hey guys, i am new to owning a stude, but i love my car already. i have a 64 lark 4dr, it has a 289, and i am wondering what is the triangular glass bottle for in the engine compartment? it is mounted on the left front inner fender, it is held in by two clips. the bottle has about a twelve ounce volume. thanks, benny.
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quote:Originally posted by benny_64
there is no reservoir in there, no hoses or washers, why would it be there unless it is just to pull out and dump on the windshield
bdm
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better a bottle in the engine compartment where you can use it. Instead of where it was in my grandmother's Caddie.[:I] She (actually the repairman) found one in the left rear quarter panel. Some jokester thought it was funny to tie a coke bottle up there where you could'nt see or get to it.[}] Used to drive the poor old lady crazy. After it was fixed she said that the accident was the best thing that ever happened to that car! That bottle and it's note hung on the wall in my grandparent's family room for years. We all got a laugh out of it.
Lotsa Larks!
Studeclunker
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Ron Smith
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quote:[i]That bottle and it's note hung on the wall in my grandparent's family room for years. We all got a laugh out of it.
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It's been forty years since I last saw the note.[:I] If I can remember right, it said something to the effect of; "Gotcha!! From the bottle bangin baby!"
I have heard of several others like this over the years. So who knows, 'bottle bangin baby' may have worked there quite a while.
Lotsa Larks!
Studeclunker
A.K.A: out2lunchHome of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Fawn Lodge, CA?
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I heard of a Coke bottle hanging in a quarter panel of a new Plymouth at the dealership that I used to work for. This was one of many fairly common pranks at the factories.Gary L.
Wappinger, NY
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Studebaker enthusiast much longer
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The triangular bottle was for windshield washer solvent *concentrate* - when the regular bag or bottle would run empty, you'd dump a little stuff in from the triangular bottle and then top off with water.
That's actually a fairly desirable accessory... I think GM used the exact same bottle just with a different label so a GM guy doing a 100% correct resto would probably like to have it. I have one off of a parts car that I ought to mount in my car for the coolness factor... except I don't have windshield washers
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the cool thing about this bottle is that it say's studebaker on it with a date and all the goods. it's stamped for the canada and the u.s. factories.
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