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**okc63avanti** · 08-21-2009, 07:34 AM

One of the neat features of Studebaker is how many body doors, panels and fenders that interchanged between models. I know Studebaker did this to save tooling costs but it has always amazed me how the were able to update styling and make running changes yet while minimizing the re-tooling for sheet metal, etc.

Maybe we should nominate the Studebaker make as a "green" friendly car. They contain 100% recyclable parts and are being recycled daily by members of the SDC. But wait in keeping with the theme of your post .... The lack of emission controls and the wonderful smell of high octane gasoline (not as high as it use too be) being burned cancels out the 100% parts recyclability.

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<div align="left">'63 Avanti, R1, Auto, AC, PW (unrestored)</div id="left">

**sweetolbob** · 08-21-2009, 08:18 AM

Biggs

You do realize that the combination of matter and antimatter can result in the generation of tremendous energy release. Potentially equivalent to the "Big Bang"

It is therefore possible that while you are yining and yanging away to curry neutrality in the Studebaker world, you may be the cause of the apocalypse.

You don't seem to know the forces that you are dealing with.

Bob

**JRoberts** · 08-21-2009, 08:22 AM

Biggs, isn't that called recycling. I'm all for it. That wagon is going to be nice.

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

**studeclunker** · 08-21-2009, 08:29 AM

quote:Originally posted by sweetolbob

Biggs

You do realize that the combination of matter and antimatter can result in the generation of tremendous energy release. Potentially equivalent to the "Big Bang"

It is therefore possible that while you are yining and yanging away to curry neutrality in the Studebaker world, you may be the cause of the apocalypse.

You don't seem to know the forces that you are dealing with.

Bob

LOL!

Home of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

**Michidan** · 08-21-2009, 08:34 AM

I've often wondered what happens to the weight all these fat people on TV are losing. Other people must be gaining it. Conservation of mass, or something to that effect.

Anyway, all is well that ends well with Studebakers. I think we all just look at the floors in that Cruiser and think of how many were so much worse.

https://www.studebakerhardtop.com

**Roscomacaw** · 08-21-2009, 09:35 AM

I won't dredge up the earlier thread as it's too painful for bams to comprehend.[V] But in that thread I wistfully (wishfully) mused over the idea of making the car (the '61 Cruiser) into something along the lines of an Excalibur or vintage GP racer.
When I was writing that, I had in the back of my mind, a drawing that I've had for some years now. I found this drawing at an estate sale quite some years ago here in Visalia. It was thumb-tacked to a vintage drawing board.

The paper - being close to a century old - is crispy and crumbly. Still, it's kinda neat as it shows a young man's four-wheeled fantasy from an era I doubt any of us can really comprehend.
I've been saying for years that I need to get it framed. It's just never happened.

On the backside of this drawing is a mechanical drawing exercise that's dated Dec 7th 1916 by S. Gagnos. Amazingly, this Steve Gagnos' business still thrives here in town - bearing his name no less. And yes, I asaked if they wanted it back. They expressed no interest. Go figure.[B)]

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

**DEEPNHOCK** · 08-21-2009, 09:52 AM

Put the Lark nose on the wagon
Jeff[8D]

**allstateguy** · 08-21-2009, 10:52 AM

Bob,
I love that drawing. Especially the underslung frame/axles/springs. Wasn't there a car way back when called the American Underslung?
If you can take those 4x8 sheets of aluminum and make your Lark chassis look like those drawings, that would be a dream come true.

JohnP, driving & reviving
an early Lark

**Roscomacaw** · 08-21-2009, 11:18 AM

Yes, there was a car called the American Underslung. It was an all-out attempt at keeping the CG as low as possible.

Yeah, the hood and cowl would be easy. The tough part would be the aft section - cockpit and boattail. I'd definitely need an English wheel and lots of patience. The wheel would be the easier of the two for me.[}

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Jeff, I don't know how well the 61 Stuff would mount up to the '58. Of course, I DO have a front clip off a '59. Wonder how it would look with the radiator standing proud, in front of the Lark grille?

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

**jlmccuan** · 08-21-2009, 11:25 AM

GREAT SCOTT MAN !!! Do you realize someone has dropped two AC units on your roof? Must have gotten loose from a helicopter.

Jim
Often in error, never in doubt

____1966 Avanti II RQA 0088_______________1963 Avanti R2 63R3152____________Rabid Snail Racing

**rusty nut garage** · 08-21-2009, 11:37 AM

Silly midwestener

It gets hot out west [}

] Looks like a swap unit plus a AC/Heat pump. Common out here where cars don't rust

quote:Originally posted by jlmccuan

GREAT SCOTT MAN !!! Do you realize someone has dropped two AC units on your roof? Must have gotten loose from a helicopter.

Jim
Often in error, never in doubt

____1966 Avanti II RQA 0088_______________1963 Avanti R2 63R3152____________Rabid Snail Racing

Russ Shop Foreman "Rusty Nut Garage"
53 2R6 289 5SpdOD (driver)
57 SH (project)
60 Lark VIII 2dr sd (driver)

**Roscomacaw** · 08-21-2009, 11:40 AM

Ah....Jim... that's the way they do things out here. The one on the left is actually an evaporative cooler (Swamp Cooler, if you will), while the other's a fairly new A/C-Furnace combo.

I'll share with you that that AC unit sits squarely above my bed. I do sometime stop to think about it deciding to pay me a visit if we ever have a really awsome ground shaking![xx(]

Did you notice the 7 hummingbird feeders across the back porch? I'm currently running 9 quarts of food thru those 7 feeders every two days![:0]

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

**rusty nut garage** · 08-21-2009, 11:58 AM

WOW thats a full time job with the humming bird feeders. I have two and I can't keep them full. I sure enjoy watching them, gotta couple of mean ones that like to own the feeders.

quote:Originally posted by Mr.Biggs

Ah....Jim... that's the way they do things out here. The one on the left is actually an evaporative cooler (Swamp Cooler, if you will), while the other's a fairly new A/C-Furnace combo.

I'll share with you that that AC unit sits squarely above my bed. I do sometime stop to think about it deciding to pay me a visit if we ever have a really awsome ground shaking![xx(]

Did you notice the 7 hummingbird feeders across the back porch? I'm currently running 9 quarts of food thru those 7 feeders every two days![:0]

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

Russ Shop Foreman "Rusty Nut Garage"
53 2R6 289 5SpdOD (driver)
57 SH (project)
60 Lark VIII 2dr sd (driver)

**PlainBrownR2** · 08-21-2009, 12:54 PM

quote:
I've often wondered what happens to the weight all these fat people on TV are losing. Other people must be gaining it. Conservation of mass, or something to that effect.

Easy, well sorta easy. In a nutshell, it gets recycled back into the system as energy, which is then released as heat, and then the remains are expelled and released as heat. It's kinda like the V8 in my Lark when it gets warm and the energy the heater core uses when its turned on.

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