A brief introduction: After looking for a pre-war Buick and not finding anything I could afford I happened to run across a 1953 Champion 4 door sedan and just fell in love with the - way ahead of its time - looks. The plan is to keep it as original as possible but make any improvements to make it a car I can get in and go when the desire to take the family (all but my 3 oldest children will fit) out for ice-cream or to hit a cruise or car show. It won't be a show winner, just a nice driver. I like to drive my cars and enjoy them. Over the years I've had as my daily drivers (this one won't be a daily driver): 1962 Buick LeSabre, 1972 Chevy C-10, 1972 GMC Suburban, 1962 Nova and I briefly owned but never drove a 1928 Marmon Victoria Coupe (only one known to exist) and a 1951 Buick Special (my very first car). All of those cars are gone except for the Marmon, I sold it to a good friend of mine who's going to get it going again and enjoy her. I should also note: none of those cars except the Marmon were of any show quality, they were very much original cars with faded paint, rust, bad interiors, etc...
I'm looking forward to getting to know the Studey better. I already started breaking things when I attempted to remove the heat riser to fix a blown gasket on it. Of course, I broke the back side bolt so I'll have to drill it out and re-tap the manifold. I have several small projects I'd like to do to her but really I just want the virus to be over with so I can put her on the road and drive her a little to see how she runs and drives. I've attached a picture, some of you may recognize the car from Ebay. I don't care if I got a great deal or a bad deal, I like the car and that's what matters to me.
I hope to learn a lot about these cars and hopefully I can help out in the forums. I've been around antique and classic cars all of my life and owned a part-time modern vehicle repair shop, of course there's a lot that I don't know so I will be trying to soak up as much information as I can from the forums as I can already see there is a lot of knowledge here.
I'm looking forward to getting to know the Studey better. I already started breaking things when I attempted to remove the heat riser to fix a blown gasket on it. Of course, I broke the back side bolt so I'll have to drill it out and re-tap the manifold. I have several small projects I'd like to do to her but really I just want the virus to be over with so I can put her on the road and drive her a little to see how she runs and drives. I've attached a picture, some of you may recognize the car from Ebay. I don't care if I got a great deal or a bad deal, I like the car and that's what matters to me.
I hope to learn a lot about these cars and hopefully I can help out in the forums. I've been around antique and classic cars all of my life and owned a part-time modern vehicle repair shop, of course there's a lot that I don't know so I will be trying to soak up as much information as I can from the forums as I can already see there is a lot of knowledge here.
"General" behind in the Dark Side. 
Also the Brown reflection on the shroud.
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