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| pondering as I put things back together | 29 Aug 2007 00:13 GMT | 8 |
Are the rear hubs supposed to have dust caps like the front ones? My Hawk only has caps on the front wheels, and I think that's odd. I'm tired of trying to locate information in those shop manuals, but I'm just about done, so no point
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| Super Studebakers! Dissapointed!!!!!! | 29 Aug 2007 00:10 GMT | 5 |
I just received the publication, "Super Studebakers" from the Studebaker National Museum. I am actually dissapointed with this $35.00 publication that consists of 36 pages and counts the cover and table of contents as pages 1 and 2.
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| "Pinging" Jeff Rice <OT to you, On Topic to Jeffers> | 28 Aug 2007 22:24 GMT | 12 |
Jeff- I responded to two of your emails last night, both got rejected by "server." Your server, my server, doesn't matter... rejected is rejected. I also tried to respond to you through SDC's forum, no response from you.
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| TorqThrust wheels? | 28 Aug 2007 20:31 GMT | 2 |
Just got back from trying to order new wheels for 63 Avanti. Thought I'd have the tire shop double-check backspace and offset, so we would not do a foolish expensive thing...They finally found one guy there who knew how to measure backspace. Then they got the distributor on the ...
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| NOS gauge clusters? | 28 Aug 2007 20:26 GMT | 9 |
Does anyone know if Dennis has '64-66 gauge clusters? TIA JT
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| Ebay Golden Hawk Hype | 28 Aug 2007 16:28 GMT | 5 |
"This Golden Hawk in the day was one bad a.s and would eat up anything that got in its way. This Hawk with a 3 speed and a over drive- 6 speed transmission and a 289 supercharged R2 engine boasts 290 hp with a top speed of 181 mph at Bonneville no one came close in 57."
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| kudos to john poulas | 28 Aug 2007 04:48 GMT | 3 |
jp did an outstanding job as an expert witness in the case that was tried today. after 4 years trying to recover my 53 commander c body [sitting on a package gt hawk frame with discs, twin traction, 4sp and a clone r3 engine] and then another year of litigation the case
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| We won against the restoration shop | 28 Aug 2007 01:54 GMT | 5 |
Just got back from my first gig as a expect witness in a trial for damages against a restoration shop that pretty much destroyed a 53 Starlight belonging to a SDC member. We won a 32K judgment for damages to a once condition 2 starlight with R3 clone and 4 speed. The guys
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| Upgrading my steering in 1955 -- mounting the PS pump | 27 Aug 2007 18:31 GMT | 2 |
I have one issue in terms of mounting the 1962/63 PS pump and I thought that I could use the bracket bought from Studebaker Intl but now I notice that there is obviously an issue as my engine is 1957 GH engine. Is there a way to get this later ...
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| Question on oil additive. | 27 Aug 2007 16:26 GMT | 7 |
Have been following most of the posts on oil and which kinds are best to use in our older engines but was wondering if anybody had any knowledge or experiances with of any of the "Slick 50" products. I think it is has a teflon base. They made them for both engines and ...
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| Bad Ground? | 26 Aug 2007 17:30 GMT | 5 |
Working on my extended project 59 Lark Hardtop. 259, auto, 12volt w/ generator. I have not had this car running in about three years because of it's "dissassembly". Progressed to the point that I am attempting to get it started now. When cranking, the battery
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| now I've seen everything. | 26 Aug 2007 09:24 GMT | 6 |
I just received the following e-mail: Internal Revenue Service, United States Department of the Treasury After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity
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| Stude key blanks | 26 Aug 2007 03:19 GMT | 7 |
Had a hardware store owner tell me that he won't cut keys for "antique" cars, because the key blanks are made of such hard metal that they ruin the cutting wheel on the key cutter. Anyone ever heard of such? He's a guy in his 60's who's been doing
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| Key from build sheet code | 26 Aug 2007 03:19 GMT | 1 |
Okay, while moving my 62 project around today my only key (an original studebaker aluminum one) broke off in the ignition. Its the Y133 blank.... digging the pieces out of the ignition it bacame evident the pieces are so distorted that its inpractical to glue them back
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| My kid sold Joe Walsh a guitar today | 25 Aug 2007 23:15 GMT | 33 |
I was just surprised that he knew who he was, and who the Eagles were. <g>
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