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Is the side glass on a '65 flat or curved? If it's flat, usually you tilt the glass forward down into the door. Then once it's in there, straighten up,and align to attachments.

So while Ford soldiered on with their flathead V-8, they let Studebaker use the OHV V-8 first in 1951. Very gracious of them! Then they allowed Studebaker to use the 289 displacement from 1956 to shutdown in South Bend in 1963. Then Ford finally put it in their own cars. I just haven't read much about Ford changing the engine over from gear-driven timing to timing chain, and moving the distributor from the back of the engine to the front. 🙄🙄🙄

Of course Google caught the workers on their lunch break...😉

A "Staged" photo, and now they've scraped the white sidewall on the ramp!

Yes, it is a Hot Knife for removing glued-in windshields. What you don't see is the business-end should have a right-angle blade on it. No one uses these anymore. Better techniques have been developed.

You never see those anymore!

"a set of serial number punches with a font that matches the one shown below" Studebaker clubs and owners have been trying to find a match for the font used at the factory for decades. No such luck. People end up going with whatever the local trophy-shop/ engraver has that is "close" and official inspectors, never having seen the correct font, don't know the difference and approve the inspection/verification.

Yep. I rummaged through the Fresno warehouse, only being made aware of it after our Studebaker Club participated in a Veteran's Day Parade. Had an incredible amount of Post-war Lincoln stuff. Lots of stuff scattered on the floor, getting bent, scratched, etc. Loose piston rings everywhere. I was there one day when a guy from I don't remember where now had purchased the entire inventory of remaining gaskets and was loading them on a trailer to haul back home to inventory and re-sell. Then Steve liquidated Globe Auto Wrecking inventory. Previously to all this he was going around the local countryside beating the bushes, finding older cars, dragging them to a yard and parting them out. He currently sells on ebay as "forthebeachonly"

BTW: You added the fourth number (5) on your serial number.

Very nice ceramic ash tray for sale. 1950s? Early phone numbers. Jack Nadel Inc. of Los Angeles maker on back. 6 3/4" diameter. Gold around edge thin or missing in some spots. No chips, cracks, or scratches. $25 plus shipping from Central California. Thanks.

Yes, here's my '55, the first year for curved rear window. It measures 48x11. Not close to shape of subject glass. Dodge and GM also had curved glass in '55, Ford in '56, but none shaped like glass shown.

I now see you have posted on the SDC Forum, and received replies. 👍 The type steering wheel you have depends on whether you have a horn ring, or no horn ring, and power steering, or no power-steering, and what type PS. In addition to the shop manual, the Studebaker Parts Manual has excellent exploded diagrams of all parts. And Studebaker parts vendors still use the Studebaker part numbers for their inventories and selling today.

All those parts you show are readily available new from Studebaker parts vendors. I'm not sure what Studebaker site you are referring to that you don't have access to. The Studebaker Driver's Club Forum is available to read to your heart's content, without registering. Probably can't post topics though. You will find all the help and info you need there. You have gotten good advice here. Posting in the Studebaker-specific forum here, much further down the forum list will also yield the help you need. There is no "fuse box" on your car. https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/tech-talk https://www.studebakerparts.com/studebakerparts/store/s/agora.cgi?page=56wire.html Caution if you try to remove the steering wheel. A normal steering wheel puller will destroy your wheel.

No American pickup had a curved rear window resembling this. Not tall enough for VW Beetle rear window. Check glass for manufacturer's name. That should tell us if foreign or domestic.

I was waiting for someone to catch that. 👍

Close examination shows something fishy going on here...AI generated image? No chassis showing inside that LF wheelwell. Rear fender too wide? Headlight lenses look like the plastic that comes on models.

Not a big deal, but the bumpers and grille say this is a '49, not '48. Few changes between, mostly the fuel tank, rear frame, and trunk floor.

Looks like it. Aftermarket plating usually doesn't last long.

Interesting low, flat windshield on the Advance Design Chevy truck behind the Corvette...

Doesn't look like the two Frantz models I'm familiar with, but who knows?

Huge amount of difference in body damage to the Dean Porsche in the after-crash photo in the garage and the "touring" exhibit photo. There's an explanation somewhere...

The building it is pictured in still exists, just drove by it today. (Used to be Cockrum's Towing and garage--different business in it now.) The car aint there, though. Most parts were scavenged and carted off soon after.

Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler all body styles, except convertibles, 1941-48 should all be the same.

Unfortunately, that does not exist.

Did you get all the mud off your car yet? 🥺