Howard Johnson had his Avanti stolen from a shop in Oroville, CA. Oroville
is about an hour north of Sacramento. This is a high performance R-3 4
speed Clone with a supercharger. It has slotted mags, candy red paint with
most of it primered over to get ready for a repaint. The car ...

Shop was broken into last night.  The alarm system has been busted for
a while and it was one of those things I was gong to "get around to".
They took my riding mower, a Honda weed eater, and some tools.  they
must have had a truck as they brought a ladder (left it behind) and

I was just watching CNN's coverage of a protest yesterday in Beirut, and
right in the middle of the throng was a guy wearing a t-shirt with the
red-white and blue Stude S on it
Amazing

I attempted to post this yesterday with a few pix & it never went through,
so here it is sans pix:
I decided to fly instead of investing 4 days of driving & gallons of
expensive diesel into a trip in which I may not buy anything. Returning in a

Having not much experience with Studebaker six cylinder cars and running
gear I have to ask these questions.
Can larger pressure plates be used with the original smallest
clutch/pressure/flywheel set up for the 170cid?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/55-Studebaker-Customized-with-34-Ford-Parts_W0QQi
temZ220010378838QQihZ012QQcategoryZ39405QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Joe (just kidding) Roberts

So I bought it, going to Lee D. for detailing and check out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6466QQihZ002QQitemZ12
0015258156QQrdZ1
JP/Maryland
Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com

Got with an alarm company today and it will be next Monday before they
will have it installed.  The guy will bring some signs tomorrow for
what it's worth.  Phone line will be in in two days.  I didn't have a
phone as I have been just using my cell.  Alarms sure have changed a

I had absentee bids on the Avanti and 4 wheel drive truck, but they
both disappeared. The  don't show up as items items I'm bidding on, nor
items won or lost.
JP/Maryland

Sal just picked up the "non-running" Avanti we bought on ebay. It was
last ran in the 80's, but stored in a attached garage in California. I
told Sal to Kroil the cylinders and valve and try to turn it over
tomorrow.  Sal, being Sal, just had to put a wrench on the crank and