GT Hawk & a late 40's
Stude convertible.
                                                  Mike M.

Damn that Burger King! Just about the time I get that damn hobo song
out of my head, here comes that damn commercial and starts it all over
again! Damn! <G>

The April 2005 Hemmings Muscle Machines, now in subscriber hands, has a
great article on Studebaker participation in the early years of NASCAR.
The material comes from Florida SDC member Bob Coolidge, who gave an
excellent presentation on his Studebaker/NASCAR research in Charlotte

Any NG'ers going to Decatur? 3K spaces sold there so I will not be the only
soul praying for good weather.
We have had 12 hours of very heavy rain here in the barrio on the bayou,
with more predicted today.

A few weeks ago there was a tale in which a regular towed in a (61?)
Hawk that had fuel problems, such as gasoline in one cylinder.
Eventually, our guy goes inside to answer a call of nature and comes
back out and finds that, despite orders against it, he tried to start

I reviewed old posts on this topic, but didn't find exactly the answer
I need. I have a '61 289 engine in my '64 GT. It has the older Delco
dizzy (non-window type). My question deals with eliminating the
condenser(s) with the installation of the pertronix module and 40kv

Anybody else having trouble with HotMail? Mine is acting up terribly.
My apologies to Ted, StudeBob, and others to whom I have tried to
respond to their e-mails. I no sooner compose a reply and hit "Send"
and the screen pops up "Error" or "Action Cancelled" or some such and