Do you mean 289 V8? Stude did have a V8 of that displacement back in the Sixties.

283V8 was the stock mill in the Studebaker Hawk. They slapped a Paxton Supercharger on it and it would do 140 off the showroom floor.

My Mom got her first speeding ticket in one...She was clocked doing 125 on the Hutch Parkway in Westchester county.

Actually the supercharged engines were of studebaker manufacture and were all 289 I believe. Studebaker offered a 283 of Chevy manufacture in 65 and 66 after studebaker engine production ceased.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

They also made 259's, and 232's There may have been another size in there too. All of them are identical except for bore, stroke and I suppose valve size, and cam grinds. They have rocker shafts like the early cad ohv and are virtual clones of the caddy motor except for displacement. Some parts actually interchange between the cad and studie. They both are very heavy motors at around 650# with the studie actually weighing a few pounds more than the much larger displacement caddy due to the smaller bore leaving more block behind. They also have cam gears. The studie motor is a very high quality unit and known for good fuel economy.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

uh yes it was a 289 stude with a caddy 331 intake--which there are lots of aftermarket part being reproduced like the offy intake.


The Offenhauser dual deuce intake manifold is from a 331 Cadillac (Studebaker & Cadillac are very similar in design)
Carbs are Rochester 2G’s. Finned valley cover & Offenhauser finned rocker covers.

cool article of the truck at bonneville.
INTERVIEW>> LAURIE PETERSON @ CANADA CUSTOMS - Speedhunters

Anyway i wouldn't give a sheet what someone else said about putting the benz 617 in it--I wouldn't build this truck to appeal to ricky racers that sit around watching all the cable TV shows--insead of actually doing something themselves. Some vehicles you have to build mainly keeping the for sale value in mind-balanced by whats realistic with what you have to work with, $ and what you have on hand. Anyone thinking building a proturing 69 camaro with a corvette c5 chassis and a $4000 tremic 5 speed and ls1 and --on and on, thinking they will make money is a delusional duck!. And the same could be said for completely going thru a w123 just because its rust free.

That interview is good! I like the little truck very much. I like everything except the stupid grenade gear shift knob.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I sat in the coupe express today. I was planning to change the steering column but in looking at the factory one the horn button is so dang cool I may have to keep the lethal POS.

The seating position was very nice although it looks like it could not be by the apparent angle of the seat to the back. The view out the rather small and laid back windshield definately looks like a chopped and channeled 3 window coupe!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

A Dodge caravan 2000 ^ third row leather seat is a nice bench, the second row lil captains chairs are purty good choice too-the arm rests aren't perfect but they're OK.

pics of the steering wheel???