Started putting Bess back together again...

[studeclunker]

I started putting Bess back together again this past few weeks, where there was time. I put the manifold and carb on her that came from Kent's place:



Course, LOL I've yet to put the engine back in. One can't see it, but I put the new throw-out bearing in too. All I have to do now is drill the '52 tranny and tap to recieve the bracket for the clutch and in it all goes. Then it won't be long before the old girl is back on the road.


Home of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[silverhawk]

Cool, keep it up!

Dylan Wills

'61 lark deluxe 4 door wagon

[candbstudebakers]

Ron, ever hear of soap????

Bob Peterson / C & B Studebakers

Castro Valley, CA
canbstudebakers-

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[jnormanh]

At least it's resting under a shade tree.

[Dick Steinkamp]

quote:Originally posted by candbstudebakers

Ron, ever hear of soap????

...and that motor could stand to be cleaned up too.

[)]

Dick Steinkamp
Bellingham, WA

[Carl Purdy]

Reminds me of a 1955 Plymouth Wagon I looked at. It was clean on the out side and on the in side raised the hood it hadn't been clean since 1955. I forgot about it right there.


7G-Q1 49 2R12 10G-F5 56B-D4 56B-F2

[studeclunker]

Oi, you fellas remind me of my mum (LOL)! I'd love to clean Bess' motor up thoroughly. Would you like to lend me a pressure washer? Some of the grime on the motor and the chassis on Bess would need extremely hot water and a scraper (LOL)... make that several scrapers...[B)] at the same time! Yes, I'd love to do it. My focus is on what I can do with the resources I currently have, and not what I'd love to do with resources I don't have. Right now, I'd like to just get Bess back on the road. Detailing the car would cost more in rentals of equipment and time than I have available.

Sorry, but I'm just really excited to be back on track to getting the old girl going again.


Home of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[maxpower1954]

Studeclunker, if it was mine I would make some effort to clean that baby up - not to detail it, but to make it SO much more pleasant to work on -
I hate grease and dirt working on a car. At least get the worst of it off...Russ Farris

[bams50]

LOL! Gee Ron, aren'tcha glad you shared???[|)]

Good luck, hope you get her going soon, detailed or not!

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

[BobGlasscock]

New paint never smells as wonderful as old grease and dirt. Stick with it Ron, and make her run like a baby!

'50 Champion, 1 family owner

[DEEPNHOCK]

Patina......

(That, and the crust keeps the fluids in[}][])
Jeff[8D]

[Studewannabe]

Ron,it's time to keep a cool head now!
When Bess springs a leak from scrubbing
where will all these sanitary folks be?
As soon as she pulls her own weight again
i would treat her to a basic sponge-bath.

Good luck,
Peet

[dictator27]

Aw, c'mon, guys. It ain't gonna rust!![}][^] What Jeff said.

Terry Godkin
Surrey, British Columbia

[studeclunker]

quote:Originally posted by DEEPNHOCK

Patina......

(That, and the crust keeps the fluids in[}][])
Jeff[8D]

LOL![)]


Home of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[TedsHawk]

my experience has been that the grease ball motors are the best runners, when I worked at the garage doing motor switches that's how it always worked out, clean means its been messed with and probably taken apart at some time. greasy and untouched good motor!

1957 Golden Hawk
"Studebaker? they dont make them anymore"