nzcarnerd Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Does anyone have a list of the body codes used by Studebaker in the late 1920s? A cabriolet is for sale in NZ and I wonder if the code is correct. I know that W-3 is the sedan but don't know the others. Not sure if the top actually folds on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studeboy Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 According to my parts books the E was for Sports Coupes first ( Standard six and GE book) and later also for Cabriolets (1928 to 1940 sixes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studeboy Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 E-2 was for the Regal model with side mounts and rumble seat. So looks like the car in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, studeboy said: E-2 was for the Regal model with side mounts and rumble seat. So looks like the car in question. Thanks for that. So it is the real deal. Probably quite rare in right hand drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studeboy Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I would think very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I posted a couple of '29's here: https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/general-studebaker-specific-discussion/85248-who-all-is-going-to-can-am-pacific-northwest-zone-meet-in-post-falls-idaho/page2 Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 2 hours ago, 8E45E said: I posted a couple of '29's here: https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/general-studebaker-specific-discussion/85248-who-all-is-going-to-can-am-pacific-northwest-zone-meet-in-post-falls-idaho/page2 Craig Some interesting photos there although quite a few didn't want to open. There used to be a way of right clicking and choosing 'show photo' but that doesn't happen with my new computer. I did see the red cabriolet, which is an interesting one as it has the newer style curved A pillars but the older style wire wheels with the nuts exposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Sorry you can't see them all. I'll post them here, as opposed to a link from another Forum. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 7 hours ago, 8E45E said: Craig Thanks for the photos, they are very informative. I know that the GE model came in three different series. The NZ car is the third series. The two cars here are Commanders, the red one a six cylinder GJ, a short lived model which used a long stoke version of the Dictator six engine. The beige car is model FD Commander 8. Both models use the 120" wheelbase chassis where the GE uses a 113" wheelbase. Studebakers of that era are notoriously difficult to date as the company made frequent changes and changed the different models at different times of the year. I suspect both of the cars here were built in 1929 where the NZ car, even though it is registered as a 1929 model was probably built in 1928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 11:24 AM, studeboy said: According to my parts books the E was for Sports Coupes first ( Standard six and GE book) and later also for Cabriolets (1928 to 1940 sixes). I believe the top on this one does not fold. Whether it is actually a Sport Coupe, in which case the top would not fold anyway, or a Cabriolet I don't know. If it is a Cabriolet then it needs some sorting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 2 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: I believe the top on this one does not fold. Whether it is actually a Sport Coupe, in which case the top would not fold anyway, or a Cabriolet I don't know. If it is a Cabriolet then it needs some sorting. I could be wrong, but the GE E-2 is a 'fixed' top, and a GE E-4 would have an operating top. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studeq Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Technically a '28 Dictator model GE 3rd design Royal Cabriolet for 4 passengers. Third design cars were after serial 1437601 introduced in late June 1928. Similar car to the one on the cover of the July/Aug 2011 issue of The Antique Studebaker Review. Back issues available thru the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 7 hours ago, studeq said: Technically a '28 Dictator model GE 3rd design Royal Cabriolet for 4 passengers. Third design cars were after serial 1437601 introduced in late June 1928. Similar car to the one on the cover of the July/Aug 2011 issue of The Antique Studebaker Review. Back issues available thru the club. Thanks for that extra info. The fact that the NZ car has the cloth upholstery suggests the top does not fold. I will have to check serial numbers. I have owned a scruffy sedan for many years which I know was first registered in NZ in March 1929 so had to have been built in later 1928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29StudiePrez Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 You might want to look up Kevin Wise in the ASC club roster. He would be a wealthy of information for you on your car. The Cabriolet posted above (by Dick Quinn) that is on the cover of the ASC Review belongs to him. It it is a GE Dictator and has the fixed Cabriolet top like yours, not the Convertible Cabriolet. I sold him that car and it was in a million pieces and it took me 3 trips in my truck to get it and all the extra parts from all the other series Dictators that had been collected through the years by the person I bought it from originally. You would be amazed to see the "before" pictures as it sat in a Farmers Almond orchard. Because he had a mix of different parts from 3 different series of Dictators and had to sort out what was or wasn't actually correct for his car it has made him very knowledgeable to say the least on that year and model. He used to Live in Elk Grove, California near me and has since retired and moved to the State of Washington. His restoration was a frame off (he had no choice because it was all apart) and it took him 5yrs to finish. His car has won multiple Concourse awards through the years and has been in several Classic car club publications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29StudiePrez Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/groups/496088570935247/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 30 minutes ago, 29StudiePrez said: https://www.facebook.com/groups/496088570935247/ Thanks for the link. I have been and had a read of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Golshanara Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 3/1/2020 at 11:27 AM, nzcarnerd said: Does anyone have a list of the body codes used by Studebaker in the late 1920s? A cabriolet is for sale in NZ and I wonder if the code is correct. I know that W-3 is the sedan but don't know the others. Not sure if the top actually folds on this one. My name is Adam Golshanara, my grandfather is Kevin Wise, owner of one of the other '29 Series III GE Dictator Cabriolets... I'd be happy to get in touch with you, and we'd love to see some more pictures of this car as (I'm guessing,) this is the only surviving right hand drive example still around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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