About a year ago I bought the above from Dan Ellis (no kin to me) outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Mr Talbot had the car built 25 or 30 years ago and apparently never drove it except on and off a trailer. It was and still is a spectacular vehicle and was featured some years back in John Bridges book about 53/54 C/Ks.
Talbot and Dan were close friends and Dan ended up with the vehicle when Jim died. While Dan loved the car he knew next to nothing about the drive line builder. He also never drove it and after a few years decided to sell it.
The car was advertised as inoperative and priced accordingly so I went ahead and did the deal and had the car shipped in to me. I had just moved into a new home so I rolled it in to the garage and shut the door. About 4 months ago I began to sort the vehicle out and quickly identified why it would not start and pulled the starter out for a rebuild.
Long story short the starter was lost at the rebuilder and now I'm trying to figure out just what starter was used on the 56 Chrysler hemi. The engine has what looks like a Lakewood bellhousing behind it and the 56 starter doesn't fit and neither does the 57 and up version. I will one way or the other figure out what starter will work but this whole adventure has caused me to wonder if the guy that built the car for Mr Talbot originally might still be alive and kicking.
Besides the starter issue the builder might have a recollection of the engine internals which might come in handy some day. With the "deep bench" of talent here in Studebaker land who knows there might be somebody here in the forum that might know something about the car.
Can anybody out there fill in the blanks?
Talbot and Dan were close friends and Dan ended up with the vehicle when Jim died. While Dan loved the car he knew next to nothing about the drive line builder. He also never drove it and after a few years decided to sell it.
The car was advertised as inoperative and priced accordingly so I went ahead and did the deal and had the car shipped in to me. I had just moved into a new home so I rolled it in to the garage and shut the door. About 4 months ago I began to sort the vehicle out and quickly identified why it would not start and pulled the starter out for a rebuild.
Long story short the starter was lost at the rebuilder and now I'm trying to figure out just what starter was used on the 56 Chrysler hemi. The engine has what looks like a Lakewood bellhousing behind it and the 56 starter doesn't fit and neither does the 57 and up version. I will one way or the other figure out what starter will work but this whole adventure has caused me to wonder if the guy that built the car for Mr Talbot originally might still be alive and kicking.
Besides the starter issue the builder might have a recollection of the engine internals which might come in handy some day. With the "deep bench" of talent here in Studebaker land who knows there might be somebody here in the forum that might know something about the car.
Can anybody out there fill in the blanks?
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