Hello SDC,
I just joined up to start some research and share my journey.
I just recently picked up my first classic car to begin working on with my daughter. It is a 1965 4 door commander. Looked at a lot of different projects, was leaning towards a ford unibody pickup,and i DID NOT want 4 doors, BUT then i saw her and I just fell in love with it and now its mine.
Its mostly there, but does have quite a bit of rust repair needed. I have replacement front 1/4 panels and a nice trunk lid.
It has the stock 194, and one of the PO's put in a 3 speed manual Trans. She starts and runs good, but has some of the stalling and bogging issues when i hit the throttle that seem to be fairly common on these inline six motors. I really have to feather it, so this will be the first project. I have been doing research on where to begin my trouble shooting, and will start the process this weekend- I plan to stick with the stock motor and build it up a bit.
I will share pictures sometime this week. I need to get a new cord to put pictures from my camera onto the PC.
Anyways, i was just excited and wanted to join the forums here.
I don't have a background or a lot of experience working on cars, but me and my oldest daughter (8 y/o) will be learning together.
I know a lot of guys here look down on modified studebakers, BUT, I will be modifying this car, as she is never going to be full restore worthy.
I'm also on the hunt for a 65 wagonaire(i love the 65's) in rough shape that i can save and get back on the road. Long as the body is mostly there and all the glass is fair, im interested, dont care what else is missing.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
I just joined up to start some research and share my journey.
I just recently picked up my first classic car to begin working on with my daughter. It is a 1965 4 door commander. Looked at a lot of different projects, was leaning towards a ford unibody pickup,and i DID NOT want 4 doors, BUT then i saw her and I just fell in love with it and now its mine.
Its mostly there, but does have quite a bit of rust repair needed. I have replacement front 1/4 panels and a nice trunk lid.
It has the stock 194, and one of the PO's put in a 3 speed manual Trans. She starts and runs good, but has some of the stalling and bogging issues when i hit the throttle that seem to be fairly common on these inline six motors. I really have to feather it, so this will be the first project. I have been doing research on where to begin my trouble shooting, and will start the process this weekend- I plan to stick with the stock motor and build it up a bit.
I will share pictures sometime this week. I need to get a new cord to put pictures from my camera onto the PC.
Anyways, i was just excited and wanted to join the forums here.
I don't have a background or a lot of experience working on cars, but me and my oldest daughter (8 y/o) will be learning together.
I know a lot of guys here look down on modified studebakers, BUT, I will be modifying this car, as she is never going to be full restore worthy.
I'm also on the hunt for a 65 wagonaire(i love the 65's) in rough shape that i can save and get back on the road. Long as the body is mostly there and all the glass is fair, im interested, dont care what else is missing.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
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