Broadmoor update

[JDP]

I'm just glad we got that car out from under that tarp in time for you to give it some well deserved love.

[jimmijim8]

Very schnazzy Matthew. cheers jimmijim

[Roscomacaw]

Lookin' Good!

That dash pad material was only about an 1/8th of an inch thick.

[mbstude]

Another minor update.. I got the carb back today. I gave it to my buddy in Tallahassee, George Klutkowski, for a good going over about a month ago. I've mentioned before that George is one of the best Stude mechanics I know, and this carb confirms that. When JP got the car, the throttle shafts were stuck. He tapped on them with a hammer and got them to move. When I got the car, I put a kit in the carb and it sorta kinda ran. I don't know squat about WCFB's so I handed it over to George to make it right. He's done more than a few of these carbs so he knows how to make them perform as they should. He took mine completely apart, cleaned it, replaced a few bad parts and some other parts that were MIA, and set everything as it should be.

So today the carb came in the mail. I bolted it on, hooked up the linkage with a temporary spring and hose and spun the engine over. Once the bowls filled up, it started right up and ran like a sewing machine. This is the first time it's ran since finishing up the valve stem seal replacement and valve adjustments. Anyways.. I just stood there looking at the engine with a big stupid grin on my face. This is one of the smoothest, quietest, most responsive Stude V8's I've ever seen. Even when cold.. Just a bump of the key and it starts right up.

Excuse the bad looking engine.. The detail job obviously isn't anywhere near finished. But at least the carb looks good!

[jclary]

Looking good Matthew...one bite at a time...

I believe if I would have had that kind of patience at your age...I wouldn't look this old now.

[BobPalma]

Matthew, this is one of your elders speaking!

I want to see at least a hose clamp on that rubber fuel hose pronto...if not a proper steel line!

(It does look nice.) BP

[mbstude]

Matthew, this is one of your elders speaking!

I want to see at least a hose clamp on that rubber fuel hose pronto...if not a proper steel line!

(It does look nice.) BP

There's one on there now..! There's a metal line all the way from the fuel pump to the carb. That long rubber hose was only there until I dug out the new inline filter.

[BobPalma]

There's one on there now..! There's a metal line all the way from the fuel pump to the carb. That long rubber hose was only there until I dug out the new inline filter.

Thank goodness you posted that before I retired, Matthew, or Id'a never got to sleep. <GGG> BP

[ROADRACELARK]

Matthew, It sure is lookin' great! I wouldn't run it anymore until you got the filter installed.....you'd hate to pump a bunch of c**p into that FRESH clean float bowl !!

Dan Miller
Auburn, GA

[jimmijim8]

very proper Matt

I was abou't to rheem you out about that rubber fuel line but read on and read you did the supply line proper. Would you mind explaining why you used a metal line other than the factoid being that Studebaker engineered it that way. Some need to know the reasoning. cheers jimmijim

Thank goodness you posted that before I retired, Matthew, or Id'a never got to sleep. <GGG> BP

[mbstude]

For those worried that my car will burst into flames, there's a metal line from the pump to the carb, with a section missing and a filter installed. As far as using metal lines.. What else would I use?

Just drove it around the neighborhood.. New carb is good to go..!

[jimmijim8]

Not to worry.

I for one am not a bit /concerned at all if your car burst into flames and kisses the ground. I am a bit concerned and do caution folks a bit about the inherent risk of a rubber hose rupturing and spewing gas all over the top side of an engine and being ignited by a spark from somewhere within the compartment, and possibly causing human pain and suffering. Especially if one has their face under the hood working on his pride and joy. Studebaker used a glass bowl thread on to the lines via fittings filter. Yeah you can get away with a rubber hose from the pump to carb or just little bitty pieces to splice a filter in. The folks that sell these splice in filters would sell a heck of a lot less if they were harder to install. Go fiqure. You can purchase an inline filter that threads on.

For those worried that my car will burst into flames, there's a metal line from the pump to the carb, with a section missing and a filter installed. As far as using metal lines.. What else would I use?

Just drove it around the neighborhood.. New carb is good to go..!