Hi everyone,
I've been a studebaker fan for years, and, off and on for the last couple of decades a member of the SDC in the hopes that I would one day find a studebaker. Well, I finally found one and drug it home--a 53 Champion Deluxe Coupe--so I thought I'd finally stop lurking and say hi to everyone. I'll try not to become a pest with a bunch of newbie questions.
The car is stock, from San Diego so with the exception of a couple small spots is rust free. It runs--engine runs really well--but having set for years needs everything. It was recently sold on e-bay, but the high bidders flaked out on it, so I flew down, took a look and went ahead and bought it.
My initial plans for the car are to get it into shape for doing a rolling restoration. So I'll start off with a turner disc and dual m.c. conversion, and go through the rest of the mechanicals to get it safe to drive. Long range, I'm going to gut and replace the interior (upgrading it to regal), hopefully update the original drivetrain with some fancy Cathcart pieces and probably do a color change to a different original combination. I want to keep it so it can easily be returned to original. It will be a driver when I'm done.
It came with heater delete and no turn signals so one of my first tasks will be finding those. (this has to be the cheapest coupe ever built by studebaker--the only option I can find is overdrive, which, I suppose, if you're cheap it would make better gas mileage.)
That's my story--I thought it was time to stop lurking.
I've been a studebaker fan for years, and, off and on for the last couple of decades a member of the SDC in the hopes that I would one day find a studebaker. Well, I finally found one and drug it home--a 53 Champion Deluxe Coupe--so I thought I'd finally stop lurking and say hi to everyone. I'll try not to become a pest with a bunch of newbie questions.
The car is stock, from San Diego so with the exception of a couple small spots is rust free. It runs--engine runs really well--but having set for years needs everything. It was recently sold on e-bay, but the high bidders flaked out on it, so I flew down, took a look and went ahead and bought it.
My initial plans for the car are to get it into shape for doing a rolling restoration. So I'll start off with a turner disc and dual m.c. conversion, and go through the rest of the mechanicals to get it safe to drive. Long range, I'm going to gut and replace the interior (upgrading it to regal), hopefully update the original drivetrain with some fancy Cathcart pieces and probably do a color change to a different original combination. I want to keep it so it can easily be returned to original. It will be a driver when I'm done.
It came with heater delete and no turn signals so one of my first tasks will be finding those. (this has to be the cheapest coupe ever built by studebaker--the only option I can find is overdrive, which, I suppose, if you're cheap it would make better gas mileage.)
That's my story--I thought it was time to stop lurking.
'63 Avanti R-1384. sold 12/10.
101st Airborne Div. 326 Engineers Ft Campbell Ky.
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