noticing my body ID tags....

[ChampTrucking]

There I was wrenching on my 65,when i could not remember the routing of the headlight wires,So I toss the hood open on the 66 for comparison.While glancing around in there I note the body has 3 tags screwed to the firewall.The one is V-P8,the second reads 5007,and hanging above that,but held on by the same screw as the other 2,it reads "SLDG ROOF". Yes it is a Wagonaire,just I have never seen one of those tags before. The 65 reads SF4 on the first tag,and 1004 on the other. Kinda neat in a trivial way.

[Bredehoft]

All I have of my secondary plate is the stub - BP says it likely said "4 SPD". I wish I had one.



--george

1963 Lark Daytona HT - 63V J8 175

[Roscomacaw]

Some years ago, a Stude vendor of note (and no, I won't say who) let me fondle a body tag he has in his possession. It reads:

63V-J8
1963

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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

[ROADRACELARK]

Ran across a 63S F2 in a junk yard on the south side of Hotlanta a couple of years back...body tag 102.[:0] Should'a grabbed the tag anyway. Didn't have room for the car.

Dan Miller
Atlanta, GA

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Road Racers turn left AND right.

[barnlark]

Biggs, can body tags sue for harrassment these days?

[studegary]

quote:Originally posted by ClaymoreWW

All I have of my secondary plate is the stub - BP says it likely said "4 SPD". I wish I had one.


--george

If your car was not originally equipped with a four speed, the streamer tag was for something else. Those streemers were used for many things other than four speed, like; A/C (not all A/C), Sunroof (Skytop), special sills, other special items or special handling.

Gary L.
Wappinger, NY

SDC member since 1968
Studebaker enthusiast much longer

[Bredehoft]

While I haven't ordered the build sheet yet, I am fairly confident that my car is an original 4-spd. In any case, it would be nice to have one.

I did find the body color paper tag behind the glove box. It confirmed my guess as to the original color. It was so fragile that subsequent work on the glovebox destroyed it. It shouldn't be too difficult to reproduce (if I was so inclined, but I have no such ability when it comes to reproducing the secondary body tag.



--george

1963 Lark Daytona HT - 63V J8 175

[Roscomacaw]

barnlark, statute of limitations works in my favor.[}]

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

[Roscomacaw]

Claymore,

Would this brighten your day? You can have it for postage.



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

[mbstude]

Hey Biggsie, you gotta nuther one of those?

I'll trade ya some Daytona HT parts! []

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, GA

[JDP]

Be aware, many 4 speeds did not have the tag.

JDP/Maryland
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

Thomas Jeffereson

[Roscomacaw]

Heh - ya mean like 3spds and 5spds???

I don't think I do, Matthew. I'll look tho.

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

[Warren Webb]

My 63 Hawk doesn't have a 4 speed tag although it was made with one. Couldn't a resorceful one make some dies from fiberglass & press some tags out? The metal on the tags is usually pretty thin.

60 Lark convertible
61 Champ
62 Daytona convertible
63 G.T. R-2,4 speed
63 Avanti (2)
66 Daytona Sport Sedan

[JDP]

Why would you want to add the tag to a 4 speed car if the factory did not ? Most 4 speed cars did not have the tag, mostly earlier cars in my experience wre so equipped.

JDP/Maryland
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

Thomas Jeffereson

[4961Studebaker]

quote:Originally posted by JDP

Why would you want to add the tag to a 4 speed car if the factory did not ? Most 4 speed cars did not have the tag,.

Because they can

And to the astute onlooker...it would be a nice ice breaking conversation piece.

Chop Stu