I'm just mildly disturbed by the Caddy engine in the Stude - sorry -
I'm a Studie Purist :-)
On the other hand - the 350 Chevy Dad crammed into the 41
Studebaker he had was REALLY fun :-)
-Joey
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:03 PM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's an awesome story!
>
> On May 13, 2011, at 6:49 PM, surfswab wrote:
>
>> My younger brother was one of those morphers. Had a '53 Studebaker
>> with a Caddy engine. I borrowed it one time, when I was home on leave
>> from the Navy, couldn't resist a stop light drag -- and blew the
>> tranny (!)
>>
>> He and his car club buddies collected me, towed it to their club house
>> (an old warehouse equipped with every tool known to man) and swarmed
>> all over that car. They had it replaced in less than 2 hours with one
>> that was already bench
>> rebuilt and ready.
>>
>> Instead of the reproach I was expecting to get for tearing up his car,
>> he thanked me. Said he had been planning to replace the transmission,
>> but hadn't gotten around to it. I just happened to break it at a time
>> when all the club members were present and accounted for, and up for a
>> "rescue" mission.
>>
>> Just another day in the life.
>>
>>
>>
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