goatboy

thx to all for your messages, i will pass on how they do as i get them going, its gonna be a while before i get them on the road

i did find a thread about this issue it has both good and bad results, im gonna try it because i do know a lot of people that are driving this type of car with old tires and no issues. i will probably be "the one " that loses. thx goatboy

i dont know, didnt see the thread, i will look around

i just bought a set of very very nice wide white, allstate brand that had been in a garage and still had the plastic wrap on them. these tires are still soft not hard at all and cleaned up brand new, my question is how many of you have done this for an old car and had good luck, bad luck, whats your stories? i am putting them on my 38 studebaker and it will prolly never see much over 55mph, so how safe are these? thx for your input goatboy

i would be interested in the magazine, if you have one still, that truck is gorgeous love it ok i found one on ebay, got it bought thx

i would be interested in the magazine, if you have one still, that truck is gorgeous love it

those are both beautiful cars, hope mine looks this good when finished "refreshing" it. going to start buffing the rest of her tonite, so far the paint looks to be sanding out nicely and should buff up real shiny. i restored cars for 34 yrs retiring a few years ago from doing it for others and doing one for myself is a lot funner.

also post pics of your 38's I would love to see them

is there any ideas on value of a car like this? I listed it with hagerty for 15000 is that enough? thx again for any help, kinda stupid on cars this old goatboy

here she is with the paint starting to come to life and the wheels cleaned up and drums painted

hers the headlights after getting them all polished up and new bulbs so on....

here she is coming out of her "sleep"

thanks all for the responses, 1st its a 1938 state commander and yes it has the helmet headlights. fh4evr the door is actually sticking out farther than the front door which shuts nicely, but before I do too much I need to put in new door seals. the latch seems to be ok, but the spring might be weak as you say, that would explain why it doesn't go farther shut and hold. I will try and post more pics soon, this car is amazing to me the condition its in after these years and years of storage, I got it out of a garage in Denver and is a one owner owned by a man I knew as "grandpa" . I used to ride in this car as a kid and loved it for at least 47 yrs, when I got the call to come get it I was floored, it was a dream come true ! so far getting it running again has been pretty easy, the usual changing of fluids and hoses etc, the brakes were a little more work but after kitting all the cylinders they work great. as for the paint it is cleaning up perfect, I think it was painted in the 70's and the paint is buffing up nicely after a sanding. this car from what I can tell is actual 55000 miles and had been maintained up until 1987, I even found the new car delivery checklist in the glovebox ! anyone have an idea where to get an new door latch to replace my bad one? I'm gonna try to post some more pics tonite, hope they all work. thanks again for the responses and I hope to be on the site a lot as there is a lot to learn about "hazel" that's our name for her after the former owner. thx goatboy

hi all, I'm new to this site and to being a Studebaker owner, I am known mostly as a GTO collector over the years {hence my username} anyways my questions are this car is a 4dr state commander with only 55k actual miles. how unusual is this car, is there many left around, I never seem to see any on websites or museums. this is a one owner car and was always garage kept, no rust anywhere and the more i work to freshen it up the nicer it becomes. 2nd question is this car has suicide doors and the drivers rear door shuts fine but sticks out well above the front door, i cannot find any adjustments to it, is the latch weak and needs a new one? thanks for any help, and i hope to get a lot more help as my "restoration" goes forward, this is so much different than I'm used to i am going to learn a lot. thx goatboy