Beautiful work of art and done with obvious respect for the original design. I was born in '51 and my dad bought a brand new Champion; even as a toddler that car caught my eye. Later we had a red and white '57 Parkview wagon with the speedometer in a litle cupola atop the dash with a TV screen shaped magnifier lens to read the numbers on a rotating dial. Dad put black friction tape on the housing as it was painted gloss black and the sun reflected into his eyes anytime we were driving west in the afternoon. We lived in Helena, Montana, and there was no daytime speed limit in the state back then; more then once I saw 110 in that little window on long straight sections of highway. He traded it in a year before I got my learner's permit so I never had the chance to drive it. Thanks so much for sharing your artistry with us. God bless!
I was born in South Bend more than three quarters of a century ago almost in sight of the Studebaker plant where my paternal grandfather spent his entire working career. His wife, my grandmother, was a descendent of Clement Studebaker, one of the German brothers who founded the wagon building firm that became the car builder. Given my affinity for Studebakers ,to say that I admire your work on this beauty is an understatement. Wow!
As I was saying I've always thought, that the 53 Studebakers were one 1⃣ of the prettiest and sexy looking cars ever made in the US and if I thought I could afford to I'd try to make a full size version from memory of a couple of different models I built as a teenager 😊😅😮😢😂❤😂😊❤😊❤😊
What a gorgeous piece of automotive history! The old Studebaker reborn beautiful but still holding its original impression. I am very partial to the color and the red leather combination, but it’s the interior lighting that would tell me every morning as i approach that I was one lucky guy to be able to drive this thing of beauty. Great job.
So SWEET! Studes of that Era still had the Design Ideal that Loewy/&/ Bourke brought to market, and You just 'cleaned it up' to another Level!! Yeah, i dig this ride!
The Body & Soul shop really puts the soul in the body of a car! Another amazing job, y’all have blown my mind. You can see the experience, love, and craftsmanship you put into your creations.
Had one in 1957 loved it. 3 53s in a row went into this curve at 100 all made it. Our wide whites were black from asphalt. Shot the push rods thru valve covers trying to hit 110 in second gear. Loved it.
Making something really perfect even better takes exceptional RESTRAINED design TALENT. Incredibly CONCEIVED and perfectly EXECUTED. As a purist and originality fanatic I am totally on board with your EXCEPTIONAL insight.
The Studebaker engines, especially the V8 were made with very high quality steel alloys and can be built to make tons of power. Putting an LS in it should be a crime
My dad was always a Studebaker man . He also had a Hawk and a Commander. You took a beautiful car and turned it into a work of art . Those cars had a arm rest in the center of the back seat.
Such a fantastic build! Well worth every good comment made and then some. Thank you for posting and showing all that went into this build! It's the little things that add up to this kind of build.
What an awesome masterpiece. More beautiful than anything sold today, and that's saying a lot for a 70 year old car. Rear seat is outstanding, and very natural looking. It must be very satisfying to figure each modification out, then see it realized.
Incredible! Superb! I bought a pillared coupe my sophomore more yr. Out of a salvage yard. On Martin Luther’s Memorial Day. 1967. It still goes today from the best owner. Slightly modified in Drive train. ❤❤❤❤
You did the perfect top chop. I wanted to do mine. I was 15yrs old lack of money and the skill to achieve Excellent work you had done . Yours is the most beautiful one I’ve seen, modified ❤
Wow, just wow 🤩 - subtle and intensely beautiful reimagining of a legendary design. Your artistry deserves a larger audience. The roller wheels for the hood and the c cove theme along with the 1.5” front chop roof leveling are so well done that most people probably don’t notice until the second or third time they look at the car.
I'm sure Mr. Lowie would approve. Absolutely spot on. So many subtle changes but keeping that classic design. Strikes a cord here, I learned to drive on a 53 Commander V8 three on the tree. 9:40 Can you say a tear in my eye?
I wish my dad could have seen this machine! I had a 55 commander in high school. I doubt anyone will come close to this machine in the future. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I like the 56 Golden Hawk with the Packard 352. I am partial to the Avanti as well. I remember seeing the low slung Hawk series Studebakers when I was a kid delivering papers and wondering why they were not more popular. Many of those Studs sounds great with duals. Most were probably their 289.
Great build! I love the Studebakers. I am putting together a 53 as well- more original but really like the deeper coves, front spoiler, and gutter lighting inside. great ideas. build more!
I just watched your video all the farbrication, design, so cool , so perfect , I am into this , like I’ve said before it is a MASTERPIECE, this has been my favorite for years their best car Thank You it makes my day my life Steve
My first car was a 53 studebaker coupe - maybe this is where it ended up. He did a fantastic job enhancing the lines - it still looks like it was but better.
I had not heard the term 'gentleman's chop' before. It looks good. This is the best year of the Studebaker, before the gaping snout front came along. That nose on the car makes me think of an eagle.
Can you imagine if Studebaker had made their top of the line car in '53 look like that? The only thing I would have wanted was use the Studebaker "S" emblem in the middle of the steering wheel like a '64. Fabulous Car!!
I don't recall the exact year or model, but my older brother had an old Studebaker, this was around 1960, or 1961, it looked similar. I remenber it had a button in the floor board that would start the car, or at least engage the starter, because I would get in the car and hold that button down while pretending to drive. When the battery ran down, I would stop. I guess it wasn't fun anymore. That is a beautiful design and build! Thank you, John.
Raymond Lowey would have loved it! Your repop honored every design que from the original. BTW, Morrison Chassis are pretty first class merch- engineering and execution are excellent- like the body and soul you put on top of it!
@@paulherman8931 You did the work, my part was terribly small! The "down side" is that I will expect great as a minimum for your next projects! Here's to ya!
Park a 1953 Studebaker Commander/Sunliner/Starliner next to any 1953 car from Chevrolet, Ford or Dodge. It looks like a sleek modern car parked next to a school buss. So far ahead of its time.
A chop that's not simply obvious is very classy. The wheels definitely sweeter than outset, oversize chrome spokes that are so popular. Shame on you guys for raising the bar so high.
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Beautiful work of art and done with obvious respect for the original design. I was born in '51 and my dad bought a brand new Champion; even as a toddler that car caught my eye. Later we had a red and white '57 Parkview wagon with the speedometer in a litle cupola atop the dash with a TV screen shaped magnifier lens to read the numbers on a rotating dial. Dad put black friction tape on the housing as it was painted gloss black and the sun reflected into his eyes anytime we were driving west in the afternoon. We lived in Helena, Montana, and there was no daytime speed limit in the state back then; more then once I saw 110 in that little window on long straight sections of highway. He traded it in a year before I got my learner's permit so I never had the chance to drive it.
Thanks so much for sharing your artistry with us. God bless!
I was born in South Bend more than three quarters of a century ago almost in sight of the Studebaker plant where my paternal grandfather spent his entire working career. His wife, my grandmother, was a descendent of Clement Studebaker, one of the German brothers who founded the wagon building firm that became the car builder. Given my affinity for Studebakers ,to say that I admire your work on this beauty is an understatement. Wow!
Thank you for your great story, and kind comment, much appriciated!!!!!😊😊😊😊
I have a stock 54. I really like your finished product. Especially how you didn't mess with the overall character of the car. 👍
An absolute work of art
Thank you so much!!! Thanks for watching,we really appriciate it. Paul
Outstanding coolest Studerbaker ever great detail and great build quality
Thank you Nick!
Thank you ,we really appriciate the compliment,Thanks for watching!!! Paul
As I was saying I've always thought, that the 53 Studebakers were one 1⃣ of the prettiest and sexy looking cars ever made in the US and if I thought I could afford to I'd try to make a full size version from memory of a couple of different models I built as a teenager 😊😅😮😢😂❤😂😊❤😊❤😊
Great job on the Studebaker, one of the best I've seen.
What a gorgeous piece of automotive history! The old Studebaker reborn beautiful but still holding its original impression. I am very partial to the color and the red leather combination, but it’s the interior lighting that would tell me every morning as i approach that I was one lucky guy to be able to drive this thing of beauty. Great job.
Omg what a stunning work of art. Respect brother!
Absolutely beautiful. I love all of the custom touches.
Thank you for your compliment,and Thank you for watching,we really appriciate it.
I would have to say that clean is your theme. Strong and elegant are definitely the subplots. Congratulations on your composition- you rock.
So beautiful! I can't even imagine the man hours... Thanks for showing the finished job.
Thanks Frank! Definitely some hours put in 🤓🤓
Thank you for the compliment,yes it was a ton of hours.... thank you so much for watching,we really appriciate it.
I think Raymond Loewy would be pleased with what you have done and would give you 5 stars ! 😀😀😀😀😀
Great video. What a build! This has to be one of the most outstanding '53 Studes in existence. Absolutely beautiful.
That is one incredible custom! 🏆
Thank you ,so much for the compliment,much appriciated.... Paul
So SWEET! Studes of that Era still had the Design Ideal that Loewy/&/ Bourke brought to market, and You just 'cleaned it up' to another Level!! Yeah, i dig this ride!
Thank you sir!!! Really appriciate you watching and commenting ,really means alot to us.Blessings. Paul😊😊😊
The Body & Soul shop really puts the soul in the body of a car! Another amazing job, y’all have blown my mind. You can see the experience, love, and craftsmanship you put into your creations.
Had one in 1957 loved it. 3 53s in a row went into this curve at 100 all made it. Our wide whites were black from asphalt. Shot the push rods thru valve covers trying to hit 110 in second gear. Loved it.
Making something really perfect even better takes exceptional RESTRAINED design TALENT. Incredibly CONCEIVED and perfectly EXECUTED. As a purist and originality fanatic I am totally on board with your EXCEPTIONAL insight.
This Studebacher is a Masterpiece, so awesome , you did a fantastic job , I Love this, wish I had one Thank You, Steve
Very little added or subtracted from the iconic 10 out of 10 body style - magnificent work.
The 1953 was the original and in most ways the best design of the Hawk precursors but had a weak engine, you fixed that problem. Beautiful RestoMod.
The Studebaker engines, especially the V8 were made with very high quality steel alloys and can be built to make tons of power. Putting an LS in it should be a crime
My dad was always a Studebaker man . He also had a Hawk and a Commander. You took a beautiful car and turned it into a work of art . Those cars had a arm rest in the center of the back seat.
That Studabaker is clean!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thanks Rebels! Hard to stop looking at it myself lol…Dan
@@thebodyandsoulshop You're extremely talented. Beautiful car!
Much appriciated!!!! Thanks for watching...Paul
The original car was a 10. You turned it into a 10X. Very well done!
-10x with an LS swap... wtf
Clean and elegant, nothing over done. Beautiful!
Oh wow! Absolutely magnificantly mind blowing! Congrats! A stud fan and owner.
So beautiful the silver with red is outstanding. All the details are perfection.
Freaking GORGEOUS! Thank you so much for sharing. Been looking at building a '53 Studebaker Champion...now I think I'm going to have to do it!
Such a fantastic build! Well worth every good comment made and then some. Thank you for posting and showing all that went into this build! It's the little things that add up to this kind of build.
Thank you ,for watching ,and your kind comment😊
Thank you so much,really appriciate the compliments. Paul
True custom craftsmanship, every inch of the vehicle is perfected, not even luxury cars are above these custom cars standards.
Thanks Austin!🤓
Designed by the great Raymond Lowey. A car of great style and beauty. Not like the generic designs we see today.
Stunning Stude. Wheels are proper. I like.
Thank you!
SPECTACULAR!! I've always loved that car and this is the best rendition I've ever seen! Congrats on the gorgeous build!! ❤
Thank you so much ,really appriciate the compliment,Thanks for watching. Paul
Studebaker had some great dashes in their own right LOVED the 1953 and 1956 hawk.
You are truly an artist I have not seen 1 bad job come out of your shop but of course you would not show the fails if you have any
Thank you for the compliment,We really appriciate you watching. I try my best yo keep the quality top notch. Blessings. Paul
What an awesome masterpiece. More beautiful than anything sold today, and that's saying a lot for a 70 year old car. Rear seat is outstanding, and very natural looking. It must be very satisfying to figure each modification out, then see it realized.
Thank you for watching ,and commenting,we really appriciate it. Blessings Paul😊😊😊
Unbelievable! So understated.
Greatest build on a Studebaker I have ever seen!
WOW! What a beauty!!
Thank you!!!!!😊
Incredible! Superb! I bought a pillared coupe my sophomore more yr. Out of a salvage yard. On Martin Luther’s Memorial Day. 1967. It still goes today from the best owner. Slightly modified in Drive train. ❤❤❤❤
You did the perfect top chop. I wanted to do mine. I was 15yrs old lack of money and the skill to achieve
Excellent work you had done . Yours is the most beautiful one I’ve seen, modified ❤
Leaves me in a state of admiration. Just too nice.🦇
What a beautiful Studebaker! I can't imagine how people develop the skills to manipulate sheet metal.
Wow, just wow 🤩 - subtle and intensely beautiful reimagining of a legendary design. Your artistry deserves a larger audience. The roller wheels for the hood and the c cove theme along with the 1.5” front chop roof leveling are so well done that most people probably don’t notice until the second or third time they look at the car.
That is a gorgeous restoration! ❤
Thank you for sharing.😊
That car is beautiful, very nicely done, subtle and bold at the same time, amazing. 👍✌️
Paul - You are an Automotive Picasso . What a Magnificent Car . Four Thumbs Up. -- Jim
Thank you Jim for watching and the kind compliment ,really appriciate it Paul 😊😊😊
That car is gorgeous!! I don't know what the investment is for your customer but they definitely got their monies worth. Keep on smiling.
Thanks bro,much appriciated. Paul
I'm sure Mr. Lowie would approve. Absolutely spot on. So many subtle changes but keeping that classic design. Strikes a cord here, I learned to drive on a 53 Commander V8 three on the tree. 9:40 Can you say a tear in my eye?
I wish my dad could have seen this machine!
I had a 55 commander in high school.
I doubt anyone will come close to this machine in the future.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I like the 56 Golden Hawk with the Packard 352. I am partial to the Avanti as well. I remember seeing the low slung Hawk series Studebakers when I was a kid delivering papers and wondering why they were not more popular. Many of those Studs sounds great with duals. Most were probably their 289.
Great build! I love the Studebakers. I am putting together a 53 as well- more original but really like the deeper coves, front spoiler, and gutter lighting inside. great ideas. build more!
WOW! Gorgeous.
There should be a Pulitzer for such results of determined imaginative work. This car would win easily.
Bob Bourke would approve!
I just watched your video all the farbrication, design, so cool , so perfect , I am into this , like I’ve said before it is a MASTERPIECE, this has been my favorite for years their best car Thank You it makes my day my life Steve
Great colour...suddenly bery modern looking
My first car was a 53 studebaker coupe - maybe this is where it ended up. He did a fantastic job enhancing the lines - it still looks like it was but better.
I had not heard the term 'gentleman's chop' before. It looks good.
This is the best year of the Studebaker, before the gaping snout front came along. That nose on the car makes me think of an eagle.
It does look like an Eagle,Ive thought the same thing while working on it!!!!😊
nice build
Beautiful car man!!!
Thank you really appriciate the compliments😊😊😊😊😊
Wow wow wow! Beautiful!!!
Can you imagine if Studebaker had made their top of the line car in '53 look like that? The only thing I would have wanted was use the Studebaker "S" emblem in the middle of the steering wheel like a '64. Fabulous Car!!
Tank you sir,does have the Studebaker script in the horn button,but not the S. Thanks for watching
The owner must have deep pockets to fund this type of build, a customization not a rebuild, which is unique one of a kind, that's why I say this
I don't recall the exact year or model, but my older brother had an old Studebaker, this was around 1960, or 1961, it looked similar. I remenber it had a button in the floor board that would start the car, or at least engage the starter, because I would get in the car and hold that button down while pretending to drive. When the battery ran down, I would stop. I guess it wasn't fun anymore.
That is a beautiful design and build! Thank you, John.
It’s beautiful
Damm that car is sharp , you guys are the best.
GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing!
Very nice.
•Nice• Job Monfrere.
🙏🦉
Work of art. very nice.
DAMNNNNN....so fantastic!
Nicest "Stude" ever!!
Thanks Hunter!
Raymond Lowey would have loved it! Your repop honored every design que from the original. BTW, Morrison Chassis are pretty first class merch- engineering and execution are excellent- like the body and soul you put on top of it!
Thank You!!! Much appriciated
@@paulherman8931 You did the work, my part was terribly small! The "down side" is that I will expect great as a minimum for your next projects! Here's to ya!
Bob Bourke designed the car but Raymond Loewy got the credit.
Unbelievable Results!
A true Magician
Thank you for watching,,and thanks for the compliment....
The only thing better then a work of art is a derivable work of art
haha! Agreed!
That is gorgeous.
Fine art work i love it
When art and mechanics meet….
I still like my 55 Commander best .
wow
Masterpiece!
Very nice. If’n I win the big lottery money, I may be in contact with you. LOL.
haha! Hear that!
Talk about attention to detail - wow * Wonder how many hours went into this build. . . :>/
Great jod
Thank you so much!!! Thanks for watching!!!
I want it😊😊
Park a 1953 Studebaker Commander/Sunliner/Starliner next to any 1953 car from Chevrolet, Ford or Dodge. It looks like a sleek modern car parked next to a school buss. So far ahead of its time.
Boss looking
My sister had a 53 champion neat auto
A chop that's not simply obvious is very classy. The wheels definitely sweeter than outset, oversize chrome spokes that are so popular. Shame on you guys for raising the bar so high.
I dig it but for the valve covers, you should have used studebaker valve covers
This should be a ridler contender
Thank you I appriciate the compliment
Beautiful car, fantastic craftsmanship... Where are you guys located?
Thanks Gary. We're in Nashville, TN. Thanks for watching! Really means a lot to us.
@@thebodyandsoulshop Well I'm not far away, I'm in Johnson City Tn... I might have to come visit you guys sometime....
Gallatin Tn
Gallatin Tn😊
Any chance of getting the paint code for that silver?
Chrysler Sparkel Pewter
Cocker sells the red line tires.
I have one just seeing more ideas
😘😍🥰 "BATMAN"
Was this originally a Raymond Loewy design?
A Very Nice Car, because, you started out with A Very Nice Car, and didn't ruin it too much.....
How much is it going for?