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A buddy of mine stores his Studebaker up on the top floor of that building every winter....cheap storage , he will miss it when its done.sigpic
Home of the Fried Green Tomato
"IF YOU WANT THE SMILES YOU NEED TO DO THE MILES "
1960 Champ , 1966 Daytona , 1965 Daytona Wagonaire
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The captions say that they are diesel truck engines being stored there.Mike O'Handley, Cat Herder Third Class
Kenmore, Washington
hausdok@msn.com
'58 Packard Hawk
'05 Subaru Baja Turbo
'71 Toyota Crown Coupe
'69 Pontiac Firebird
(What is it with me and discontinued/orphan cars?)
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Originally posted by t walgamuth View PostWhat turbo diesel truck engines are those?
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These are great pics of the Assembly Building, some of which I have never seen at least not in it's current use.
You can save a whole lot of time searching for the Stude. stuff in all that Union Station stuff, if you just start at Pic #18 through 28.
I can't believe that someone actually spent the money to move dozens of those duel fuel turbo Diesel Engines from the foundry to the top floor of the Body Plant. Wouldn't it be more profitable to advertize them to sell some if they are useable or if not, the price of scrap iron is up so they could be parted out and scrapped?
UPDATE: Chris explained that they also were moved from the Chippewa Plant!
OK, NOW I get it: WE PAID FOR ALL OF THAT, the U.S. Government probably took care of everything!Last edited by StudeRich; 11-25-2012, 08:34 PM.StudeRich
Second Generation Stude Driver,
Proud '54 Starliner Owner
SDC Member Since 1967
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I suppose they are too large to use in a coupe express.
Originally posted by Welcome View PostThey are used LDT-465-1D Multi-Fuel, Turbo charged engines from M35A2 series Military Trucks. Those engines were originally installed by AM General in the former Studebaker Plant on Chippewa Ave. A few decades later those same trucks were brought back to that same Plant and engines replaced with 3116 Caterpillar Diesels.Diesel loving, autocrossing, Coupe express loving, Grandpa Architect.
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Originally posted by t walgamuth View PostI suppose they are too large to use in a coupe express.Chris Dresbach
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