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    can anyone help me with the size of my engine? it is a V8 Engine but i don't know weather it is a 259 or a 289. how can i find this out for i don't know a whole lot about engines.

  • #2
    Could be a 224 as well... Post the serial number.



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    • #3
      Unlikely to be a 289, not yet available in 1955. The 289 came along in 1956.Thats not to say someone couldn't have changed engines.
      Frank van Doorn
      Omaha, Ne.
      1962 GT Hawk 289 4 speed
      1941 Champion streetrod, R-2 Powered, GM 200-4R trans.
      1952 V-8 232 Commander State "Starliner" hardtop OD

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      • #4
        [quote]Originally posted by zas55

        can anyone help me with the size of my engine? it is a V8 Engine but i don't know weather it is a 259 or a 289. how can i find this out for i don't know a whole lot about engines.
        my engine serial number i believe is p167l2

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        • #5
          That's probably your original engine..a 259. Listed as from a 1955 President 6H. The 289s started at P22001.

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          • #6
            Thanks Everyone for your Help!

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            • #7
              Is your sedan a President? If so, in '55 the "P" prefix was for the 259 engines in President series cars. The later 55 Commander series cars had a "V" prefix, but the engine was the same 259 that was used in President series cars. '55 was a goofy year with respect to how Studebaker classified different models and engines.
              From '56-on, a "P" would indicate a 289.[}]

              6H cars were Presidents, but 16G6 was a Champion while 16G8 was a Commander. Very strange, given how classifications had gone before OR after 1955.[B)]


              1957 Transtar 1/2ton
              1963 Cruiser
              1960 Larkvertible V8
              1958 Provincial wagon
              1953 Commander coupe
              1957 President two door

              No deceptive flags to prove I'm patriotic - no biblical BS to impress - just ME and Studebakers - as it should be.

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              • #8
                All heck must have broken out in '55...I was born 4 months into '56. Apparently zero genetic laws that year.

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                • #9
                  quote:Originally posted by Mr.Biggs

                  Is your sedan a President? If so, in '55 the "P" prefix was for the 259 engines in President series cars. The later 55 Commander series cars had a "V" prefix, but the engine was the same 259 that was used in President series cars. '55 was a goofy year with respect to how Studebaker classified different models and engines.
                  From '56-on, a "P" would indicate a 289.[}]

                  6H cars were Presidents, but 16G6 was a Champion while 16G8 was a Commander. Very strange, given how classifications had gone before OR after 1955.[B)]


                  1957 Transtar 1/2ton
                  1963 Cruiser
                  1960 Larkvertible V8
                  1958 Provincial wagon
                  1953 Commander coupe
                  1957 President two door

                  yes my car is a 1955 President Sedan

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                  • #10
                    If you would order the build sheet from the Museum for your car it would give the engine number and you would know if yours is the original engine. I think cost is still $40

                    Jim Caldwell
                    "The view don't change if you ain't the lead dog"

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                    • #11
                      Its a 289!! Thanks a lot everyone!!

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                      • #12
                        It is a 289 and actually its all original.

                        Originally posted by 41 Frank View Post
                        Unlikely to be a 289, not yet available in 1955. The 289 came along in 1956.Thats not to say someone couldn't have changed engines.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by zas55 View Post
                          It is a 289 and actually its all original.
                          If so, its a engineering prototype or some such <g>. In 55, it couldn't be both original and a 289. Its a 259. As a President 259, a bit higher output than say a 'base and regular' Commander 259
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                          P-101
                          1955 President 6H
                          259
                          P-22,001
                          1956 President/Pinehurst/Sky Hawk 56H
                          289

                          Since its P16712, that is right in the range of a President V8 for 1955, (so not a 224 V8, and not a 289). The above numbers are the starting # for each year. Those capital I are actually a 1 (one)--Its a Studebaker thing.

                          cheers!

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                          • #14
                            Jim,

                            I see I have made a big BIG mistake!! It turns out that it is a 259, like you said. I had my facts mixed up again. All of this time I thought it had a 289 motor. It is all original I do know that though so, it has to be a 259.

                            Thanks a lot for straitening this up for me.

                            Zach

                            Originally posted by Jim B PEI View Post
                            If so, its a engineering prototype or some such <g>. In 55, it couldn't be both original and a 289. Its a 259. As a President 259, a bit higher output than say a 'base and regular' Commander 259
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                            P-101
                            1955 President 6H
                            259
                            P-22,001
                            1956 President/Pinehurst/Sky Hawk 56H
                            289

                            Since its P16712, that is right in the range of a President V8 for 1955, (so not a 224 V8, and not a 289). The above numbers are the starting # for each year. Those capital I are actually a 1 (one)--Its a Studebaker thing.

                            cheers!

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                            • #15
                              and it should be a 4 bbl with dual exhausts. Your engine was called a "Passmaster".
                              Dave Warren (Perry Mason by day, Perry Como by night)

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