First - About my Studebaker

Once upon a time ago I decided that I needed a pickup. I wanted something that would work to haul my "stuff" around. After a bout with sticker shock for new pickups, I found an ad for an old Studebaker.

   I went out to check out this beauty. It was located in a horse pasture and was literally surrounded by horses! After a little poking and prodding, I spoke with the owner and said I would have to think about it. He told me that it had sat there for 10 years, so a little longer was just fine with him.

   Well I had already decided and I went back and after a bit of discussion, I managed to get this prize at the price of $200! With the help of a good friend we pulled it into town (on the still aired up tires & working brakes). I didn't even try to start it, figuring that the engine needed work. The owner said it had a "bit of a knock, and may have a stuck valve.

   I pulled the engine and started taking it apart. Yup, a stuck valve or THREE - to be loosened with a ball peen hammer and lots of WD-40 and some TLC. This engine is a flat head - so you don't exactly want to break a valve in the block. With coaxing I got them all out. The "knock" was a wrist pin that had come loose and grooved the cylinder wall.

   To make a long story short - Rebuilt the engine and just kept going. I got it all the way down to the frame, and have been building it back up again. Once I got the engine in and started (you have to remember that I had never heard this truck run before), I was amazed at the quietness and smoothness of that old 170 flat head six.

If you are looking for information about Studebakers, I highly suggest that you join the Studebaker Drivers Club. This organization has been a wealth of information for me, and besides the great information - they are a great bunch of people to get to know.

Old pictures of work that had been done.

I am a network engineer with the Montana State Fund. I created the inital web page for the Fund - but it has since been recreated in many a version since I brought it to life. Other pages that I have created are: A page for my old high school "Sacred Heart High School" and the Lewis & Clark Humane Society Page.

   As well as computers I also have a love of cars. I enjoy automobiles all the way from the early years to the new cars of today. I have owned several makes a models so far in my life. My first car was a '62 AMC Rambler. I bought it when I was 14 for $50 with money I saved from my paper route. My Dad blew the proverbial fuse when I told him about it, but he did the paperwork so I could bring it home. Gee, those were the days... pouring gas into the carb to start the car, and then lighting the engine on fire when it backfired.

   Other fine autos that have passed through my hands are: '59 Volkswagen; '56 Buick; '71 Torino 4-door Hardtop; '61 Ford Econoline Pickup; '42 Chevy Pickup; '86 Buick Riviera; and my current prize - my '49 Studebaker 2R10 Pickup and a 1970 VW Beetle with option gasoline powered heater!