1939 Studebaker coupe express - Page 83 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Dan Stokes · #**1231** 04-04-2017, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Thanks Dan, I love Mutt too! I'm hoping one day we can get together and drive each others trucks!

There might be room to tuck a corvair up under the back of the bed

The packard would not be a choice for me. For that kind of gargantuan weight I'd have to go for an original Hemi!

There is a guy on the Studebaker forum who has hot rodded a Packard v8 though (Friggin wild man!). Most of the guys over there running the older v8s tend toward blown Studies.

Most of the street rodded Studes run Chebby mouse motors. I used to hate Chebbys in old cars but now having rebuilt a few oddballs the chebbys make a ton of sense and I feel more tolerant of them.....not tolerant enough to put one in my truck though

SBC's fell out of favor with me some years back - the only engine rebuild I ever did that failed - repeatedly. Still don't know exactly what went wrong but I built it out of a parts pile and I'm wondering if there was something wrong with the distributor that allowed the oil not to get al the way to the bottom end even though it showed oil pressure.

But to me the big thing is that they're belly buttons - everybody has one (or more). I like the weird stuff. My V8 Vega had a Buick 215, my big Chevy pickup had a 455 Buick, my S-10 has a Mercedes Diesel, etc. When I open the hood on my special project vehicles I want to see something special.

Dan

t walgamuth · #**1232** 04-04-2017, 11:39 AM

Yeah, me too. I always want something different from the every day.

t walgamuth · #**1233** 04-04-2017, 09:15 PM

I'm heading down to cambridge city Friday to pick up my bumper. I'm gonna give them another bumper to do and my air cleaner housing.

t walgamuth · #**1234** 04-07-2017, 08:04 PM

Today I drove down to Cambridge city to CMF to pick up my rechromed bumper. Its the one that came on the truck and has that groove in the center of it. I believe it was blue on my truck. Was there a standard color or were they different colors?

I left another bumper there and my tailgate chains and hooks to be redone. I decided against leaving the air cleaner housing. I won't be done soon enough to avoid hampering my driving the CE.

I can't wait to get it installed!

Wooo hoo!

greazzer · #**1235** 04-07-2017, 08:43 PM

New chrome is nice. Very happy for you that you seen the project through. Very few do and hats off to you !

t walgamuth · #**1236** 04-07-2017, 10:44 PM

Thanks Greazzer!

You just have to keep writing checks! Letting it take four years made it the easy payment plan.....well almost.

I'm not done yet though. I still have to do the interior.

Its alright though I still have checks left.

Your 123 project is very very impressive in its many bold and innovative modifications. It is better than mine in many ways.

t walgamuth · #**1237** 04-08-2017, 08:02 PM

Today I bought new wheels for it. I got the traditional AR five spokes with the spokes flat gray like as if they are magnesium. This was what all the tough dragsters used in the sixties. I've always wanted some.

Dubyagee · #**1238** 04-08-2017, 08:28 PM

These? I have two sets of the six spoke version on my trucks.

sixto · #**1239** 04-08-2017, 08:33 PM

We need a new emoji - this post is useless without a picture of those wheels on your truck!

Same width all around or are going for a gasser look?

Sixto
83 300SD
98 E320 wagon

t walgamuth · #**1240** 04-08-2017, 09:40 PM

I tried to upload the pics but my computer at the office refuses. Of course you cannot see them on the car yet. I just ordered them!

But your pic is them but mine won't have the baby blue paint, they'll be the original butch looking bare magnesium (not magnesium really)....simulated magnesium?

Thanks Sixto for getting in the spirit of the moment!

t walgamuth · #**1241** 04-10-2017, 02:14 AM

Like this:

t walgamuth · #**1242** 04-13-2017, 10:33 AM

Two of them came yesterday, the other two are on backorder. Then I looked at the wheel, now mind you it is an American Racing wheel.....made in China! I guess that's why it was so cheap.

JB3 · #**1243** 04-15-2017, 07:57 AM

did you end up resolving the throttle issue? I may have missed a few update posts on that, sorry if this is redundant! I built a valve cover bracket that included the mercedes firewall mounted throttle spring which is needed for appropriate throttle control along with the small one under the injection pump. I did not notice one on your engine pic a few pages ago unless they mounted the big spring somewhere else.

Truck looks amazing

EDIT- ha not the problem. looks like it was an alternate issue discussed in the page 70s of the thread.

time for an index

JB3 · #**1244** 04-15-2017, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by greazzer

New chrome is nice. Very happy for you that you seen the project through. Very few do and hats off to you !

boy is this ever the truth.

t walgamuth · #**1245** 04-15-2017, 10:30 AM

Thanks very much JB! With my Hip and Knee replacements this winter I have been slowed a bit. I am hoping to get a lot of things done so I can cruise up to South Bend for the international meet the 5-7 of May (or so).

Door trim, hood badges (MB and Studebaker) Wheels, throttle linkage, and steering issues...also possibly remove a leaf or two from the rear springs.