RoddingRon
A man in his natural habitat....a Studebaker
Well....here we go again. I saw this here in the for sale area a couple weeks ago, and since it was a Studebaker, I had to say yes. I really didn't need another project, but I'll admit it....it's a sickness I'll probably never get rid of, so I guess I should stop complaining and get on with it.
Like the thread title says, its a 1954 Studebaker 3R5 Pickup. All in all it's a solid truck and it's all there. As you'll see in some of the pics, there is some rust, but it's really not bad for this area of the country (we aren't as lucky as some of you that live in dryer climates...here everything rusts...through). There isn't any rust that can't be fixed with some metal manipulation and a welder. There is a ton of bondo in it, but most of it is to cover dents.....again manipulate the molecular structure of the metal and we can make it good again without as much of the bondo.
The plan is to mount the body on an S-10 chassis using some of the tips and tricks from some of the build threads on here and especially from 62chevyII's thread. The motor is probably going to be the 327 I just pulled out of the 40 Studebaker. The transmission is still up in the air, but I'd like to do a 5 speed set up, but again, we'll see what happens and what kind of deal I can run into.
It will be a little while until I actually get to do anything, because I have a couple other little projects I have to finish up before I can really get into this one (including finishing installing the tuned port and 700R4 in the 40).
Anyway...since we all love pictures and I made you wait long enough (forgive the cellphone pics)....
Like I said there is some rust through, but the floors really aren't to bad (again especailly for this part of the country)
Like I said, there is "some" bondo....but this is by far the worst....right over top of the wires for the tail lights
That's all for now, but I wanted to get a thread started for when I do get to start working on it. To be continued...................
Like the thread title says, its a 1954 Studebaker 3R5 Pickup. All in all it's a solid truck and it's all there. As you'll see in some of the pics, there is some rust, but it's really not bad for this area of the country (we aren't as lucky as some of you that live in dryer climates...here everything rusts...through). There isn't any rust that can't be fixed with some metal manipulation and a welder. There is a ton of bondo in it, but most of it is to cover dents.....again manipulate the molecular structure of the metal and we can make it good again without as much of the bondo.
The plan is to mount the body on an S-10 chassis using some of the tips and tricks from some of the build threads on here and especially from 62chevyII's thread. The motor is probably going to be the 327 I just pulled out of the 40 Studebaker. The transmission is still up in the air, but I'd like to do a 5 speed set up, but again, we'll see what happens and what kind of deal I can run into.
It will be a little while until I actually get to do anything, because I have a couple other little projects I have to finish up before I can really get into this one (including finishing installing the tuned port and 700R4 in the 40).
Anyway...since we all love pictures and I made you wait long enough (forgive the cellphone pics)....
Like I said there is some rust through, but the floors really aren't to bad (again especailly for this part of the country)
Like I said, there is "some" bondo....but this is by far the worst....right over top of the wires for the tail lights
That's all for now, but I wanted to get a thread started for when I do get to start working on it. To be continued...................
