Saw this on ebay just now. Owner says it might be an R2. Anybody able to check the records for fun? (not my car).
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Hmmmm....I hope the seller transposed some numbers!
He states the Serial Number is 64V8024. Well, that is a Laguna Blue Commander 4-door with overdrive!
However, 64V8042 was a Bordeaux Red Gran Turismo Hawk with no sport roof, base 210/289 engine, and Flightomatic. It was built with Body 807, per the subject car. BPWe've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.
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Klif: The engine number is fuzzy, but does begin with either JT or JTS.
I'm certain it is not the original block. BPWe've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.
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Wouldn't an originally R2 equipped Hawk have a tachometer? Looks to me to be a fairly basic '64 Hawk that has had an engine transplant. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.
Joesigpic
1962 Daytona
1964 Cruiser
And a few others
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It's a '64 R2 engine, the date code is not completely readable though, but it looks like:
JTSJ---1964 Studebaker Commander R2 clone
1963 Studebaker Daytona Hardtop with no engine or transmission
1950 Studebaker 2R5 w/170 six cylinder and 3spd OD
1955 Studebaker Commander Hardtop w/289 and 3spd OD and Megasquirt port fuel injection(among other things)
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I've seen articles in several different places that when Studebaker shut down US production, there were several hundred surplus JT and JTS motors, many of which ended up in boats, project cars, barns warehouses and older Studebakers. I have heard of a Portland (OR?) boat dealer that purchased a bunch of these motors back in the sixties. I've never seen confirmation of this, but it seems like there are a lot of pre '63 Studes with JT/JTS motors in them. Anybody know anything about this urban legend?
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Originally posted by BobPalma View PostKlif: The engine number is fuzzy, but does begin with either JT or JTS.
I'm certain it is not the original block. BP
Candbstudebakers
Castro Valley,
California
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Originally posted by jclary View PostStudefan, are you interested in buying this car? It is only about 30 or so miles from me. Do you need me to "eyeball" it for you?
John, If you go look at it let me know. It sold out of Clemson a few years ago but I didnt get an opportunity to get intimate with it then as it sold while I was enroute to see it. I am not a player on it but it was a very nice car from 40' away. Stevesigpic
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