Alright, my three pack manual set was delivered last night. When I was looking at the Index pages of the Body Parts Manual it was indicating that the Body tags on the firewall do give information as to build number of the body.
Just to clarify, My car is a Canadian model, listed on the title as a 1947, I suspect it is a 48? It does have a 47 grill and emblems.
Did the 48 Studebakers actually have 47 front ends? The pick from the first car off the line does have a 47 front end, so that is it safe to say they were carry over parts?
Anyhow the body tag shows the following
Model H8G-W3
Body #4895
Trim# T-7364
Paint# P-2214
There is a small tag duplicating
G4895
So translated is the W3 equals Four Door
G= Champion
4895 = body build sequence.
According to reading the parts were "Assembled" in Canada.
But here is where it gets strange.
The vin code
G708090
It doesn't seem to fall in sequence with the Canadian serial numbers except it is in the 7xxxxx line. But the 8009 of the code later in a series of cars post the 1950's.
All the body tags and the vin tag say Studebaker of Canada on them.
Where I'm going with this is, I'm at an impasse right now. Do I restore the car 100% to original, down to the paint?
Or is the car far enough along in the build sequence for canada that it doesn't matter?
I plan on restoring the car back to near original but adding a radio package "factory style" and we are thinking a different color than tan.
Any comments?
Just to clarify, My car is a Canadian model, listed on the title as a 1947, I suspect it is a 48? It does have a 47 grill and emblems.
Did the 48 Studebakers actually have 47 front ends? The pick from the first car off the line does have a 47 front end, so that is it safe to say they were carry over parts?
Anyhow the body tag shows the following
Model H8G-W3
Body #4895
Trim# T-7364
Paint# P-2214
There is a small tag duplicating
G4895
So translated is the W3 equals Four Door
G= Champion
4895 = body build sequence.
According to reading the parts were "Assembled" in Canada.
But here is where it gets strange.
The vin code
G708090
It doesn't seem to fall in sequence with the Canadian serial numbers except it is in the 7xxxxx line. But the 8009 of the code later in a series of cars post the 1950's.
All the body tags and the vin tag say Studebaker of Canada on them.
Where I'm going with this is, I'm at an impasse right now. Do I restore the car 100% to original, down to the paint?
Or is the car far enough along in the build sequence for canada that it doesn't matter?
I plan on restoring the car back to near original but adding a radio package "factory style" and we are thinking a different color than tan.
Any comments?
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