'57 Scotsman 2 door wagon on E Bay

[57pack]

Just found this and had to register. I bought this car! My first big resto project. I'm in Austin, had it shipped here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwI2n_A5Bg - two weeks of work after I bought it. Had to rebuild the carburetor, rebuild all the brakes, new plugs / wires / etc.

Congratulations on your "new" Studebaker, you've got a very good candidate for a Scotsman restoration .
I can see your a wagon man, so am I, and welcome too the forum! Please keep us posted on your progress. Also as stated before, we love pictures. Also if you can't located a grille closer to home, I have a nice used one I removed from a 57 President.

[StudeDave57]

It looks like you got a good one, and a very rare one...
Good score Dave!!!



StudeDave '57

[ndynis]

Just found this and had to register. I bought this car! My first big resto project. I'm in Austin, had it shipped here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwI2n_A5Bg - two weeks of work after I bought it. Had to rebuild the carburetor, rebuild all the brakes, new plugs / wires / etc.

Welcome to Stude land. Looks like you got a really solid car to start with. I love the Studebaker wagons (the ones with motors). I live in Flatonia, Texas, just 70 miles South of you. I hope you have joined the Studebaker Drivers Club national at studebakerdriversclub.com. Great source of info., great mag "Turning Wheels" every month, and sponsor of this forum. I think the closest local chapter of SDC to you would be the Central Texas Chapter of SDC. Here is their website: http://clubs.hemmings.com/centraltexassdc/

[southbend]

David: I also welcome you to Stude land. Thanks for saving a rare car. According to Richard Langworth's "Illustrated Studebaker Buyers Guide," only 26 Champion 2 door wagons were built in 1957. Is this correct? Does this include the Scotsman trim line? I didn't see any productions figures specifically on '57 Scotsman 2 door wagons. And it looks like you got it for a very reasonable price, too, especially considering its apparent rarity. Congratulations!

[BobPalma]

David: I also welcome you to Stude land. Thanks for saving a rare car. According to Richard Langworth's "Illustrated Studebaker Buyers Guide," only 26 Champion 2 door wagons were built in 1957. Is this correct? Does this include the Scotsman trim line? I didn't see any productions figures specifically on '57 Scotsman 2 door wagons. And it looks like you got it for a very reasonable price, too, especially considering its apparent rarity. Congratulations!

Ditto to Mark's remarks, David; it looks like you're having a good time. Nothing like a running and driving car to boost your spirits.

MARK: The figure of 26 Champion wagons in 1957 refers to 4-door Champion wagons, which weren't generally available to the public.

In reality, 1,120 1957 Pelham (Champion 2-door wagons) were built, in addition to exactly 3,400 1957 Scotsman wagons. You have to realize that the Pelham wagons had a "head start," since the Scotsman wagon was a mid-year addition. Had the Scotsman been available from the get-go, chances are good the 1,120 figure would have been well below 1,000, and the Scotsman wagon figure higher than 3,400. BP

[southbend]

Ditto to Mark's remarks, David; it looks like you're having a good time. Nothing like a running and driving car to boost your spirits.

MARK: The figure of 26 Champion wagons in 1957 refers to 4-door Champion wagons, which weren't generally available to the public.

In reality, 1,120 1957 Pelham (Champion 2-door wagons) were built, in addition to exactly 3,400 1957 Scotsman wagons. You have to realize that the Pelham wagons had a "head start," since the Scotsman wagon was a mid-year addition. Had the Scotsman been available from the get-go, chances are good the 1,120 figure would have been well below 1,000, and the Scotsman wagon figure higher than 3,400. BP

Thanks for the information. It's amazing how quickly and accurately one's questions get answered around here! Even at a production figure of 3400, this is still a comparatively rare Studebaker. I can't imagine that any more than 100-200 or so have survived.

[BobPalma]

Thanks for the information. It's amazing how quickly and accurately one's questions get answered around here! Even at a production figure of 3400, this is still a comparatively rare Studebaker. I can't imagine that any more than 100-200 or so have survived.

No doubt a good point, Mark.

It's difficult to imagine a specific Studebaker model that got worked harder, put up wetter, and poorly, if at all, maintained throughout its life, than a Scotsman station wagon. BP

[showbizkid]

DUDE!!! Your car sounds great! And what I didn't hear in the video was just as good as what I did hear - no squeaks, clunks, rattles as it went by. Nice work bringing it back to life - can't wait to follow your journey in bringing it back!

[studeclunker]

Gosh Clark... are Studees supposed to go without squeeks, clunks, and rattles? Hee, hee, hee, heh!

Nice looking Scotsman. It even stops nicely! Best of everything as you dig into the old girl!

[dmackenzie]

Thanks! I love these, I'm a station wagon fan. I also have a 92 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon and a 91 Mercury Colony Park, though I've always wanted something older to work on. I had a '63 Lark in high school that I drove all over Texas, and after seeing a provincial wagon last year I had to get a '57 wagon.

This is a fairly solid car. Only 2 spots of bad rust that I see, both about the size of a dollar. One in the driver side floor plan and the other in the tailgate. None of the brake lights, signals, or horn work, but those should be easy fixes. The vacuum wiper motor is stuck, not sure what to do on that one. For brakes I put in a new master cylinder, new wheel cylinders, hoses, and the thing stops great.
The only problem that I've had has been the carburetor. I had just rebuilt it on the day I took the video, it ran great. I havent been able to fire it up since then. Something it really sticky on the inside of it. Letting it soak in a carb-var doesnt seem to help either. Hopefully I can get it back up to running this weekend.

The goal, first weekend of April is the Texas Lonestar roundup here in Austin. I would love to drive it out there.

[cultural infidel]

Solid Wagon! Best of luck on meeting your goal of the LR!

[StudeRich]

The Windshield Wiper Motor you need to install is the very common Electric one, Bosch, Autolite or Prestolite. It was an option most dealers did order on Scotsmans.
I think it does requires different driver arms and of course a Switch, but not much else.

It was used on all Sedans and Wagons '56 to 1960 and all C and K Models '56 to '62 and with wiring and Switch changes to '64, also all Champ Pickups.

[showbizkid]

Interesting thing about that tailgate rust is that it's not visible on the outside, on the bottom seam, where that usually appears, but on the inside. I'd rather work on the inside than the outside skin, I think!

[southbend]

If it is a vacuum wiper motor and you want to keep it that way, check out http://www.wiperman.com/