Repurposed Studebaker parts. What unintended purposes have you used Studebaker parts?

[Milaca]

A while back a thick stick came through one of the vent cut-outs in the hood of my excavator and lodged itself between a pulley and the belt, making the belt come off and making my engine run hot.
Looking around home today for something suitable to reduce the size of the cut-outs in the hood, I found a rough 1962 Lark grill mesh. What do you think? The grill mesh is situated directly above the radiator fan and should keep the large debris out.

[Milaca]

What happened to the edit feature? I want to edit the title.

[62champ]

Smart thinking - especially like how the Lark emblem was left in the grill.

Same grill - different application. Back when this 5E7 was being used as a farm truck, the danger of a corn or sunflower stalk going through the grill and into the radiator was pretty common. My Uncle fixed that by installing the '62 Lark grill behind the Champ grill.

[Milaca]

That appears to have worked very well.

[StudeRich]

Looks like your Uncle was More creative than that !
He must have found some Buick or other GM Car Wheels that had the Stude. Truck Bolt Pattern in 14 Inch, so he could use those '58 Stude.14 Inch Wheel Covers !

[62champ]

Was a little more complicated - Buick wheels had the centers cut out and Studebaker truck wheel centers welded in.

[J_Cole]

There is an awesome Studebaker bed for sale on Instagram. They used the back of the cab and tailgate and turned it into a twin bed.

[bensherb]

A couple years ago, when I was building a stand alone backhoe attachment for my tractor, I built a hydraulic pump assembly for it that is driven by the PTO. For the input from the PTO I needed needed a large bearing. Well, sitting right there was the entire trans assembly, from the engine block back, that I had removed from my GT when I replaced it with a GM4L60 AOD. Turned out the throw out bearing was the perfect size; so it became part of a tractor implement!

[Guido]

I “think” you should get a Cat 315…

[Milaca]

Cat 312 or 313 would be comparable in size to the Deere 120. I believe Cat and Deere excavators are of equal quality, Cat being of Mitsubishi origins and the Deere being of Hitachi origins.

[bensherb]

I “think” you should get a Cat 315…

Yeah, but that's about 40 grand more than I have in my tractor, tiller, auger and backhoe attachment even for a well used one. All total I have only about $500 in the backhoe attachment, it's mountings and subframe assembly; including the paint, hydraulic oil, welding wire and gas.

[Felix]

I used a leaf spring plate as a sway bar mount.

[r1lark]

I'm using Studebaker V8 front motor mount insulators on my 1923 Ford hot rod (with a 428 Ford FE engine).

[skyway]

A friend made a sled by punching a couple of holes in an early Lark hood for the tow rope. Does that count?

[Milaca]

Yes, I think so.