Another Holy Grail part.

[JDP]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160319221690&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&viewitem=

JDP/Maryland

[jimmijim8]

Holy Guacamole, those look like aftermarket. jimmijim

[JDP]

Not really. The Studebaker belts said Kar Belts on the box, and with the correct S/P sticker, they are 100 % correct.

JDP/Maryland

[barnlark]

Just had to show those the day after York, didn't you?! Those are the real thing, all right.

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[mbstude]

Here on one of Frank Ambrogio's '56 Golden Hawks.





Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, GA

[barnlark]

Here are some that Bondbilly posted a while back.

[bob40]

Set I sold a couple years back did about that much.

[bams50]

I'd just like to have that cool box for display![8D]

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"Do they all not, by mere virtue of having survived as relics of a bygone era, amass a level of respect perhaps not accorded to them when they were new?"

[candbstudebakers]

Thats Chuck Kenney in White Cloud Mi. he comes up with some pretty nice items now and then, and always does well with them on E-bay...Bob Peterson

[barnlark]

If you have good used ones like that, Bob, I'd be happy with a rear set of those. (Not kidding) Pulling over two c-notes may be what they are worth now for a nos safety part, but I'm not sure I'd trust the belts that old, so I would be spending that just for buckles. Puts it in a different perspective that way for me. They are puurdy, though.

[sals54]

Just an observation... but would it be prudent to mount those on the doors like that? As Studebaker doors are prone to pop open in a wreck, one would expect the occupants would be thrown out of the car in spite of being belted in. The door jamb would be a much better anchor, wouldn't it?

sals54

[jimmijim8]

Sparton. The belts were also supplied to the aftermarket. Look at Chucks e-bay photo and compare to the Bondo photo. Confusing a bit? Sparton was an after market and before market supplier of auto products. They were manufacturers of automobile horns to Stude, Gm{the long Cadillac trumpet horn}, Chrysler, American Motors,jeep. jimmijim

[jimmijim8]

I did not say they were not 100% correct. I stated that they looked like aftermarket. An olde time gas station I worked at as a kid had a couple sets like Chuck's e-bay ones without the s-p stickers. Go figure. I did. They were supplied to the aftermarket also. Sparton Karbelts were not exclusive to Studebaker. jimmijim

quote:Originally posted by JDP

Not really. The Studebaker belts said Kar Belts on the box, and with the correct S/P sticker, they are 100 % correct.

JDP/Maryland

[Kdancy]

Don't think I would want them mounted on the door!

[barnlark]

Originally posted by jimmijim8

I did not say they were not 100% correct. I stated that they looked like aftermarket. An olde time gas station I worked at as a kid had a couple sets like Chuck's e-bay ones without the s-p stickers. Go figure. I did. They were supplied to the aftermarket also. Sparton Karbelts were not exclusive to Studebaker. jimmijim

Originally posted by JDP

Not really. The Studebaker belts said Kar Belts on the box, and with the correct S/P sticker, they are 100 % correct.

Sparton was the vendor/supplier for both, just different box art depending on the year up to 1960, I'm pretty sure. The key is the spelling "Karbelts." The airline buckles and clips were made N.J.
Does anyone use the door any more? Most drill in the floor and use the proper washers, I would think. I'm trying to figure out where they would have drilled in the rear on a convertible Lark. It's a very short belt if installed back there.