58L-Y8 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 For Sale: 1921 Studebaker Light Six touring - Project - $7,000 - Mapleton, OR 1921 Studebaker Light Six for Sale - cars & trucks - by owner -... (craigslist.org) Seller's Description: • Terrific Project Car, Original Barn Find• Seeking the right home for it• 6 Cylinder, Aluminum engine• All original car including paint and interior. Color black exterior and interior• Leather dilapidated interior and cover• Top and drive train ran excellent but it's been in storage for while (we’ve moved a few times) and it presently is not starting, and we don’t have time to work on it as remodeling our house. Owner is a mechanic who has kept it running till recently. No serious issues, just needs some TLC.• The engine has never been apart. The engine started with a simple hand crank or two (the electric starter is broken).• Also have literature on car, including shop manuals.• Clean title (from California), plates, and all paperwork in order and ready to go. Contact: Dan (805) forty-5-9-4-7-nine Copy and paste in your email: e7639febc9fc3a50af6caa2355707e0c@sale.craigslist.org I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1921 Studebaker Light Six touring - Project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif in Calif Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 That's a very interesting looking engine. Was it just an aluminic water jacket or was it actually an aluminum block with steel liners? 40hp is twice a "T". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 12 hours ago, Leif in Calif said: That's a very interesting looking engine. Was it just an aluminic water jacket or was it actually an aluminum block with steel liners? 40hp is twice a "T". Leif: The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942, edited by Kimes and Clark, states the Light Six Model EJ was introduced April 1920, the engine a 207.1 ci L-head six (cast enbloc) cast iron block (aluminum cylinder head). It doesn't state whether the bloc was aluminum painted or otherwise finished. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Been a few years. If I recall correctly, yes the block is cast iron and usually robust and reliable. Also if I recall correctly, the aluminum heads on these are seriously prone to failure due to corrosion issues. However, the later version of these engines had a nearly identical head in cast iron that fits, works, and if painted silver looks almost the same! About a year go, I went to look at a 1923 sedan for sale near me that had the cast iron head, looked just like that aluminum one! When I was playing with early Studebakers twenty plus year ago and had a 1925 standard with the next generation engine, I knew several people with the early 1920s standard size cars. Replacing the aluminum heads with cast iron ones was done quite a lot. I have no idea how readily available the iron heads are for these today, or aren't. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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