What fits what?

[Sliderinwa]

After looking i saw no answers to my question. Unless i missed it.
Will the front end off of a 1953 fit on to the front end of a 1955 Speedster 2 S? Thank you. Have a wonderful day today!

[rockinhawk]

If they are both C/K models,yes. a sedan will not fit a speedster. Check with Jerry Forrester in Douglasville.He knows a lot about those models.

[55coupe]

I just did this same swap a little while ago. All parts were from c k cars 53 iner fenders are a little different but with a little work you can use the 55 fenders .

[Noxnabaker]

There's a guy in Sweden who's got a G.T. with -53 front so why not?

[StudeRich]

Your Profile showing past Posts only shows this Post, so apparently you did not ask.
Maybe you used the Search Function, which can be a little difficult to use and is dependent on the Poster's Title being good and to the point.

[Mike Van Veghten]

Been done many times over the years...as they say as long as your'e using the same body style front end parts.
You can actually stick with your current 55 fenders also, (as noted by another).

Mike

[swvalcon]

Is the frame a different length between a c-k and a sedan? Why couldn't you use a complete front clip off a sedan on a c-k if they had the same frame? You can use a complete front off a 4dr chev or ford on a hard top. Just asking.

[rockne10]

Sedan/wagon and C/K frames are totally different, not just wheel base.

[StudeRich]

Is the frame a different length between a c-k and a sedan? Why couldn't you use a complete front clip off a sedan on a c-k if they had the same frame? You can use a complete front off a 4dr Chev. or Ford on a hard top. Just asking.

Did you ever see a Chev. or Ford that had a Long, Low Sport Coupe/Hardtop (Five Passenger Sports Car) the same year and approximate style as their bread and butter 2 and 4 Door Sedans? No? That is because they never built one!

The reason you can't interchange hardly anything on the Body is the HEIGHT, all Fenders are Shorter and Both Doors and Fenders are taller on Sedans.

I guess you would not try swapping '72 Chevy Monte Carlo Coupe Body Parts to a Caprice, because they look COMPLETELY different, but Studebakers do not look COMPLETLY different between Sedan and Coupe/Hardtop, just MOSTLY different, with some continuity of Design.
I can't believe anyone could say that though, IF they have seen them both.

[swvalcon]

StudeRich I for sure wasn't trying to say Ford or Chev where as good a looking car as a Studebaker of the time. That's why I'am here. I think the c-k where way ahead of their time and for some still not appreciated.

[rockinhawk]

Is the frame a different length between a c-k and a sedan? Why couldn't you use a complete front clip off a sedan on a c-k if they had the same frame? You can use a complete front off a 4dr chev or ford on a hard top. Just asking.

It would be like putting Galaxie parts on a T-Bird. or Impala parts on a Nova.

[brngarage]

I acquired (since sold) a '53 Commander coupe and a '56 Power Hawk which had the front clips (all sheet metal forward of the cowl swapped). I don't know why the previous owner did it, but when I sold the cars I simply unbolted the three bolts on each side at the firewall (cowl) as well the the bolts attaching the radiator support to the frame and swapped the parts back where they came from. I saw no evidence that ANY modifications had been made to enable this swap.

[StudeRich]

StudeRich I for sure wasn't trying to say Ford or Chev where as good a looking car as a Studebaker of the time. That's why I'am here. I think the c-k where way ahead of their time and for some still not appreciated.

I guess you must be answering a different String, because this has nothing to do with you not understanding why Sedans are different than Coupes/Hardtops, C & K Bodies.

[55 56 PREZ 4D]

Aside from an added crossmember on the C and K frames. And the location of a few body mount brackets. Are the "Y" model 120 1/2" frames different than the C,K 120 1/2" frames ? Yes, I know that the batwing is placed differently. My question is directed to the basic frame, not bolt on components.

[55 56 PREZ 4D]

StudeRich:
The O P stated "my question".
I think he meant the question in his mind that brought him to search for answers on this site,
not a question he had posted.