Busy day at the shop

[mbstude]

Spent all day at the shop. We managed to get the hood and tailgate for the Scotsman painted. Hopefully we'll get them on the truck tomorrow. Then next weekend I hope to drive it to a car rally and 'debut' the fresh paint.



Then we went and picked up a friend's '55 Commander from the starter/generator guy. This is one aggravating little Stude! When the owner gets it home, it always seems to develop a lot of little problems. But whenever it's here at the shop, everything is fine!



After that, my grandad decided to get the '63 GT out and drive it a bit. The car has been sitting since '03 or so. 66K original miles. Never been restored. We poured a little gas down the carb and the 289 roared to life! Still had brakes on it too. (Factory front disks) Heh, my grandad even drove it to the gas station, but when he got back the water pump started leaking. [V]
Anyways, this car is next on the redo-list. Nothing too special, plain 289 with FOM trans, power front disk brakes, power steering, aftermarket AC.

A few pics, of course...



We do have the overlay for the trunk lid.




There she goes!


__________________________________

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, Georgia
'59 Scotsman PU
'63 Daytona HT

Simply Orange

http://mbstudebaker.blogspot.com/

http://georgiastudebaker.com/

[Anne F. Goodman]

Great Pictures. When I scrolled down to see the 55 I had to do a double take thats exactly like my son's car. His Daily driver.Amazing.

Mabel 1949 Champion
1957 Silverhawk
1955 Champion 4Dr.Regal
Gus 1958 Transtar
Fresno,Ca

[Anne F. Goodman]

Great Pictures. When I scrolled down to see the 55 I had to do a double take thats exactly like my son's car. His Daily driver.Amazing.

Mabel 1949 Champion
1957 Silverhawk
1955 Champion 4Dr.Regal
Gus 1958 Transtar
Fresno,Ca

[rockinhawk]

You better not let your Grandma hear you say that car is nothing special. She'll skin you alive about her Hawk. She's been after me for ayear or so to get it back on the road, and you have jumped in front of her twice now. It's a good thing she loves you! NT


Neil Thornton
Hazlehurst, GA
'57 Silver Hawk
'56 Sky Hawk
'51 2R16 dump truck
Many others.

[rockinhawk]

You better not let your Grandma hear you say that car is nothing special. She'll skin you alive about her Hawk. She's been after me for ayear or so to get it back on the road, and you have jumped in front of her twice now. It's a good thing she loves you! NT


Neil Thornton
Hazlehurst, GA
'57 Silver Hawk
'56 Sky Hawk
'51 2R16 dump truck
Many others.

[mbstude]

Ok ok, I KNOW that the GT is special that way...
But as far as it being an R car or something with a lot of rare accessories, it's a 'plain' GT Hawk. But, I do think my grandma would get rid of me before she did her Hawk. The car is definitely part of the family!

__________________________________

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, Georgia
'59 Scotsman PU
'63 Daytona HT

Simply Orange

http://mbstudebaker.blogspot.com/

http://georgiastudebaker.com/

[mbstude]

Ok ok, I KNOW that the GT is special that way...
But as far as it being an R car or something with a lot of rare accessories, it's a 'plain' GT Hawk. But, I do think my grandma would get rid of me before she did her Hawk. The car is definitely part of the family!

__________________________________

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, Georgia
'59 Scotsman PU
'63 Daytona HT

Simply Orange

http://mbstudebaker.blogspot.com/

http://georgiastudebaker.com/

[rockne10]

Anne,
You old enough to have a son old enough to reach the pedals?

Brad Johnson
Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
'33 Rockne 10, '51 Commander Starlight, '53 Commander Starlight

[rockne10]

Anne,
You old enough to have a son old enough to reach the pedals?

Brad Johnson
Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
'33 Rockne 10, '51 Commander Starlight, '53 Commander Starlight

[sbca96]

Hey! Matt's back!

Welcome back Matt. When you coming over to replace the power steering
hoses on the Avanti??

Tom

'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires

[sbca96]

Hey! Matt's back!

Welcome back Matt. When you coming over to replace the power steering
hoses on the Avanti??

Tom

'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires

[mbstude]

Hey Tom. Bring me a set of disk brakes for the Daytona project and I'll be right there.

__________________________________

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, Georgia
'59 Scotsman PU
'63 Daytona HT

Simply Orange

[mbstude]

Hey Tom. Bring me a set of disk brakes for the Daytona project and I'll be right there.

__________________________________

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, Georgia
'59 Scotsman PU
'63 Daytona HT

Simply Orange

[kmul221]

Bet'cha my GT is a Plainer-Jane than your grandma's.Mine has no TT,air or tach.It's only saving grace is it's a rust-free California car the same color as your grandma's.And had zillions of miles on it
so it's been one thing after another as far as fixing goes.

[kmul221]

Bet'cha my GT is a Plainer-Jane than your grandma's.Mine has no TT,air or tach.It's only saving grace is it's a rust-free California car the same color as your grandma's.And had zillions of miles on it
so it's been one thing after another as far as fixing goes.