Need help Identifying my engine size. According to the vin-64V7938 it's a 259. The guy I bought it from says it's a 289. Stamped on the block is a 2 over 1554641. and on the right side it says PJ323. I don't want to order parts for the wrong engine.
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Sounds like it's a 1963 289 built on September 23, used in a Lark or Hawk. Look at the bottom of this page:
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Originally posted by whacker View PostSounds like it's a 1963 289 built on September 23, used in a Lark or Hawk. Look at the bottom of this page:
http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/V8EngineID.asp
djfcruiser - The "64V7938" Serial Number tells you that it is a V8 and not a six. It does not identify which, of several, V8s. By the S/N and your handle, I assume that your car is a 1964 Cruiser. 1964 Cruisers came standard with a 289 V8.Gary L.
Wappinger, NY
SDC member since 1968
Studebaker enthusiast much longer
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Originally posted by djfcruiser View PostNeed help Identifying my engine size./Cut/Stamped on the block is a 2 over 1554641. and on the right side it says PJ323. I don't want to order parts for the wrong engine.
Welcome to the world of the newest Stude. powered cars, '64's. Along with '63's, they are the most driveable, dependable and daily driven Studebaker cars on the road! Also having the most modern style & updates of any other Studebaker except Avanti.StudeRich
Second Generation Stude Driver,
Proud '54 Starliner Owner
SDC Member Since 1967
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Originally posted by StudeRich View Post[B][COLOR=blue]
Welcome to the world of the newest Stude. powered cars, '64's. Along with '63's, they are the most driveable, dependable and daily driven Studebaker cars on the road! Also having the most modern style & updates of any other Studebaker except Avanti.
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Originally posted by mbstude View PostRich, what makes a '63 or '64 more "drivable and dependable" than any other Stude?
Of course, if you read some of the 1963 literature, you know the '63s featured military-spec aluminized rust proofing! As we know, that thankfully solved Studebaker's notorious rust problems once and for all.
I think. BPWe've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.
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Originally posted by StudeRich View PostAlong with '63's, they are the most driveable, dependable and daily driven Studebaker cars on the road! Also having the most modern style & updates of any other Studebaker except Avanti.Originally posted by mbstude View PostRich, what makes a '63 or '64 more "drivable and dependable" than any other Stude?Originally posted by BobPalma View PostParallel-action windshield wipers aid wet-weather visibility, Matthew, and alternator charging systems are generally better than generator systems. Full-flow engines all year might be cited, as well as disc brakes being available. Interior vinyls were vastly improved for 1963. Of course, if you read some of the 1963 literature, you know the '63s featured military-spec aluminized rust proofing! As we know, that thankfully solved Studebaker's notorious rust problems once and for all. I think. BP
Dad's current daily driver is my brother Mike's '65 Cruiser with overdrive...
and another '65 Cruiser is driven daily here in Ferndale, too- my own Sweet Pea~
odd thing 'bout that, eh?
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I could go on for PAGES extolling the virtures of '64's, Matt.
I will however just mention a few that Bob missed.
Modern rocker control switches
Red Instrument Lighting
AM/FM Radio Option
Step-on parking Brake
Full 360 visibility that even Avantis do not have.
Improved (over '63's) glove boxes
Wagonaire body type available
Improved door weatherstrips
Improved rain guttering on forward edge of door windows
Long life lubrication
aluminized muffler and tailpipe
Fresh air defrosting system (began on Larks in '61), continued
Four Avanti Powered Engine options
4 Speed Trans option (available since '62 on some Lark Types)
Option for rear stabilizer and traction bars
Self adjusting Brakes
Standard Glove Box light, Cigar lighter and Back-up Lights on upper level models
And I do admit that many of these improvements were carried on to '65's & '66's making them good cars also, but they do not fit my original post criteria of "Stude. Powered"!
Also, there are too few of them produced and remaining to have an impact on my "most often driven" requirement.Last edited by StudeRich; 09-30-2011, 10:52 PM.StudeRich
Second Generation Stude Driver,
Proud '54 Starliner Owner
SDC Member Since 1967
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