1963 Champs - T-Cab - 8Es - forum registry

[62champ]

8E5-137355 - 112 WB - T4 Cab - for sale on Craigslist, July 2017

Factory rear bumper, lighter, climitizer, overdrive, hood ornament, door handle guards, outside rear view mirrors

[DougHolverson]

Love the orange and tusk ivory (which is close enough to creme)! Then again, my Grandpa Skow had Allis-Chalmers dealership in Moorhead, Iowa. It's like "the bestest car they don't make no more" meets the "bestest tractor they don't make no more".

[62champ]

8E7-18933 - 122 WB - T6 cab - for sale on Ebay, September 2017

Climitizer, radio

[62champ]

8E10-40113 - 122 WB - T4 cab - for sale on Craigslist, October 2017

In the process of being restored with modern V8 and someone decided not to finish.

[62champ]

8E5-137957 - 122 WB - T4 cab - for sale on Craigslist, November 2017.

Climitizer, four speed, radio, lighter

[62champ]

8E7-19345 - 112 WB - T6 Cab - one of two ordered with an R2 - sent to Paxton products in California.

R2 engine, T-10 four speed, disc brakes, AM/FM radio, climitizer, power steering, dual exhausts, etc...

[StudeRich]

Wow! It still has the Line Number on the Firewall!

I knew the 1st. Owner of this Truck he was a Parts Man at Frank Afton Studebaker in Inglewood Calif.
At that time 1964, it was Gray and had a 3.73 TT Axle, I think the Granetelli's changed that from 4.55 before selling it, probably got too many Air pollution Tickets from all the tire Smoke!

I wonder if they ran the Engine Oil through that Oil Cooler Radiator or what!
Remember that there "WERE NO" Power Steering Champs, only 1 Ton and Larger Trucks.

[DougHolverson]

So what power steering unit fit on the late Champs?

[Ron Dame]

Hawk pump, ram, control valve and Pittman arm. Dave Thibeault sells the brackets to adapt it.

[62champ]

8E5-137438 - 112 WB - T6 cab - for sale on Craigslist, December 2017

Climitizer, outside mirror, flathead six has replaced the original OHV six at some point.

[StudeRich]

Very Cute little Short Box.

Love that BLUE! It is pretty close to '63 Blue Mist, but slightly Darker with less silver and more Blue, an unusual shade, just BEAUTIFUL!

[62champ]

8E7-20241 - 112 WB - T6 cab - for sale on Ebay, late December, 2017

spotlight, climitizer, four speed

[DougHolverson]

They made an awful lot of blue Champs back then didn't they?

[StudeRich]

They made an awful lot of blue Champs back then didn't they?

Actually, No, there were way more White ones and more Red ones, Blue was about as uncommon as Green.
Beige was also very common.

I think quite a few Champ owners PAINT them a pretty Blue, to make them less "Generic". And then too possibly more Sharp looking '63-'64 Blue ones were saved, who knows.

The State Road Dept's must have gotten very good deals on the Omaha Orange ones, I helped Deliver some of those to Caltrans, also the Los Angeles Water and Power Dept. Brown ones, they required Dealer Installed chained Gas Caps so no "dummy's" could lose them. Also Calif. based & Mfg'd TIRES were installed on the State Trucks, the Akron Ohio Firestones had to GO.

[63t-cab]

Not sure, But I have a Blue 63 - My Father once had a Blue 63. and also had 61,62s that were Blue.

They made an awful lot of blue Champs back then didn't they?