5/10 EYE CANDY MONDAY

[ChampTrucking]

[55champion]

Very nice work,I like it.

[JRoberts]

Very nice truck. Thanks for the post.

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

[Avantidon]

Rich, makes for a nice way to start the week after a long weekend in South Bend. Thanks!!!

See you in the future as I write about our past

[Chantony]

What a great truck! Very nice pictures too!! Thanks for brightening up my day[^][]
I love the look of the one piece front glass on those early pickups too

A.C.Moisley

[Chris Pile]

The motor looks great in red!

Chris Pile

http://midwaystudebakers.tripod.com/

[Jim B PEI]

Wow! What a gorgeous truck, a modified with all the right stuff..and all from Studebaker. Red suits this just fine, especially that red and chrome engine. Must be fun at shows pointing out the only obvious Chevy part 'needed'. Going to have to come up with a new meaning for the acronym SBC...Seats By Chevy??

Jim B on PEI
63 Wagonaire 259 o/d 63V 34470
57 Champion W4 o/d G769739
57 Champion W4 automatic
57 Commander W4 automatic 8468415

[jbroomer]

Nice truck, I really like the older Stude trucks, more than the Chevy and Fords. If I wasn't needing something to cart around the three kids, I'd look at a truck.

[woodysrods]

Nice Truck. A lot of red going on there[]
Good Roads
Brian

Brian Woods
woodysrods@shaw.ca
1946 M Series (Shop Truck)

[StudeRich]

I am guessing that they stretched their 298 c.i. .060 over 289, just a bit! Not to many people are going to have custom made .065 oversize pistons made just so they can have over a full 300 inches! [:0]

StudeRich

[COMMANDERPINK1]

quote:Originally posted by StudeRich

I am guessing that they stretched their 298 c.i. .060 over 289, just a bit! Not to many people are going to have custom made .065 oversize pistons made just so they can have over a full 300 inches! [:0]

StudeRich

What about stroking [?][8D]

Tom

[52-fan]

The factories also round off displacement numbers so I guess we can too.

"In the heart of Arkansas."
1952 Champion Starlight w/overdrive. Searcy, Arkansas

[okc63avanti]

quote:Originally posted by StudeRich

I am guessing that they stretched their 298 c.i. .060 over 289, just a bit! Not to many people are going to have custom made .065 oversize pistons made just so they can have over a full 300 inches! [:0]

StudeRich

Actually I did the math and a 289 with 0.060" over bore is 298.886 cubic inches or 299. The old Bonneville video(on YouTube) with Andy Granatelli breaking records with 168 MPH has the announcer saying the the Studebaker is being powered by a 299 cubic inch V8.

John


63R-2386 under restoration & modification

[clonelark]

What a well thought out pickup. 55s my favorite.

[jeds55]

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments. The 55 was fun building and a blast to drive it. I'll leave you guessing as to what's really in the engine. If you see me at a show, I'll be happy to bore you with a complete album on the rebuild and answer specific question in exponential detail.
Thanks to Champ Trucking for all of his pictures throughout the year.

Jim Nation (aka JEds55)