Took the Stude to a car show in Yucaipa yesterday. Temperature was in
the 90's. Coming home I noticed that my voltmeter was at 12.5 volts no
matter how high I revved it. Two hours later when I got near home the
temperature was about 20 degrees cooler. I notice the voltmeter was ...

Last year soebody suggested to the
Stamford Museum and Nature Center that
our 56 Hawk be used to represent the
"Studebaker" Hawk when they did their

If anyone has a parts book handy.  Could you look up the P/N for the
check valve / vaccuum fitting on a '62 lark booster.  Its the plastic
elbow that twist-locks into the booster and is where the vaccuum hose
going to the intake manifold attaches.  I need a new one and the

Is it true that '63 Lark taillights are now being reproduced afetr
decades of being "NLA"? Who's got 'em for sale?
Thanks,
Karl in Silicon Valley

   The Speedster brakes would tend to drag in reverse after the first
application, than release going forward. N8 and I got it it down to the
passenger wheel. On inspection everything thing looked normal other than
slightly thin shoes. On closer inspection we discovered the ...

As some of you know, I have a 66 Commander 4 door, with no options
other than the 230 six and the auto trans.
I have been able to get some good buys on used and NOS parts
for it, on ebay over the last few years, but this NG has helped me find

OK, so I finally got a chance to try the new springs in my "sort-of" '55
coupe today (basically it thinks it's a '63 GT Hawk except for the rear
end) and the vibration I was getting while accelerating through 30-ish
MPH is much diminished but still there.  This leads me to ...

Andy just mentioned the white suit he wore at Indy with STP logo's all over
it.
That year he said he gave all the crew members STP uniforms (called them
pajama's)

I put "old faithful" up on the choppin' block, eBay item# 4550635276
(name = ocfapinc).  Any interest????
Calvin

Add a 4 speed and R2 and stir:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4549828992

Got some more work done on the '55 coupe this weekend...  got my new
rear springs in, replaced the rear brake hose and hard lines (I had a
set of stainless pre-bent ones kicking around from an aborted project)
as well as the master cylinder (I have BRAKES!  even with no booster

Looks like I'm back in the plating business. ;-(
dammit!
The previous owner of the plating shop repossed it back from the a.sholes I
had so much trouble with and was by here yesterday to get my business back.

I'm watching the Today show this morning and Styx is playing two songs and
they sound as good as they did 20 years ago... and no lip syncing.
Lee

Hi Gang
Through a long series of events of being outbid then bid dropping to
me, losing my job after the winning bid, scrapping up the money and
then getting a new job.....yada yada yada.....I got word today the guy