One of my spare engines ended into my friend Marko's hot rod project. He is building a 1927/28 Erskine coupe with a 259 under the hood. The engine was a tight fit. As he is using a TH 350 w adaptor kit the (Ford) starter had to be removed to the passenger side. Getting the adapter and the flywheel shipped from the parts vendor was a six month nightmare and we thought that the money sent was already lost but once it finally arrived it was good quality work and did fit perfectly.[^]
As the body will be black with gold vinyl /leather interior he chose to paint the engine gold as well. The carb is Edelbrock and we tried a few Studebaker aircleaners but finally none could be fitted under the tight hood. Thus he modified one from a 1957 Ford unit.
I just thought that I would share a few pics of this process every now and then as he has tight schedule to meet our national Easter show (2009) and he is working on the car just on weekends. I am just helping him a bit with the parts and "motivation"..... and I think that the gold is not a bad choice for the 259 as the car will be all black..
The 1957 engine had been lying around in my garage for a few years and I knew just that it was a low mileage unit. Luckily all it needed was just one piston to be replaced.
With new gaskets, oil seals and piston rings it started yesterday like a new engine. ( 10 sec video ...)
And to you who think that the Erskine should have been restored I can tell that it was missing a lot of parts and restoring it over here would have been too much asked...
I will post some more pics once the body is painted and on the frame.
Here are few more pics of the project..
Pekka
1955 President State Coupe
1961 Lark Regal VIII Convertible
As the body will be black with gold vinyl /leather interior he chose to paint the engine gold as well. The carb is Edelbrock and we tried a few Studebaker aircleaners but finally none could be fitted under the tight hood. Thus he modified one from a 1957 Ford unit.
I just thought that I would share a few pics of this process every now and then as he has tight schedule to meet our national Easter show (2009) and he is working on the car just on weekends. I am just helping him a bit with the parts and "motivation"..... and I think that the gold is not a bad choice for the 259 as the car will be all black..
The 1957 engine had been lying around in my garage for a few years and I knew just that it was a low mileage unit. Luckily all it needed was just one piston to be replaced.
With new gaskets, oil seals and piston rings it started yesterday like a new engine. ( 10 sec video ...)
And to you who think that the Erskine should have been restored I can tell that it was missing a lot of parts and restoring it over here would have been too much asked...
I will post some more pics once the body is painted and on the frame.
Here are few more pics of the project..
Pekka
1955 President State Coupe
1961 Lark Regal VIII Convertible
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