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Mark Huston

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  1. The foliage has barely begun to change here in the central Sacramento Valley. I took my 1929 Studebaker President Brougham out for a 30 mile drive today. This tree was starting to show the change of seasons and it was the closest I could get to fall color this time of the year.
  2. The definition of the brougham automobile body style varies depending on the car manufacturer. I don’t think the automobile industry agrees on very many definitions. Studebaker, during the mid twenty’s to early thirties, used the term brougham on there top of the line close coupled four door sedans with blind quarters. Here are a couple of pictures of my 1929 Studebaker President Brougham as an example.
  3. For those interested, or curious, subject car is located in Boise, ID.
  4. I have a pair of these bud vases in my 1929 Studebaker President Brougham.
  5. The 1928 Western Auto Supply Co. List two types of flower vases for closed cars.
  6. For those of you who can’t access Facebook here is description and some of the photos: Details Condition Used – like new Colour Beige This is a Fully restored 1929 Stutz Blackhawk Speedster convertible 4 door! This is a museum quality car. It's been in my family for over 40 years. My grandfather fully restored This car. Every nut and bolt. - Straight Eight engine - 4 door - convertible - blackhawk Series - fully restored This car is a one of a kind and extremely rare. Very little to none known to exist. This car has one many awards at many car shows! 85,000 OBO I have a lot more photos. They just won't let me upload them on here. Turn key ready to go Extremely nice restore! Come take a look! Serious buyers only [hidden information]one
  7. Nice Studebaker, however, the seller is in fantasy land if he sincerely believes that anyone was buying this car new in 1927 with the intent of being chauffeured around. This was the Studebaker four passenger coupe in 1927 and referred to by Studebaker as a Victoria. Yes, special, yes uncommon, but not as unique as the seller believes. Asking price is far above what this car realistically sells for especially in the base Dictator model. If it was the larger Big Six Victoria the seller would almost be in the ball park on price, however, still high.
  8. When my 1929 President’s needed clutch work I had the clutch material replaced. Are you missing your clutch or is there something wrong with it preventing you from having new clutch material installed? Unfortunately, after owning 1929 President’s for over 40 years I have never come across a new replacement President clutch. I won’t say it is impossible to find, however, I will say it is unlikely.
  9. Received an application yesterday for an upcoming car show here in Northern California with an entry fee of $90. There are other “extras “ that the car owners can choose to participate in that drive the experience up to an additional $335 per person on top of the original $90 registration fee. Yes, living in California isn’t for anyone who wants to hold onto their money.
  10. To preserve the information regarding the subject of this post here is the sellers description and some pictures of the subject car. Seller’s description: Dodge Other. This Dodge D -8 was originally a sedan that had the body removed and converted to a boat tail, chassis  boxed and suspension done over , mustang 2 rack and pinion steering , disc brakes , working , folding top , new tires and wheels , 61 ford falcon rear axle,  stretched aluminum bumpers, poly gas tank , asking 25,000 .this vehicle is for sale on other sites and could possibly sell to the best offer.
  11. I have a 1929 Studebaker President with Delco dual coil dual point ignition. After over 20 years of driving I am doing another full tune up. I am replacing the cap, rotor, condensers, etc. Some of these parts are my last extras that I have on hand. I have discovered that my old sources for ignition parts are gone. Does anyone have a recommendation for suppliers of ignition parts?
  12. Studebaker had a sales office in India from at least the 1920s. Here are pictures of a 1929 or 1930 Studebaker GJ Commander 6 touring that was posted on a Facebook group by the owner who participated in a car show in New Delhi, India last month, February 2023. The owner stated he doesn’t know of another one like his Commander in India, however, he knows of one in Pakistan. One thing about the car i find interesting is the bell between the driving light and the radiator.
  13. I am helping a friend pick up his grandfather’s 1940s Ford tractor. Setting in front of the tractor is this Chevrolet 6500 flatbed truck. Don’t know what year the truck is, however, my friend says it has been sitting in the back lot of the family farm business for as long as he can remember. His uncle won’t part with the truck. Several relatives have tried unsuccessfully to get the truck. I guess it will eventually return to the earth.
  14. My goal was Oil filtration that looked period Correct and I was not looking to win any races.
  15. An original usable pancake oil filter is nearly impossible to find. The solution that I found, for my 1929 President engine, is a canister filter that looks like an original. The reproduction canister filter has a spin on Oil filter inside of it. I have had no problems with the spin on oil filter on my president engine. One point to keep in mind is that our engines are not full pressure oil to the filter. They are partial flow to the filter. So you will never get 100% of the oil going to the filter with every cycle. However even partial oil filtration is better than no filtration. Here are some pictures of my canister filter and it’s attaching bracket that attaches to the same spot and holes used by the pancake filter. I got my canister filter over 20 years ago and no longer remember where I got it or who I got it from, however, there is more than one person out there who have been reproducing these type of filters.
  16. Rowdy Ruggles, The picture you posted looks to be a Commander engine. The President pancake oil filter is a larger size than what was used on the Commander and Dictator engines. The President oil filter doe not interchange with the Commander and Dictators.
  17. To preserve some of the photos of the subject car ($50,000 asking price):
  18. Unless I am missing something, this Packard is a Sedan (with jump seats) and not a Limousine. I can’t detect from these images evidence of a division window.
  19. I like the condition of the car, however, I don’t care for the two tone paint combination. I have never seen a factory two tone GT Hawk with this color combination. The GT Hawk looks so much more elegant in factory solid single color paint scheme.
  20. Out for a drive, today, in the 1929 Studebaker President Brougham.
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