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Thank you! I've been very lucky.
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5 hours ago, Axial_Flow said:
I think 80-90% of the paint can be saved. It is rather thin and there is red primer dots showing through where I applied the wax. This will be a manual wax/cleaning job only, buffer would be too aggressive.
Old presentable patina is a joy.
My own '33 Rockne still sports it's original factory raiment.
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I believe with a little compound, elbow grease and polish, you can eliminate almost all the chalking on the tub and most of the surface rust on the front clip and rear fenders.
That two-tone gray will be striking.
I assume you've sorted through something like this before.
After sitting a few years, every system will need addressed, starting with the brakes.
Here's a good article from the SDC web site.
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2 hours ago, Gary_Ash said:
My '41 Commander has the same body, but the President nose is longer.
Allowing room for two additional cylinders. 😉
I believe Randy's going to love the drive! 😃
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A couple of comments were made in response to a post I made to the SDC Forum regarding your issue.
"There might be some lining size differences, but the design is the same [as '51]. " --Roy Yost
"Move the eccentric adjusters equally in toward the wheel cylinder until the wheel turns. Then adjust one at a time until a little drag is felt. The adjustment for these brakes is tricky and in the service manual but until he gets that this should free up the brakes. If that doesn't help, the wheel cylinders may be corroded and frozen in an energized position from being in storage. Water accumulates in brake fluid and it could have the WC pistons rusted and stuck " --William Nixon
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Dennis,
I don't have the manual for '48, otherwise I would scan and post the applicable page(s).
I suspect, if you post in the "Tech Talk" section of the Studebaker Drivers Club Forum and let them know you are under a schedule, someone there may do that. https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/
What I do have is the Manual for 1951; but I don't know if they would be the same.
Posted here in case it may help. Perhaps someone else can verify if it applies or not.
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You need the '48 Studebaker Shop Manual, as this will not be the only task you will be attending to.
Available in print or in CD-ROM from many of our Studebaker vendors. www.studebakervendors.com
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1917 ED Series 18 engine numbers started at 9580.
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The only photo posted is of the '39 Coca-Cola COE.
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Many of you have met or known Jerry Kurtz for many years; past president of the Keystone Region Chapter, as well as multiple offices in The Antique Studebaker Club, and ubiquitous vendor of meticulously rebuilt standard transmissions and overdrives at most of our swap meets.
His illness is now forcing Holly to put all his vehicles up for sale, meticulously maintained, as we would expect nothing less from Jerry.
These are all advertised in this month's Antique Studebaker Review and in Keystone Keynotes.
Haven't seen the current Turning Wheels but, perhaps there as well.
'39 COE Coca-Cola truck (you've seen this one EVERYWHERE)
'37 red Coupe Express, complete with wig-wag
'37 President State Coupe
'50 Commander Starlight
'55 Speedster
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Should fit the Commanders from '38 through '48; but would also drop in to the small Rocknes from '32 and '33, as they are the same block with added displacement and a couple dozen more horses.
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11 hours ago, Johan N said:
What about this or [simular]?
Interesting; their site indicates it's appropriate for Ford vehicles through the '73 Mustang. 😃
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On 9/28/2021 at 8:46 AM, Devilbuick41 said:
Thanks to Studerex I now have the hood hinge 😊, but need the front support bracket similar to Starlightcoupe's post above although mine would be part No.170898.
the following to find now:
a fuel pick up and sender.
King-Seeley or Stewart-Warner?
KM Lifestyle, worth giving them a call. https://mykmlifestyle.com/KM_Lifestyle_Fuel_Senders.html
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23 hours ago, Johan N said:
Hi
Do you or anyone else know where I can buy this kingpin?
Or maybe a drawing, so I can make one.
//Johan
You might contact Andy Beckman at the Studebaker National Museum and see if they can provide a copy of the original engineering blueprints for those king pins. I believe the Studebaker Corporation is the only manufacturer to retain such records, and they would be in the Museum archives.
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I got the set for my '33 Rockne from George Rohrbach many years ago.
Others have procured them from his as well.
Question is, just how many of those sets has he managed to shelve?
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In the day, Studebaker, and other manufacturers, sold their accessory "TOP DRESSING".
I'm thinking about using a diluted Flex-Seal.
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On a somewhat related search, the chromed hinge, part # 1240XW, and 34-3/4" long, is intact on my '33 Rockne 10, but the center hinge supports are not. Part # 255317.
Should anyone come across them in their travels, or when parting out any '32, '33 Models 65, 75 or 10, I could certainly use two of them.
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Ymer,
If you have, or know someone who has, access to Facebook, you may want to post your request to the Rockne group there as well:
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Contact Mr. Quinn here:
rtq11 at aol dot com
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On my 1960 Studebaker convertible any surface that wasn't carpeted was Naugahyde from U.S.Royal.
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This '52 (not '53) convertible got bid to $30,250 and did not meet reserve just ended this week.
There's some good photos of the seats.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-studebaker-commander-7/
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I have a '51 Commander Starlight; it's been reupholstered as original, but the seats are cloth, whereas the convertibles were, I believe, all Naugahyde.
I believe you have not received the desired response here because the AACA Studebaker page is visited mostly by folks with interest in pre-war vehicles.
The Studebaker Drivers Club Forum is extremely active and, I would suspect more than a few folks there can supply interior photos from '47 through '52 convertibles, which would all be trimmed pretty much the same.
Might want to post your inquiry there.
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1941 Studebaker President
in Studebaker, Erskine & Rockne
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Randy,
I assume you are aware you are in the geographic center that spawned the family that moved to South Bend and made Studebaker a household name with anyone over the age of fifty.
The 1790 home built by David Studebaker still stands at 200 W. King Street in East Berlin, Pa.
And John Studebaker, who married Rebecca Mohler, established his blacksmith shop on what is now Studebaker lane just outside New Chester, before moving his family to Ashland Ohio and then to South Bend.
https://studebaker-info.org/stupresence/stupresence.html
https://studebaker-info.org/stupresence/stumon.html