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Ozstatman…Yes, those wheel covers are an extra-cost option for ‘36 and ‘37 Presidents. Unlike the smaller hubcaps that have a brass skin over a steel base, these are stamped, chromed steel with the word “President” . These wheel covers are getting hard to come by. Tom

1937 Studebaker President rumble seat coupe. Studebaker made 133 of these . I have bought and sold this car twice. I loved buying it each time and regretted selling it each time. The first time I bought it was in 1985. I was living and working in Virginia and the company I was working for transferred me to Louisiana. I just had too many antiques. I kept the ‘63 Avanti and the ‘58 Porsche and the ‘38 Oldsmobile and sold the ‘37 Studebaker and immediately knew I made a mistake. I kept track of it and was able to buy it back in 1994 or 1995. During that ownership I did a complete, bare frame, restoration. I took it to the 2015 Studebaker International meet in St Louis and foolishly allowed myself to be talked out of it. I know where it is and have told the current owner that I might be interested if he ever decides to part with it, but I’ve been downsizing recently, so I know that that is probably just not gonna happen. Sure shouldn’t have sold it that second time. Tom

It has been almost 35 years since these photos were taken and it still breaks my heart to look at them. The ‘58 356A Porsche was my daily driver in the late ‘80’s. The car had a tendency to jump out of first gear. Normally I backed into the garage and left the transmission in gear in reverse. The driveway up to the garage took a right angle turn to get into the garage and was quite steep. The floor of the garage itself had a very slight slope. For whatever reason, on this particular day I pulled into the garage frontwards, left the car in first gear and went into the house. It wasn’t 45 seconds before I heard the crunch. My insurance company was not happy. A suitable rear clip was located in California, shipped to Louisiana, and the local Porsche dealer’s body shop welded it in. That tree fell to my chainsaw as soon as I pulled the car away from it. Tom

OK. Happy hour has started here so I really shouldn’t be posting, but I am finished with even clicking on any thread that starts with “ How do I get a title in (fill in the state name here)” or “barn find” or “Grand pa’s car” or any other derivation on the theme. I think the moderators should have a blanket statement that says “Check with your state’s DMV” and let it end there. Tom

Whoops! Sorry Rex. I just grabbed the first catalog that came to hand at my desk. Obviously the recommendation for purchase should be you or other dedicated Studebaker parts vendors who have helped all of us restore and keep our Studebakers on the road. Tom

Hi Chris The bumper brackets are held on by simple clamps. The front clamps have a more pronounced curve or dome between the bolts. The rears are pretty flat. Looks like something that would be fairly easily made on a milling machine if you are missing the clamps. The distance between centers of the mounting bolts looks to be close both front and rear at 2 and 3/8 inches. Plenty more pictures available if these don’t show what you need. There is a large rubber grommet around the rear mounting clamp. Steele Rubber has these in their catalog part number 18-0013-29. My Steele catalog is from 2011, so I hope they still carry these. They don’t show a front grommet and I don’t have any on my car. I took these photos as part of a portfolio because I’m getting ready to sell this car. If you are missing those clamps, let me know so I can take mine off and copy them before the car disappears. Tom

Now that I’ve taken longer than 5 minutes to think about my reply to the original poster, I do seem to recall that there might have been a bolt hole or dowel pin in a different place on the ‘49 engine as compared to the ‘37 bellhousing. I remember now that I had a struggle with that issue when I dial-indicated the bellhousing to the engine. It’s been more than 10 years ago, so the details are hazy. Tom

I have a ‘49 Commander engine in my ‘37 Coupe-Express. Bolted right in with no modifications needed that I can recall. I did have to have a shorter driveshaft fabricated because Jerry Kurtz made me a post-war overdrive set-up. Tom

It’s always nice to see a photo posted of a car that I have restored. Yes, I restored the maroon coupe, and I still regret allowing Mark Hyman to talk me out of it. I wanted to take it through the AACA judging system. I finished the restoration as much as I could on a Friday evening. I loaded the car into the trailer on Saturday and on Sunday set out for the 2015 SDC/ASC International meet in St Louis. I knew that there were a couple of items that still needed to be done , but I wanted to get opinions from my friends on how I could improve the car to compete in the AACA. Mark saw the car on the show field and announced that he had to have it. I told him that I wasn’t interested in selling. He kept after it, and asked me what my crazy “I don’t want to sell it price” was. I quoted him a number that I thought would end the conversation, and all he said was “Can I look under the hood?” He looked, and came up with an offer that I rejected and we negotiated a little and five minutes later he owned it. My wife was pissed that I sold it. She knew how much work I had put into it. I’ve told the current owner that if he ever got tired of it that I might be interested in buying it back, but I know that won’t happen. I’m into downsizing now and not really wanting to buy anything more. A couple of observations on the numbers of these ‘37 President Coupes. Dick Quinn published the production figures for all ‘37 cars in the May/June 2007 issue of the Antique Studebaker Review. There were only 26 cars built as 37C Q2. 20 as regular production and 6 as “State” models. If Stud37 has body number 9, I think it’s really special that it survived in some form. The body tag on the green car that Dick Quinn had shows body number 162. There were only 165 of 37C Q3 bodies produced, so that car was just the third from the last. I’ll second Bill’s statement that a restoration to original is the way to go. These cars are too thin on the ground. Now, if you need an original engine, I have a ‘35 Commander with a 250 straight 8 that I could sell for about the price to rebuild the engine alone. I think the biggest differences between ‘35 and ‘37 engines is that the fuel pump got moved and the master cylinder was moved off being mounted on the engine to a frame location. Tom

If you can’t find exactly what you want, I can make any kind of stud or bolt in any kind of material that you might want. I’d just need specifications and material. Tom

Chris —- My Commander is on my lift. My engine splash pans are attached to the BOTTOM of the frame rail. Here is a picture looking towards the back of the car showing the tube above the splash pan. I hope this is clear, but if you need more photos, e-mail me at Studebaker4829@live.com Tom

The cork-faced, oil bath clutches in Hudsons are notorious for sticking. Almost every Hudson owner I know kept a piece of wood in the car to keep the clutch pedal depressed when the car (or in my case a pick-up) was not in use for a while. Here’s a couple of pictures of what happens if you neglect to do that. Mea culpa Tom

Does anyone out there have a correct door hinge rear-view mirror bracket for a ‘37 Coupe-Express that would be available for sale? I purchased the pictured bracket many years ago from a person who had a ‘39 Coupe-Express and was never able to get it to fit. I showed it to Ford Stoecker a number of years ago and he showed me how what I will call the “tongue” should be positioned as shown in my very rough sketch. I wouldn’t mind if what is available is shorter than the 16 inches or so that this one is. I think that I’d have to remove this one every time I put the truck into the enclosed trailer because it sticks out so much Thanks in advance. Tom

Hi Nate. It looks like a common problem. I remember that I struggled with this with both ‘37’s that I have restored. I went looking through my spares and all I found were pieces of springs that I kept for samples in case the ones on my Coupe-Express give up the ghost. Tom

Hi Doug. I’m sorry for the delayed response, but here is a picture of the cowl vent. I can find no evidence that there ever was a screen in it. I know that by 1937 the cowl vents had screens, so maybe Studebaker had heard enough complaints. Tom