Of 1ton Champs and $350 fuel pumps!

[Roscomacaw]

I apologize if this story's been brought up here already. Frankly, I can't (and don't try) to keep up with all the threads started here anymore![|)]

This is a recent story that was a "My Ride" feature in the SF Chronicle. Possibly, the following evidence is telling as to why there weren't any 1ton Champs built (save for this prototype that must've escape Engineering in 1960)[:0]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/10/MT1UUJ3IM.DTL&hw=my+ride&sn=055&sc=512

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[JRoberts]

The guy who wrote this needs to get up close and personal with somebody that knows Studebaker trucks (and old trucks in general). My Champ is not the most comfortable ride in the stable, but it is no worse or no better than other 40+ year old trucks. As for it being "ugly" and "ungainly," I guess the author wouldn't like the '59 or '60 Larks either. Opinion is one thing, and the appreciation for the looks of a vehicle is opinion, but facts are something a journalist should be sure of before printing such hooey as this.

Of course this is just my opinion, you know.

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[JRoberts]

The guy who wrote this needs to get up close and personal with somebody that knows Studebaker trucks (and old trucks in general). My Champ is not the most comfortable ride in the stable, but it is no worse or no better than other 40+ year old trucks. As for it being "ugly" and "ungainly," I guess the author wouldn't like the '59 or '60 Larks either. Opinion is one thing, and the appreciation for the looks of a vehicle is opinion, but facts are something a journalist should be sure of before printing such hooey as this.

Of course this is just my opinion, you know.

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[Mark57]

quote:Originally posted by JRoberts

The guy who wrote this needs to get up close and personal with somebody that knows Studebaker trucks (and old trucks in general). My Champ is not the most comfortable ride in the stable, but it is no worse or no better than other 40+ year old trucks. As for it being "ugly" and "ungainly," I guess the author wouldn't like the '59 or '60 Larks either. Opinion is one thing, and the appreciation for the looks of a vehicle is opinion, but facts are something a journalist should be sure of before printing such hooey as this.

Of course this is just my opinion, you know.

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

Well Joe, I must say I agree with you and probably would put it more succinctly by stating that everyone is entitled to their opinion and my opinion is that the editorial piece written is a "pile of crap" [xx(] obviously written by someone with no personal experience with a Champ truck.

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar
3E-6/7-122 </h5>

[Mark57]

quote:Originally posted by JRoberts

The guy who wrote this needs to get up close and personal with somebody that knows Studebaker trucks (and old trucks in general). My Champ is not the most comfortable ride in the stable, but it is no worse or no better than other 40+ year old trucks. As for it being "ugly" and "ungainly," I guess the author wouldn't like the '59 or '60 Larks either. Opinion is one thing, and the appreciation for the looks of a vehicle is opinion, but facts are something a journalist should be sure of before printing such hooey as this.

Of course this is just my opinion, you know.

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

Well Joe, I must say I agree with you and probably would put it more succinctly by stating that everyone is entitled to their opinion and my opinion is that the editorial piece written is a "pile of crap" [xx(] obviously written by someone with no personal experience with a Champ truck.

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar
3E-6/7-122 </h5>

[arkiejazz]

[)]Oh My Goodness! Mercy Sakes Agracious![)]

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[arkiejazz]

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steve blake

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[Roscomacaw]

The writer's misinformed - that's certain. But he musta got all his "facts" from the owner. And the fact that dolt paid $350 to get a fuel pump overhauled is evidence of just what sorta "facts" that the writer recieved.[xx(]

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[Roscomacaw]

The writer's misinformed - that's certain. But he musta got all his "facts" from the owner. And the fact that dolt paid $350 to get a fuel pump overhauled is evidence of just what sorta "facts" that the writer recieved.[xx(]

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[Guido]

Talk about a biased and uninformative article. I especially like his commentary about the unsuccessful resurrections of the Avanti. Seems to me they were produced pretty continuously for the last 40 years.[xx(]


http://community.webshots.com/user/GuidoSalvage

Hiding and preserving Studebakers in Richmond, Goochland & Louisa, Va.

[Guido]

Talk about a biased and uninformative article. I especially like his commentary about the unsuccessful resurrections of the Avanti. Seems to me they were produced pretty continuously for the last 40 years.[xx(]


http://community.webshots.com/user/GuidoSalvage

Hiding and preserving Studebakers in Richmond, Goochland & Louisa, Va.

[Roscomacaw]

It's a veritable Cornucopia of Bullsheetia![V]

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[Roscomacaw]

It's a veritable Cornucopia of Bullsheetia![V]

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[PlainBrownR2]

Everyone has their opinion, and here is my editorial reply [)]....
Dunno where he's getting his information from, I never had a cracking situation with the block(lucky, alot of care, whatever). But between one V8, and another being a flathead six, plus the few other sixes and 8's here, we never seen nothing like that(This is just us now). The six with my little experiment, I would never have bothered with the turbo if that was gonna be the case. What I also see here seems to also be the case with the folks moving out this direction and getting a truck. If it don't handle and ride like a Rolls, and its primary use is stockpiling groceries and not the bags of fertilizer and gravel it was designed for, its not worth the steel it came from .
I could do something like the fuel pump for wayyy less, even without having to have it sent out. Geez two of those pumps could be about the cost of a blower rebuild, something's out of sorts here [B)]
In short, oh cmon its a farm truck. It supposed to ride like a log wagon, be able to work when it needs to, etc. Thats why the man upstairs(or was that five) slapped a bed and heavy duty rear leafs on the back of it.


1964 Studebaker Commander R2 clone
1950 Studebaker 2R5 with 170 turbocharged
[img=left]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00003.jpg?t=1171152673[/img=left]
[img=right]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00009.jpg?t=1171153019[/img=right]
[img=left]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00002.jpg?t=1171153180[/img=left]
[img=right]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00005.jpg?t=1171153370[/img=right]

[PlainBrownR2]

Everyone has their opinion, and here is my editorial reply [)]....
Dunno where he's getting his information from, I never had a cracking situation with the block(lucky, alot of care, whatever). But between one V8, and another being a flathead six, plus the few other sixes and 8's here, we never seen nothing like that(This is just us now). The six with my little experiment, I would never have bothered with the turbo if that was gonna be the case. What I also see here seems to also be the case with the folks moving out this direction and getting a truck. If it don't handle and ride like a Rolls, and its primary use is stockpiling groceries and not the bags of fertilizer and gravel it was designed for, its not worth the steel it came from .
I could do something like the fuel pump for wayyy less, even without having to have it sent out. Geez two of those pumps could be about the cost of a blower rebuild, something's out of sorts here [B)]
In short, oh cmon its a farm truck. It supposed to ride like a log wagon, be able to work when it needs to, etc. Thats why the man upstairs(or was that five) slapped a bed and heavy duty rear leafs on the back of it.


1964 Studebaker Commander R2 clone
1950 Studebaker 2R5 with 170 turbocharged
[img=left]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00003.jpg?t=1171152673[/img=left]
[img=right]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00009.jpg?t=1171153019[/img=right]
[img=left]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00002.jpg?t=1171153180[/img=left]
[img=right]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00005.jpg?t=1171153370[/img=right]