Thread: Stude M5 build

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Very nice work, well done too.

Nice work. I just found this thread and wanted to subscribe. Keep up the good work!

Ditto, excellent build. Your welds looks damb good to me. Very nice blend of old Stude body on the Explorer chasis. I like the engineering of the modern chasis and steering, under the cool Studebaker body. I too actually like the stock wheels of the explorer for some reason? Been dying to say this as I like puns, "Hey Stude don't bring us down" which this build certainly isn"t! Welcome to CHR too. The recent infusion of new blood has been great.

I was going to be cheeky but, damn it, okay, I will then, air conditioning, power steering, here I thought you were building a Hot Rod, what ever happened to the days of strong arm handling the steering wheel into car parks and having the widows down so one can hang your arm out on the window sill while cruising real slow down main Street checking out the ladies ? Yeah, like me, we all get a bit older and we enjoy the comforts of the luxuries of the modern automobile.

Thanks for the words of encouragement everyone.
I've had original old cars and they look cool but don't drive that well. If you have a choice of driving your old car without ac or the new car when it's 100 degrees outside guess which one you take, then the hot rod sits there unused. I like driver cars.

Yeah, I totally agree with you, there is absolutely nothing wrong in having the luxuries in a driven hot rod. I was been cheeky really as what we did in our youth just doesn't cut it any more and also I'm not sure what part of America you live or the summer temps you have to deal with so all is good.

Summer gets pretty hot here, quite a few days over 100 some over 110

".......Summer gets pretty hot here, quite a few days over 100 some over 110...."

I hear you about the same here. Every car I've built for myself over the last 25 years has had AC included in the build. The exception will be the 37 Dodge which will fall into the strictly toy category.

Very nice work on the brackets. Tech made a post on making brackets and running a Ford pump for the with the Ford racks a while back......and it makes perfect sense. Your build shows why it's not always a viable option. The Ford pumps are just so darn long placing them can be problematic at best (they usually have to be moved far enough out to clear the block). Not saying it can't be done, just sometimes the pressure reduction kits are a good alternative.

I'm really enjoying your build. I like seeing stuff that's fabricated rather somebody's kit bolted on.




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What was the procedure for templating the brackets?
For the belt to track straight, the pulley must not only be flush to center line of the belt, but also be perfectly square.

That's killer, nice job! I need to make one for my 48 to mount the A/C up high.

Originally Posted by Mike P

".......Summer gets pretty hot here, quite a few days over 100 some over 110...."

I hear you about the same here. Every car I've built for myself over the last 25 years has had AC included in the build. The exception will be the 37 Dodge which will fall into the strictly toy category.

Very nice work on the brackets. Tech made a post on making brackets and running a Ford pump for the with the Ford racks a while back......and it makes perfect sense. Your build shows why it's not always a viable option. The Ford pumps are just so darn long placing them can be problematic at best (they usually have to be moved far enough out to clear the block). Not saying it can't be done, just sometimes the pressure reduction kits are a good alternative.

I'm really enjoying your build. I like seeing stuff that's fabricated rather somebody's kit bolted on.




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Ford pumps are so noisy too, you can here em coming a mile away

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

What was the procedure for templating the brackets?
For the belt to track straight, the pulley must not only be flush to center line of the belt, but also be perfectly square.

My method would be hard to explain. I used a straight edge across the main crank pulley using it as a reference, it was a lot of trial and error but I feel good about it.

Made a trans tunnel and a relief mount area for my picknpull shifter. The shifter was from a 99 camaro and I cut off the extra stuff that I don't need and cut off the shift handle. I got one of those spring steel picker uppers from harbor freight and cut it to length and ran in down a piece of steel tubing I bent for the new shifter. I drilled out a bolt that would fit the lokar shifter knob and welded it in. I wanted it to look like an old truck manual shifter.

The finished shifter.

Very Slick looking. Nice mod and probably a heck of a lot cheaper than buying the complete lokar setup