Can someone please post a picture of the correct jack and stand? I have a few different types and not sure which is factory correct. Very much appreciated.
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They used several Brands of bumper jacks most years, so that is very hard to say.
I have them with "T" shaped shafts, "Y" shaped and "V" shaped. The bases of course, match their shape.
Whatever you do, just don't try to actually USE one!
StudeRich
Second Generation Stude Driver,
Proud '54 Starliner Owner
SDC Member Since 1967 -
I have a jack that I bought on ebay that was described as a GT Hawk jack, couldn't tell by the picture but it turns out it's for a Lark. If you find a pic I can see if mine is for your Lark. It is too short to be for a Hawk and it doesn't match the bumper profile but it's in pretty nice shape. I think the base is blue, I don't thinkthat was a correct color...Comment
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You can get some info there: http://www.studebaker-info.org/tech/...hp483x493.html. Scroll to the bottom to see the jacks base.sigpicComment
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Also, check with Studebaker International. SASCO had a HUGE inventory of jacks and stands for later models; I purchased an NOS jack, stand and handle for my lark from them.Comment
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"Whatever you do, just don't try to actually USE one! Very sound advice!!!!!1957 Studebaker Champion 2 door. Staten Island, New York.
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think." -Albert EinsteinComment
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the body shop book shows pictures of different jack bases and tell what they fit near the back of the book.Candbstudebakers
Castro Valley,
California
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The link to a Copy of the '59-'64 Studebaker Chassis Parts Catalog pictures of Jacks, is right here in Post #4. They are in Section 1812 -Tools.
http://www.studebaker-info.org/tech/...hp483x493.htmlStudeRich
Second Generation Stude Driver,
Proud '54 Starliner Owner
SDC Member Since 1967Comment
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Thanks!!! You guys are most helpful. Looks like "5D" is the correct style for the 64 Lark. Thanks again.Comment
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Back in the day, these were the best we had; and we knew we were taking our life in our hands if we were to attempt to use these on anything other than dry flat ground. Some of us survived without alternative.Originally posted by FlatheadGeo View Post
Dropping the axle to the point where the wheel could be removed required the jack not be under the axle; but shifting the entire weight of the car to a point of maximum leverage at the extreme of the bumper was, to say the least, not the safest scenario. Modern scissor or bottle jacks applied somewhere on the frame between the axles seems to we later neanderthals a no-brainer.
Carry that original jack with you if you want to appeal to originality but, keep a worthy tool at your disposal.Brad Johnson,
SDC since 1975, ASC since 1990
Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
'33 Rockne 10, '51 Commander Starlight. '53 Commander Starlight
'56 Sky Hawk in processComment
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Many years ago I watched as a guy pulled a V8 engine and trans out of a 1953 Stude using a bumper jack. He would jack and block the engine then jack and block again. He did this until he cleared the hood latch support area at which time he dragged it onto blocks that he positioned in front of the car. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself. I got the body but I can't remember what I did with it. I probably parted it out and scraped the rest but I can't remember for sure! Isn't getting old great!Comment
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Sorry folks for dragging up this old thread by mistake I tagged it on to a resource thread used for a more recent thread.Comment
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