SeventhSon

Try Kanter. https://www.kanter.com/index.aspx

Beautiful M5 and Land Cruiser! I'm really liking this thread Gary. 👍

Can the drum be turned?

Wow, that veneer on the dash is ready for Halloween - scary! Great car, I look forward to seeing your progress.

Beautiful '56 Corvette.

Another favorite - '58 Impala.

Pretty immaculate '55 Pontiac Star Chief convertible.

Just a bit of fun here - cool old Impala. I saw it being driven a few minutes after I took the pictures - the driver bounced it a couple of times and then drove it slowly away with the suspension all the way down.

1957 Packard Clipper, which reminds me of a Studebaker President (probably because it is a gussied up Studebaker President!).

One of my favorites from the show, 1960 Pontiac Ventura Tri-Power. Great early muscle car.

A beautiful 1948 Lincoln V-12. Electric windows!

Immaculate 1948 Dodge Power Wagon. And one of the coolest motorcycles on the road.

After a year off due to COVID the Labor Day Car Show returned. It was interesting to see what kind of cars were there and what kind of cars were not there. Seems like there were more modern cars, like the new Corvettes, the retro muscle cars, resto mods, but much fewer of the 40's and 50's American steel. I missed my '61 Biscayne bubbletop, and numerous others like it. Could it be that the older folks with the 40's and 50's classics decided to stay home away from the crowds (it was crowded, made me question my own sanity for being out in it). Anyway, here's one interesting entrant.

The whitewalls lend a certain elegance and with the blackwalls it looks like a getaway car parked outside a bank getting robbed. Either way it's a beautiful classic!

A great score - congrats! I drove a friend's GTO convertible with a 400 4 speed (although a couple of years earlier than yours) and it would flat out fly! Have fun with that great car!

Beautiful job!

Better yet, take it to a qualified local shop and have them do the above. It will be money well spent to have the car running again and enjoy driving it.

You have 5 year old ethanol gas in the car. Drain the gas and replace with fresh premium fuel. Throw in some Seafoam while you're at it (add some every time you add gas in the future, it helps fight the ethanol plague). Then spray some starting fluid in the carb and crank it. The ether (starting fluid) might just be enough to awaken the car from its 5 year slumber.

Maybe you should try this stuff to help dissolve anything the ultrasonic missed: https://products.liqui-moly.com/radiator-cleaner-7.html (Use at your own discretion). Or maybe you should run some anti-freeze in it instead of straight water. My Avanti ran hot like that when I first awakened it from its 25 year slumber, and after running anti-freeze mixture in it for some time it has gone down from the temp gauge being pegged (first drive) to hovering around 180. I believe the anti-freeze helped dissolve old deposits in the radiator. Not sure about the backfiring - is it still running rich?

I would take a wire brush to that stamping surface and get the paint and rust off. Maybe it's just my eyes but I think I can see a hint of a "zero" number. I believe you'll find the serial number under all that paint and rust.

https://delta.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/104B9A7C-1824-4FE5-8465-954437410052 Here is a similar unit in blue.

I had a Volvo P1800 that did the very same thing. A Volvo mechanic told me to remove the gas tank and thoroughly clean it, and especially clean the pickup inside the tank, I thought, "Nah, it couldn't be anything that simple". But after several more weeks of frustration I pulled the tank and cleaned it out and cleaned the pickup filter. Started and ran fine after that for the rest of the time I owned it, several years. There was a bunch of grit and rust in the tank that, after a few minutes of driving would collect around the pickup filter and cut off the fuel supply. Not sure if the Studebaker has the same type of setup in the tank or not, but I would definitely clean the tank.

Great car, and looking better every day! Great job!

I had a friend who did body work and in a situation like this he would cut out the bad metal using straight even lines, but leaving any good metal. He would then either fabricate new pieces using the old as patterns, or better yet, find a salvage yard and cut the needed pieces out. After trimming and matching up the new pieces he would braze them in, grind the areas smooth, and use a little filler. Trying to weld that metal is just going to destroy it and cause endless frustration.

Still sounds like the carb is too rich and gas in the oil points to that too. Read the shop manual on the proper way to adjust the mixture at the carb, or find an old timer mechanic who remembers what a carburetor is and how to adjust one. Good luck with that!