A few weeks ago the brakes on my Jeep started acting up, because of that
and a couple of other issues I started driving my truck to work.
Well one thing led to another and it's now been about six weeks since I
started driving my truck every day, I've driven the Jeep once (on

The world is going to Hell
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing
that the U.S. government can track a cow born

I just mailed off a copy ot the thread on "How to kill a Business" to
Solutions@bumperboyz.
Lets see if anything comes from it.
I think I'll put the thread in our next club newsletter.

Couple of questions about V8 exhaust manifolds.
I've got a leak on the right side that I've been battling forever, even
took the manifold off and put all new gaskets on, fixed it for about a
week, and it seemed like there was something funny about the gasket

I remember a post (was it Paul Johnson?) a while back with pics of
various tires, one of which was an old 6.70-15 - does anyone know what
the rolling diameter was if that was measured?  (if not, I have some
fairly old ones that I can measure but I am not sure that they are

got all four of the wire wheels mounted on the '55 coupe today and they
fit great!  they're a generous 7" wide, with a zero offset including the
spacer/adapters (about 4" backspacing measuring from the very outside of
the rim.)  Without the spacer/adapters they have an inch of ...

Remember a few weeks ago I was going nuts over my business coupe's pulling?
New everything up front and no matter how many times I adjusted, one side
squealed & grabbed to where I wasn't using the car anymore?
Today I was going to swap the shoes, so I lifted her up; pulled the ...

I bought a set of R3 intake & exhaust valves from Studebaker International
to install in my heads.  S.I. does not carry seats for these valves.
Lionel Stone carries the intake seats but I do not see anything for the
exhaust seats.  Does anyone know where they can be had or if the ...

Here's a good read about the auto industry. Notice the pay of the
workers that make the $6000 new car and the cheaper cars to come.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20050624/bs_bw/b3941072mz054

I occasionally search the Autotrader for Studebakers and found this one.
A rather unusual car somewhere in Quebec. Thought that someone might be
interested.
http://www.canadatrader.com/result/detailinfo.aspx?ID=10784048&pgno=1

Asking here rather than studying the parts books because the answers along
with the quips is more fun. Having thrashed the 224 in my '55 coupe I needed
a new engine.Found a '60 259 w/3-speed OD. I also have in my grubby mitts a
'62 4-speed,bellhousing,flywheel etc and am ...

I'm still looking for a '58 through '64 T86 with od for Snurdley's
Cruiser.  Mike, his son is driving it and Snurd and I had planned on
replacing the standard with an od and replacing the single pull 3:31
with a higher number TT rear.  I told Mike we would still do it and I

Somebody got a pretty good deal on this sign... $250
Only a few bidders.... (live auction)
http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=653663421
0&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT