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Hi all,

I am a 16 year old die hard Studebaker nut, and am homeschooled. I am a purist alot of the times, but love customs and hot rods as well. My driver is a 1961 Studebaker Lark 8 deluxe 4 door wagon, with a 259 V8 and a T-86 3 speed with overdrive, going to a dana 44 rear end, that isn't a posi, yet. Its pretty much all original, and I want to keep it stock, save a few parts. But, I am working on a 1962 studebaker lark 4 door sedan, that is going to be a very mild custom, and that is alot of fun. I plan on building me a hot rod sometime, going with a traditional style or rat rod, with a pre war stude of course,lol. I am also planning a long term stude project that is a custom, to a point. I am going to build me a R-3 ( to those who aren't familer with what that is, I can post some specks if wanted.), and I am going to build a water injection set up for it, that is activated by a WOT switch. It will then go into a T-10, coupled with a T-85 3 speed overdrive, then going to a dana 44 twin traction rear. The car will be a 1963 lark wagonaire, that will be a total sleeper. It will look totally stock, down to a soft green paint job, off white wheels, and poverty hub caps. The interior will even have full bench seats with full rubber floor mats like it would usually have from the factory, with the only things hinting of something special will be a factory "please fasten your seatbelt" sticker on the dash, and a disguised hurst 4 speed shifter on the floor. The exaust will exit by a set of dual stainless steel pipes, going through a set of Smitty's glass packs. But, with a sleeper, it gots to sound like one, right? So, I will have a set of mechanical exaust cut outs, going to off spurts next to the 'packs, that will have diffusers and stock mufflers to help quiet it down. But when I flip the switch, it will revert back to the glass packs, straight out the back! Anyway, thats how I wast my time, lol.

Welcome to the forum. There are a number of Stude fans here, Stu Cool readily comes to mind.

Welcome. Kool sounding project you got.
I still have my first car a 1950 Stude Champion 4 door that my father bought for $50 in 1969 and I drove to high school in 1972-74. I also have my wife's grandfather's 1954 Stude pick up he bought brand new and her father drove to high school.

hello silverhawk hope you enjoy Chr

Learned to drive in a brand new '57 Golden Hawk....
Welcome aboard.

Welcome to the best hot rod forum on the web. Great to hear from a 16 year old who actually has some "class" and a whole bunch of great ideas!

We'll look forward to having you!

Regards,
Glenn

Welcome to CHR!!!! Really good to see a 16 year old who's not into ricers!!! Does my heart good!!! Good luck with the project, and keep us updated on the progress....Oh yeah, pictures!!!! We all love pictures!

Welcome to the forum, nice intro. Like lots of the others here I also like Studebakers and owned two myself in the early 60's. One was my bone stock daily driver 1953 and the other was also a 53 but had a 283 Chevy in it with Hurst mounts and an adapter plate going to the stock 3 speed. I remember that car the most because I was working on it with a buddy when a neighbor lady came out and told us the news that President Kennedy had been killed. They say you never forget where you were when that event happened and they are right.

I like your plans for the hot rod Stude. When you get going on it shoot us a lot of pictures, we love pictures.

Don

welcome to the site. i also like your plans. interesting set up on the exhaust that you have planned. i run true dual glasspacks myself. love the sound of them when they talk.

Thanks for the kind welcome guys! Sorry I haven't responded sooner, its been a long week. Once I get started on the project I want to do, if ever(lol) I'll be sure to take pictures. You guys liked the exaust idea? I thought it would be a kick in the pants when some punk in a rice burner pulled up to my "grandpa" wagon, open the exaust and burn him! It'd be priceless to see the look on his face!

Again, thanks for the welcome and the compliments!

Originally Posted by Silverhawk

. You guys liked the exaust idea? I thought it would be a kick in the pants when some punk in a rice burner pulled up to my "grandpa" wagon, open the exaust and burn him! It'd be priceless to see the look on his face!

!

---to paraphrase one of the great movie lines, "I just love the smell of burnt rice"......

Hahahaha, thats good Mr.Severson!

I really enjoyed your write up, I wish I had such direction in mind when I first started fettlin' with autos. I know this website has a lot of greatguys n girls on board to help you too, so stick around.

Welcome,

A
(ps I secretly lurv studes)

Thanks! That's a neat rod ya got! Got to love those tudors!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

---to paraphrase one of the great movie lines, "I just love the smell of burnt rice"......

Wow Dave, I really like that one, I'll have to steal that one for a signature on my other forums.. Welcome Silverhawk.. I have never had a Studebaker but I've always wanted one..Someday maybe...