More good news on two fronts: Studebaker emerges further from the shadows and onto the national hot-rod scene: 1. 'Just got my subscriber's copy of the March 2007 Ol' Skool Rodz in this morning's mail. At least one Studebaker-powered feature: a 1937 Ford pickup rod (heavily modified) built and owned by West Vancouver, British Columbia Shop Owner Laurie Peterson.
The pickup's motive power, shiny and well-exposed, is, to quote the article's text..."A 289 engine that came out of the '63 Studebaker Hawk his Dad owned, and in which Laurie learned to drive. He says, 'It not only looks right [damn straight
]], but it's cool to have Dad's old Studey motor up there.'" [^]He modified a Cadillac dual-deuce manifold to fit the Stude, and topped it with a pair of Rochester 2-bbls. He bought a set of Studebaker/Offenhauser NOS valve covers on e-bay and hand-built a set of baffled headers that look real cool. [
] He had the headers nickel-plated.(Our SDC roster shows a Roy Peterson in West Vancouver BC, who is listed as owning a 1963 Hawk. Anyone know Roy, and if his Hawk's engine might have found its final resting place in a customized '37 Ford pickup?)
2. Hemmings Muscle Machines / Hemmings Classic Car photographer Roy Query of Indianapolis contacted Ted Harbit this past mild weekend (December 16/17, 2006). 'Seems as though 'Ol Roy (isn't that Sam Walton's dog's name[?]) wanted to come up to Ted's and do a photo shoot of The Stude Tomato...and drop off the standard Hemmings forms for Ted to fill out about the car!!! [
] Nothing cast in stone, here, but they don't send photographers out on photo shoots just to pass the time. 
(For any newbies: The Stude Tomato is Ted Harbit's 1963 Lark Custom 2-door R2/4-speed, Certified Stock for The Pure Stock Drags and one of two notorious spoilers at the event. You'll read all about the September 2006 Pure Stock Drags adventures in the February 2007 Turning Wheels.)
Ted also reported Roy wanting many shots of The Tomato doing burnouts, and the resulting smoke being so thick around the car...and wafting off into the barren corn fields...that Ted couldn't even see Roy doing the photographing! [}
](Ted is not fond of excessive burnouts and generally considers them a bit much braggadocious showmanship, as opposed to being anything useful, so he was relieved when that portion of the shoot was over. Ted said the tires got so hot they picked up gravel as he drove the car back into the garage...and thank goodness for flanged axles! [:0])
The beat goes on! Cheers. BP
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