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Continue readingWell, after several months, (Almost 5) away because of life and work, we finally got some time to get to a car event. The Friday Night Cruise at Denton, MD.
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How often do you think a $99 find can be used and turned into a great build?
Check out the article and see just how this one was done and the great finds that went into it for virtually nothing.
Make sure you go to the bottom to see all of the pictures of this great car!
What type of vehicle?
1946 Studebaker Pick Up Street Rod
1946 Studebaker Pick Up on a 1970 Shortened GMC Frame
When was it purchased?
Truck was bought about 2005 . It was in NE Kansas , I live in sw Ohio.
A friend and I went after it in December, leaving on a Friday evening. I had my wife’s 2002 grand Cherokee with 4.0 motor and no tow package . But had Jeep dealer put a hitch on it when bought. Jeep had 25,000 miles on it ( still have it with 185,000 miles on it, only regular Mtc. so far.)
Saw A M series at a car show and fell in love with it . Only saw it the one time . Anything in Ohio I found was rusted down . Back to going after it , Had a borrowed trailer ( which I bought later ) . We pulled up by the M16 flatbed at 11 am on Saturday . Wood on bed was rotten . Found out a dump was right behind feed store where I got truck .We unbolted the bed, chained it to a tree and pulled truck out from under bed, 3PM by then, headed back . That 4.0 pulled that trailer and truck like a pro. Just sit down since no tow package.
We got home Sunday evening , So went 2000 miles in less than 2 days.
Scraped area is underneath cab , had cracked undercoating , I scraped it all off , pour 15 on it , than recoated with new undercoating.
It took 7 years to get it on road, I was working full time, building when I had time and the money.
Never touched for a year when wife had back surgery.
Been on road about 5 years. I parked it last year when I had 2 back surgeries, Not back out yet.
How much was it purchased for?
I bought it off of EBay for $99 with 320 watchers.
It was missing all grilles, trim and glove compartment door and caved in top and hood.
I gave $65 for the frame and sold the 10 bolt rear for $65.
I Bought a 3:73 12 limited slip out of Cincinnati Enquirer For $125
I also got a front suspension out of a 1983 Chevy for $125
The bed was built out of $140 of new metal
Give me some backstory, are you a mechanic, do you like to fabricate, are you really good at body work, etc. Some info about you.
I went to an auto mechanic school fresh out of high school.
Worked as MGR of a auto parts store for 19 years.
Went to ABX AIR in Wilmington , Ohio when I was 43 , Got my airframe and powerplant license and got into Aircraft sheet metal repair.
Left their when 60 ( job went south after DHL pulled out on us .) Got on at Kenworth Truck in Chillicothe , Ohio , retired from there.
This is my 3rd street Rod , (always had my toys) , 440 6 pk Cuda , AAR Cuda , 33 Willys coupe , 36 Ford 2 Dr. sedan
What have you done to it so far?
Truck is on a GMC 1970 frame I shortened 17 inches. It has the exact same width as
Studebaker frame, but a wider track .
Since it isn’t stock , I decided to run 2 inch wider fenders all around.
I installed a Chevy pickup firewall to better fit the engine.
Gave $65 for frame, then sold the 10 bolt rear for $65.
Bought a 3:73 12 bolt limited slip out of Cincinnati Enquirer For $125 and also got a
front suspension out of a 1983 Chevy for $125. That gave me power disc
brakes and power steering.
( 10 of 12 bolts lined up putting it under the 1970 frame )
The engine is a 355 SBC, 4 bolt main with Camaro block hugger headers , and 2 1/2 exhaust thru magnaflow mufflers.
It has Douglas Dc8 thrust reverser pistons in it.
Has a Edelbrock 600 CFM carb and HEI ignition.
The transmission is a 700r4 with a corvette lock up converter. It locks when going into overdrive and unlocks if it comes out of overdrive.
The bed was built out of $140 of new metal .
Rear Bumper is a Dc8 torque tube , tailpipe tips are 3/8 solid aluminum pulled out of trash at work.
The toolbox holds battery, fire extinguisher, tools and cleaning supplies.
Put wood on bed floor, but did not drill holes through the floor.
I put cross pieces of aluminum floor sitting on rubber and drilled the aluminum and threaded it .
Has a EZ wiring kit, not a home kit , but a company kit that came with fuses and marked wiring . No one was here to help at home except my wife , she got called out more than once.
EZ wiring was great , marked every 6 inches where it went, came separated for rear , front and interior . Longer wires than I needed . I took all my wiring up thru the kick panels through clear plastic tubes in order to clean up firewall.
Has a trailer hitch I had for 25 years , bolted right in .
I was told that it is hard to see brake lights with all the red.
I have 2 led lights on toolbox , Machine shop At ABX made me bezels for tube in rear , 2 Led brake lights there and 2 led regular tail lights and license light goes from white to red when you brake.
Center grille strip is factory thin stainless , mine is 3/8 aluminum made by ABX machine shop .
Friend at ABX made the eyes for the truck.
Truck runs at 1600 rpms at 55 , Gets about 20 MPG , makes noise when I want , quiet when I want .
It has Dakota Digital Gauges , Vintage Air , Heat and Defrost , AM/FM /CD , a tilt wheel out of a S10 that has been shortened 3 inches. I built an add on to my dash and installed the Dakota Gauges myself.
It still sports the wing windows , fresh air scoop and short running boards from the M16 I started with.
Any help you have gotten?
Fred Kidder Jr. did body work and paint .
Rick Futrell in Tip City did interior
Andy’s glass in West Union did Glass
At ABX I got a 1 day pass to blast frame and Cab and parts. It went in with old paint and came home primed.
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It is always exciting to get a story in that is all in the family. Such is the case with Jason Stevens 1962 Plymouth Valiant.
Originally purchased by his grandfather, this vehicle has served his family well. Going from grandfather, to aunt and now to him, he had promised his aunt that he would restore it.
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How often do you get to hear the story of a car, purchased as a kid and still owned, decades later. Well, Brian has just that story.
Purchased from his neighbor as a teenager, it is still his and is going through a restoration.
Make sure to go to the end to see the photos.
What type of vehicle is this?
1969 Shelby GT 500 vin # 480477 sports roof ( fastback)
Black jade in color w/ white stripe. One of 1553 made.
They weren’t done in any sequenced numbers but you could say it’s the 477th made. 3150 total were made in 1969, of which 1868 were GT 500’s (333 convertables)
Who is the first owner of the project and is it still their project?
I’m the 3rd owner. The 1st was J. R. Slavic whom I’ve talked to on Facebook, and the 2nd was Ronald Comer.
When was it purchased?
I purchased it in 1971 late in the year. Drove it to school just after the Christmas break. It had approx 32,000 miles on it.
How much was it purchased for?
I paid $3,250 for it . that was all the money I had , I think my parents kicked it a few to make the sale.
Was this a father/son, Daughter project?
Not really a father son project but I do have a son who is very involved with cars.
Why this particular vehicle?
The 2nd owner was a neighbor and seeing it drive by the house was all I needed to want it.
Give me some backstory, are you a mechanic, do you like to fabricate, are you really good at body work, etc. Some info about you.
I grew up the son of a gas station owner/mechanic. Loved cars since I started to drive and before. I Would spend weekends at my dad’s shop cleaning car parts for his workers.
Info about the vehicle prior to starting it. (i.e., condition, missing parts, just needed paint, no engine, etc.)
The car has 85,000 Michigan miles on it.
We use salt on our roads so you can guess what condition it is in.
When I was 50 I decided to do a ground up restoration on it. The uni body has taken quite a hit from the salt.
The right side forward inner fender extension is bad along with the core support. Rear quarters have damage and the doors bottom edges, as well.
Typical stuff that happens to car in Michigan.
What have you done to it so far?
Having the car for so long a lot was done to it; being in the auto business I had access to Ford parts supply at a 20% off discount rate( dealer pricing).
Rebuilt the motor years ago and again, just recently.
I added factory air-conditioning, power driver’s seat, intermittent windshield wipers, power antenna, aluminum intake , carburetor upgrade from 735 cc to 780 cc, cruise control , extra lighting ( ashtray) , oil cooler.
The inner fender extension has been removed along with the core support and torque box.
Stripped to bare metal and sand blasted (doors forward), Motor and trans removed and rebuilt .
The trans is a C-6 auto with internal upgrades to it.
Motor has been balanced and blueprinted dyno at 477 hp.
Where is it now, in the rebuild stage?
Car has been sitting for years with above work mentioned to it. Sand blasted with a light coat of rust on the bare metal. Striped from the doors forward.
Any special parts you have used?
I was fortunate to have a friend whose father owned a junk yard, so on the weekends I would go and strip cars for parts to use and save for future use, paying very little if at all for them.
The story; I grew up the son of a gas station owner. I had extensive access to any thing cars. Our neighbor had this car and would drive by with it . I fell in love with it. One day I was driving by their house and he was washing it . I pulled in the drive to talk and he said it was for sale. selling it because his daughter wouldn’t drive it. It scared her to drive it. Would rather drive the corvette, that didn’t scare her to drive. I told him I would buy it on the spot , he replied that someone was coming that day to look at I , but if it fell through I could have it. Needless to say, I bought it the next day. My dad required that his main mechanic look at it. The neighbor drove it to the garage to be checked out but I got to drive it home. When I pulled out into the street and got up to 30 mph he said that he knows that I has itching to floor it. Go ahead he said and I did. At that speed it was in the best power curve and the trans kicked down into 1st gear. Going sideways to the right and shifting into 2nd going sideways the other way. I screamed holy shit and was shaking the rest of the way home.
There was a time I was leaving collage parking lot , got on it and when it shifted into 2nd gear the studs that are welded on the torque converter sheared off , needed a tow to the shop that day, then the time the rear leaf spring snapped or the time the seat back broke , and the universal joint going . just a few things, I drive hard.
One day my mom drove it and got a speeding ticket, and when my dad went shopping and slid sideways across the street when pulling out. A trip from my house or home from Ann arbor takes 50 min. One night I did it in 25. We were going 120 – 130 mph home.
The car hasn’t run in years I just drag it from home to home as I go. Currently it’s in the 2nd garage I built for it. Hoping to finish the restoration I’ve started. I WILL finish it.
I have every receipt for anything I purchased for it going back to day 1. Having Ford access I have purchased all Shelby related parts to do a factory correct NOS Restoration on it ,stuff purchased more than 30 years ago.
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Often, when we think of a dream car, we think of an older classic, maybe an antique. The story that is associated with our dream car is usually extraordinary, because, after all, it created a dream. So, what happens when a lady has a dream and 2 different men come into her life and make it happen? Read on to find out how the Silver Bullet became a dream come true. Continue reading
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