Hey all! I am a infrequent poster to the alt.studebaker.newsgroup, just found this site. I recently sold many of my Stude parts and cars. But as a studeholic I have collected more.I recently bought a '63 Wagonnaire. A gentleman restored the car mechanics, but passed away. Another person bought the car and parked it on a hill with only the parking brake. The car rolled down the hill and struck a parked car. Hit right on the passenger side tailgate hinge. It buckled the sheet metal pretty bad. Needs a new tailgate, bumper, passnger rear quarter. The back east guys would laugh at the amount of body work, but as a 30 year Arizona guy, it's a tragedy. So I'm back up to my neck in Studes. I love this body style. Not pretty, but talk about functional! Anyway I hope to either fix it, get another body I like, or what? Hows about this. I have a 3K Chevybaker "6" out of a '65. The car has a rebuilt T-86/OD and a 3.73 TT rear. Everything is new on the car mechanically.I smell $3/gallon gas just around the corner. The present rebuilt 289 is going in my pristine '63 T-Cab. I have access to at least 3 oyher AZ Wagonnaire bodies. My Mopar neighbor is a master craftsman. He says fixing the body is no big deal. But I'm cheap (he is not), so what to do? The "6" will be going into whatever I do. I have a rust free '64 Challenger that I would like to sell. But do you think I'm ahead of the game switching all the parts (very extensive work), or fixing it? Just opening this for discussion. I need the $$$ from the Challenger, but want to use what I have. What do you think? Thanks KM
Kelly J. Marion
Kelly J. Marion
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