Leaving the local hardware store today - a guy pulls alongside in a red Durango.
"AH! Studebaker truck!" he exclaims. "What year is that - a '63?"
"No....no this one's a '57." I say with a smile[^].
"57 eh? My dad had a '63 that looked just like that!" he says while nodding his empty head in affirmation.[B)]
"Say, what's it got for an engine.... I mean.... is it original an' all? Does it have a V8 or a FOUR?" he asks knowingly.[
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"This one's got a V8." I reply.
"Wull, I'da never believed it 'lessen I'd seen my dad's with my own two eyes, but that thing had a SLANT FOUR! You know, like them ol' Dodge slant sixes - only with just four cylinders to it. Had a ol' Granny 4-speed behind it to. [8] I wooden'ah believed it 'cept I looked it up in one a them mechanics books and shor nuf, there it was that they'd made a slant four! Jus' a coupla years, ya know, but tha's what it had!"[)][8]
[V][B)][)]
As I took refuge in the cab, I said as a parting comment: "Yeah, them slant fours is rare! You hardly ever see one anymore."[^]
Slant fours, Vee Twelves, sheesh! It's gettin' hard to keep up![xx(]
Miscreant Studebaker nut in California's central valley.
1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door
"AH! Studebaker truck!" he exclaims. "What year is that - a '63?"
"No....no this one's a '57." I say with a smile[^].
"57 eh? My dad had a '63 that looked just like that!" he says while nodding his empty head in affirmation.[B)]
"Say, what's it got for an engine.... I mean.... is it original an' all? Does it have a V8 or a FOUR?" he asks knowingly.[
)]"This one's got a V8." I reply.
"Wull, I'da never believed it 'lessen I'd seen my dad's with my own two eyes, but that thing had a SLANT FOUR! You know, like them ol' Dodge slant sixes - only with just four cylinders to it. Had a ol' Granny 4-speed behind it to. [8] I wooden'ah believed it 'cept I looked it up in one a them mechanics books and shor nuf, there it was that they'd made a slant four! Jus' a coupla years, ya know, but tha's what it had!"[
)][8][V][B)][)]As I took refuge in the cab, I said as a parting comment: "Yeah, them slant fours is rare! You hardly ever see one anymore."[^]
Slant fours, Vee Twelves, sheesh! It's gettin' hard to keep up![xx(]
Miscreant Studebaker nut in California's central valley.
1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door
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