Got to see this 63 Lark diesel coupe today

[DougHolverson]

Its a funny world we live in.... less then a week ago I was researching Perkins engines in the automotive industry in hopes of putting it in a stude truck.

Reason I started down that line of research is that I work in the commercial fishing industry, I was walking the "yard" last week and a perkins diesel engine caught my eye.... first thing I thought of was a studebaker build

IIRC, some old issue of Turning Wheels ('80s? '90s?) had an article about '50s diesel Transtars. It was something like special ordering a Transtar without an engine, but with the transmission and a special adapter kit. I think that most of these were for export. The local dealer than had to purchase a (six cylinder?) Perkins engine and drop it in at his shop. They also had to conger or cobble up some sort of radiator bracket or fan shroud. I wonder if any of these old adapter kits still exist?

[t walgamuth]

If that Lark were available for purchase I might be interested.

Of course I am building my 39 CE with a 1983 Mercedes turbodiesel backed by a five speed od transmission. It also has a ford 9" half ton rear axle and 12" ventilated discs all around. My intention is to be able to drive it anywhere any time and pull a small trailer with brakes if I feel like it.

[Kurt]

I would like to own that car......

My Grandfather was a Studenaker man. He was also a Massey-Ferguson man. I have been around the Perkins diesel my whole life. They are good efficient engines that have a tendency to leak oil..... Great for Studes! That engine appears in the photo to be a 202/236. They were used in Massey -Ferguson 65 models. In the tractor version they had about 50 horsepower.

that car reminds me of something that Grandpa would have bought.

[62champ]

There is a SDC member & Studebaker Truck Farmer from New York who combined a 3/4 ton Champ truck and a Mercedes diesel. Saw him multiple times at Reedsville and the York Swap Meet loaded to the gills with the rear leaf springs pretty flattened out...

[unclemiltie]

There is a member whom has a VW diesel in an M series pickup 100 miles south of St. Louis. NICE TRUCK

[8E45E]

There is a member whom has a VW diesel in an M series pickup 100 miles south of St. Louis. NICE TRUCK

RQ posted that one here: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...-diesel-trucks

Craig

[gordr]

Going slightly off-topic, but since engine transplants are being discussed, has anyone successfully put a Mopar 383/440 into a Stude car or pickup? I had a '74 Vogue motorhome laid on me, and it has a sweet-running propane-fueled 440 in it, with Torqueflite, of course. I started it up, and did a circuit of the yard in it, and it goes in both drive and reverse.

And how the heck do you get the motor out of the darn thing?

[t walgamuth]

Prolly like a van. Remove the engine cover from inside the vehicle, then drop it down or pull it up or go straight forward through the grill opening.

[sasquatch]

Interesting to see that the Lark has a Turner Quick Start from my hometown of Sycamore.

[Studedude]

Going slightly off-topic, but since engine transplants are being discussed, has anyone successfully put a Mopar 383/440 into a Stude car or pickup?

Carl Purdy, ST2DE5 on the forum, has a C Cab with a 440 in it. I think he also has, or has had, other Studes with MoPar power.

[DougHolverson]

Interesting to see that the Lark has a Turner Quick Start from my hometown of Sycamore.

Is that like some type of ether squirter?

[t walgamuth]

The 383 should fit anywhere a stude will fit....probably lighter too.

[gordr]

The engine hatch between the seats is too small, and there is no door anywhere near it, for to reach in with a picker. I will probably cut the front of the body out, below the rather small hinged grill. Then remove radiator, etc., detach engine and tranny from mounts, block it up, and roll body/chassis backwards away from it. The RV body has dry rot in structure, and the mice have ruined the interior, so it is destined to become a storage unit. The axles, front and rear, may find their way under a Studebaker truck. 19.5" wheels, and the bolt pattern looks similar to M15/M16 trucks.

[8E45E]

Going slightly off-topic, but since engine transplants are being discussed, has anyone successfully put a Mopar 383/440 into a Stude car or pickup? I had a '74 Vogue motorhome laid on me, and it has a sweet-running propane-fueled 440 in it, with Torqueflite, of course. I started it up, and did a circuit of the yard in it, and it goes in both drive and reverse.

And how the heck do you get the motor out of the darn thing?

If its a 'Class-A' motorhome, I suspect one will have to remove it similar to a Zip Van.

Craig

[Alan]

I have put a 413 in a 53K. You have to modify the front cross member to drop the steering bell crank and use an oil filter bypass adapter or modify even more the cross member since the oil filter hits. On the motor home you have to drop it out the bottom.