Beautiful morning here in Nova Scotia,and Im about to get in my 56 Transtar for a trip to the spring to get water.Its a beautiful drive in the country,and that old truck just seems to love to have a job to do.
If driving enertainment is your thing,and you don't need a 60k rig with ABS,On Star GPS,air bags,seat belts,a zillion watt home stereo and A/C,if your tastes run towards the simpler things in life,get an old Studebaker truck.It will keep you busy with both hands and feet,and the sound of that Stude V-8 is awesome.At 55 mph you need to drive this truck around turns,and if theres a holes in the road you'll feel them,but you can't do to much damage to that solid front axel and king pin front suspension.And if you need to go off the beaten path into some back roads,don't worry you've got lots of ground clerance,and enough torque to move a house.
And then theres the folks who want to stop and talk to you at every stop.You'd never realize how freindly people are if you were driving a Lincoln Navigator.
Yep,its great therapy for those of us that like it,a nice summer morning,and a trip in the country in a Studebaker truck.Mabey if more people would take it up the doctors would be writing fewer precriptions for stress,eh?
If driving enertainment is your thing,and you don't need a 60k rig with ABS,On Star GPS,air bags,seat belts,a zillion watt home stereo and A/C,if your tastes run towards the simpler things in life,get an old Studebaker truck.It will keep you busy with both hands and feet,and the sound of that Stude V-8 is awesome.At 55 mph you need to drive this truck around turns,and if theres a holes in the road you'll feel them,but you can't do to much damage to that solid front axel and king pin front suspension.And if you need to go off the beaten path into some back roads,don't worry you've got lots of ground clerance,and enough torque to move a house.
And then theres the folks who want to stop and talk to you at every stop.You'd never realize how freindly people are if you were driving a Lincoln Navigator.
Yep,its great therapy for those of us that like it,a nice summer morning,and a trip in the country in a Studebaker truck.Mabey if more people would take it up the doctors would be writing fewer precriptions for stress,eh?
That Navigator (or Honda Civic for that matter) is practically invisible (unless the stupid thing blocks your field of view when you're driving!
). Whereas the Transtar (any Stude actualy[
]) is gonna draw attention whether you want it or not.
] I love easing the clutch out sedately and then mashing the gas pedal! Rocket time! Surprizes the hell out of alot of modern cowboy Cadillacs! And this is with the tired ol' 2bbl that's been on this truck since '89. I can't imagine (well, actualy, I can.[}
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