I’ve been a certified automotive technician for 7 years, backyard mechanic since I started watching your videos maybe 2011?? I bought a 96 lesabre when I was 19 cause my grandparents always had em and I loved em. Long story short my lesabre was a giant pile of crap and I found your videos to fix mine. You gave me a head start on my career and I thank you.
I am have just rebuilt the engine on my 1949 Studebaker Champion. I got the car three years ago after it had sat for 40 years much like yours. I had it on the road in a week but it still took a lot of work to get everything fixed. Then last year I blew the head gasket and when I took it apart this spring it needed new pistons and rings. Right now I am waiting on a water pump and then she will be back on the road. Good to see you are going through the same process. Work hard and enjoy giving her all the love she needs.
How cool that you're able to get it going from start to finish. The video was wonderful. Thank you God bless your dad and grandfather. Sounds like a couple of good men.
Love me some STUDES!! I've got a 51 Starlight Coupe that I really enjoy driving and showing. I'm really glad to see this one resurrected and hope to see more of it.
This is so cool. I was born in 1950. I'm a Clement studabaker family member. Love the studabakers . My parents always owned cadallics. New ones every year. But when I see a restore I'm so glad.❤❤❤❤❤
My dad bought a 1951 Studebaker Commander new. Still had it when I was learning to drive at the age of 14 in 1967. It had been repainted from the original Baby Blue to Black. It was a four door & had a sun visor. Otherwise your Champion looks almost identical to it. Thanks for sharing the video!
My older brother had one of those in the yard, he was going to make into a hot rod. When he got sent to Vietnam we used it for a club house and trashed it. Since he came back alive he didn't care what we had done to it.
I learned to drive in a 51 Studebaker Champion Starlet coupe . I think the one you have was called a business man's coupe. Split windshield front and back. I wonder if it has the built-in beer coolers in the back. On my 51 the top of the arm rests on the back seat would flip up and because the sides were Insulated and upholstered you could load them up with ice and beverages. The rubber mats in the bottom of the storage compartments could be lifted up and there were drain holes in the bottom. Had me some fond memories of that car. It was my beach cruiser back when you could drive on the beach. The Stude was a stud when it came to crossing the soft sand and could scale most dunes ! I had put tubes in the tires and could bag the rear tires down as low as 8psi you would just cruise over the top of the sand like a beach buggy never bog down.
It is running like a Champ! I learned to drive in a 1964 Commander 259 V8 with a three speed overdrive car. Even when the throw out bearing went out, and the car was stuck in third gear, it never left me walking!
My grandfather had one just like that up in Grafton area back in the day. He once took it to Hibbing and positioned it inside the bucket of some heavy equipment; just for fun. Cool to see you working on this!
I had a Studebaker Champion, a '49. They were a lower priced version of the other family cars in the lineup. Mine had the same engine and 6v system. Very smooth, it accelerated up to about 60, slowly and I never passed any other vehicle. In spite of that, it was fun to drive.
Typically, dirt is the least of the paint's problems, weather as it can eventually get blasted off by the sun, and or a combination of rain and sun over time if left out in the weather over a long period of time. This car sat in a barn and not exposed much to the weather once parked. Likely got repainted once back in the 60's and that paint was still intact when parked. Many cars left out, the tops of the trunk/hood and roof etc will be lacking paint and surface rust will show through eventually as cars weather from the top down while sitting outside. This is after it's begun to rust from below when parked.
I remember seeing this car in a video you posted a long while ago, was hoping the day would come we’d get to see more of it. Thank you for sharing this with us Brent.
My oldest brothers first car was a 50 Studebaker. We treated it as an enemy tank when we played army( sorry, Bro'!). It had endured many winters in Northern Va before it wound up in front of our house. The rust was holding the body work together, but it ran, got him to school and back. Most of the time.
A friend of the family had a 50 Champion Starlight Coupe he restored and painted the original maroon. Another friend had a 51 Champion Starlight Coupe that he split the exhaust manifold so he could put dual exhaust on it with the original 6 cylinder. It sounded sweet.
My first car in high school was a 51 Champion four door in Desert Sand (yellow) with the same maroon wheels. It had the suicide doors, an automatic transmission and a one piece windshield. Cost a hundred bucks and had only 33 thousand miles on it. We had to drag it out of a field through a creek. My Dad and I got it running. Man, lots of good memories.
Love it how nature can offer ZERO resistance to man's determination and inventiveness. Also love those MASSIVE gas pedals on these older cars - those drivers of yesteryear were brutal on their cars, beat them hard and long as often as they could. Got them onto the program REAL fast when they started playing up!
im restoring a '37 Studebaker President right now. been working on it for 12 years. i rescued it from the wrecking yard. this winter im finally going to go through the engine. parts for it are unobtanium, so i had to have my main bearings re-babbited
y'know in that state, it reminds me of 'The Loaner' from the Jim Carry 'The Mask' movie. Great to see it get some TLC, thanks for sharing the video with us
About 1 minute into the video, it seems this is a mid year model 2 door sedan, the "Custom" or 4 series. there should be a tag on the passenger side firewall under the hood, starting with "9G****" the number will identify it , even the body number.
Amazing video, you work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires
Hello, I am very interested. As you know, there are tons of investments out there and without solid knowledge, I can't decide what is best. Can you explain further how you invest and earn?
Same, I operate a wide- range of Investments with help from My Financial Adviser. My advice is to get a professional who will help you, plan and enhance your management skills. For the record, working with Ann Marie strunk, has been an amazing experience.
I'm favoured, $90K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America,, all thanks to Ms Ann Marie strunk😊
You know you might try grabbing a toilet plunger and popping that den out on the passenger door it actually works if not maybe from the inside boot it out? That'll make it look a little better LOL man I've been watching your videos for a long time I was thinking about it ever since you had a girlfriend and you were working on her car way back when I remember that and when you switched the doors from your two trucks you put one from the black truck on the red truck and vice versa long time ago now man we're getting old LOL
love to see the old ones come back.thank you.
I’ve been a certified automotive technician for 7 years, backyard mechanic since I started watching your videos maybe 2011?? I bought a 96 lesabre when I was 19 cause my grandparents always had em and I loved em. Long story short my lesabre was a giant pile of crap and I found your videos to fix mine. You gave me a head start on my career and I thank you.
As kid in the fifties, I remember these cars driving around town. Thanks for the memories. Great video❤
I am have just rebuilt the engine on my 1949 Studebaker Champion. I got the car three years ago after it had sat for 40 years much like yours. I had it on the road in a week but it still took a lot of work to get everything fixed. Then last year I blew the head gasket and when I took it apart this spring it needed new pistons and rings. Right now I am waiting on a water pump and then she will be back on the road. Good to see you are going through the same process. Work hard and enjoy giving her all the love she needs.
That car's definitely worth saving.
How cool that you're able to get it going from start to finish. The video was wonderful. Thank you God bless your dad and grandfather. Sounds like a couple of good men.
Incredible for it to have sat that long and still fire up and go so easy. What an interesting car as well.
Love me some STUDES!! I've got a 51 Starlight Coupe that I really enjoy driving and showing. I'm really glad to see this one resurrected and hope to see more of it.
This is so cool. I was born in 1950. I'm a Clement studabaker family member. Love the studabakers . My parents always owned cadallics. New ones every year. But when I see a restore I'm so glad.❤❤❤❤❤
I've driven two Pre-1950 Studebakers. I've driven a 1947 Champion convertible and a 1948 Commander Starlight Coupe.
My dad bought a 1951 Studebaker Commander new. Still had it when I was learning to drive at the age of 14 in 1967. It had been repainted from the original Baby Blue to Black. It was a four door & had a sun visor. Otherwise your Champion looks almost identical to it. Thanks for sharing the video!
My older brother had one of those in the yard, he was going to make into a hot rod. When he got sent to Vietnam we used it for a club house and trashed it. Since he came back alive he didn't care what we had done to it.
I learned to drive in a 51 Studebaker Champion Starlet coupe . I think the one you have was called a business man's coupe. Split windshield front and back. I wonder if it has the built-in beer coolers in the back. On my 51 the top of the arm rests on the back seat would flip up and because the sides were Insulated and upholstered you could load them up with ice and beverages. The rubber mats in the bottom of the storage compartments could be lifted up and there were drain holes in the bottom. Had me some fond memories of that car. It was my beach cruiser back when you could drive on the beach. The Stude was a stud when it came to crossing the soft sand and could scale most dunes ! I had put tubes in the tires and could bag the rear tires down as low as 8psi you would just cruise over the top of the sand like a beach buggy never bog down.
This one is a 2 door sedan,with a back seat. the business coupe would have no rear side windows, a shorter roof, and a longer rear trunk lid...
It is running like a Champ! I learned to drive in a 1964 Commander 259 V8 with a three speed overdrive car. Even when the throw out bearing went out, and the car was stuck in third gear, it never left me walking!
Beautiful! Got potential that's for sure, just needs a little love :)
Absolutely love these cars and this one is in pretty great shape for the age.
The paint is looking good.
My grandfather had one just like that up in Grafton area back in the day. He once took it to Hibbing and positioned it inside the bucket of some heavy equipment; just for fun. Cool to see you working on this!
Owned a Commander...worth saving...a great little car. Good luck with any restoration.
I had a Studebaker Champion, a '49. They were a lower priced version of the other family cars in the lineup. Mine had the same engine and 6v system. Very smooth, it accelerated up to about 60, slowly and I never passed any other vehicle. In spite of that, it was fun to drive.
That's one happy Studebaker now. "Happy Motoring!"
The horn blow was cute!
Wow. Never expected it to run at all. And surprisingly the paint wasn't destroyed by the dirt that was on it. Cool.
Typically, dirt is the least of the paint's problems, weather as it can eventually get blasted off by the sun, and or a combination of rain and sun over time if left out in the weather over a long period of time. This car sat in a barn and not exposed much to the weather once parked. Likely got repainted once back in the 60's and that paint was still intact when parked.
Many cars left out, the tops of the trunk/hood and roof etc will be lacking paint and surface rust will show through eventually as cars weather from the top down while sitting outside. This is after it's begun to rust from below when parked.
I remember seeing this car in a video you posted a long while ago, was hoping the day would come we’d get to see more of it. Thank you for sharing this with us Brent.
right on man, reminds me of jonathan w with the studebaker and the process.
My oldest brothers first car was a 50 Studebaker. We treated it as an enemy tank when we played army( sorry, Bro'!). It had endured many winters in Northern Va before it wound up in front of our house. The rust was holding the body work together, but it ran, got him to school and back. Most of the time.
Sweet styling on these cars; so beautiful.
The Studebaker looks good man.
Thanks for the video man
Runs really well 👌
Cheers from Newzealand
Cool, I miss your videos! Good stuff.
Wow that’s awesome my friend
A nice looking car Worthy of a full restoration good job great video 💯👍🤔
I had one exactly like that when I was 16 back in 1973.
BEAUTIFUL
Not too shabby at all young man👍🏻👍🏻
Great to hear it has been in the families ownership for so long too👍🏻👍🏻🏴🇬🇧
Love have one of those, they are unlike any other car.
one of my favorite cars . had a couple over the years . one had a heater core under the drivers seat 😲 nice on cold damp northwest mornings
Lived next to the Studebake plant in Hamilton Ontario canada 🇨🇦
Brings back memories.
Lovely, very cool car. Nice that someone's caring for it now!
Hope you post more videos on that Stude!
I'm amazed how the breaks or engine were not locked up!
I can remember riding in the back seat when I was a kid in Niles Michigan 10 miles from south bend
A friend of the family had a 50 Champion Starlight Coupe he restored and painted the original maroon. Another friend had a 51 Champion Starlight Coupe that he split the exhaust manifold so he could put dual exhaust on it with the original 6 cylinder. It sounded sweet.
My first car in high school was a 51 Champion four door in Desert Sand (yellow) with the same maroon wheels. It had the suicide doors, an automatic transmission and a one piece windshield. Cost a hundred bucks and had only 33 thousand miles on it. We had to drag it out of a field through a creek. My Dad and I got it running. Man, lots of good memories.
This the car I learnt to drive on only it was a 51 Commander V 8 also had 52 4 door and 57 61 and 64 silver Hawks GT s were great cars
The back story makes it worth the effort to put the time into the car!
I'm not much of a car gal but the car is fabulous! 🍂💚
My first car was a 1950 4dr with a V8 engine loved that car.
Love it how nature can offer ZERO resistance to man's determination and inventiveness.
Also love those MASSIVE gas pedals on these older cars - those drivers of yesteryear were brutal on their cars, beat them hard and long as often as they could. Got them onto the program REAL fast when they started playing up!
Best cars in pretty good shape it deserves to be revived and restored or at least revive to be a driver
They built 'em in my birthplace!
Did they build them in Elkhart Indiana? Seems like I had something in my head from an old video years ago that was studebakers home town build plant.
@@moosehand8721 Nope, South Bend.
@@8avexp I knew it was one of those cities up there somewhere near US 20. Thank you.
When these were new they looked to me like air craft without wings. But even though they weren't gorgeous, they were good cars.
Theres a guy that lives about 16 miles from me. Has a 51 like yours. Drives it regularly. See it quite a bit.
My grandmother and grandfather owned Study’s for years and when the car would malfunction my grandmother would say that the car BALKED. lol 😅
Make sure you pull out those seats and the carpet mouse turds are nothing to play with
Excellent Video Bah 53 :) nice Studebaker car for it age and what fix up on too ! Should last long time and nice condition!
Wash that thing, great way to catch something lol but it's in good shape. These old cars are so easy to get going.
Spinner intact very unusual. Body amazing.
im restoring a '37 Studebaker President right now. been working on it for 12 years. i rescued it from the wrecking yard. this winter im finally going to go through the engine. parts for it are unobtanium, so i had to have my main bearings re-babbited
my dad loved studebakers !!
Wonderful save!
In the movie "mask", this car was called "loner" 😂
y'know in that state, it reminds me of 'The Loaner' from the Jim Carry 'The Mask' movie. Great to see it get some TLC, thanks for sharing the video with us
Iconic car please restore it!
É um belo carro que merece ser restaurado.
49 Studebaker champion owner here
when you presurewash you even push dirt in between cromeribs and in between small springs...get told from an old carguy.
i know it’s not a living thing but it’s still so sad to see beautiful things go to rot
About 1 minute into the video, it seems this is a mid year model 2 door sedan, the "Custom" or 4 series. there should be a tag on the passenger side firewall under the hood, starting with "9G****" the number will identify it , even the body number.
She’s a beauty
Looks like an airplane coming in reverse
Amazing video, you work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires
Waking up every 14th of each month to $210,000 it's a blessing to I and my family... Big gratitude to Ann Marie strunk🙌🏼
Hello, I am very interested. As you know, there are tons of investments out there and without solid knowledge, I can't decide what is best. Can you explain further how you invest and earn?
Same, I operate a wide- range of Investments with help from My Financial Adviser. My advice is to get a professional who will help you, plan and enhance your management skills. For the record, working with Ann Marie strunk, has been an amazing experience.
Hello how do you make such monthly?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God
I'm favoured, $90K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America,, all thanks to Ms Ann Marie strunk😊
I remember at one time, many years ago, back in the banana days, you showed a bunch of other old cars on the property.
Are they still around??
If it's good enough for Fozzie Bear, it's good enough for anyone.
I would love to have that car
Sweet!
Whats the plan with this car? I hope it dont end up back in the barn for another 40 years.
Ooh that's what type of car this is, guy not far from me has two for sale, Just rollers but complete otherwise
Turn your lights off, it will give you more power for starting
WD 40 or PBBlaster would work for the knob’s on the dash that are stuck.
I learned to drive in a rutebager!
Thats my dream car.
wow, lucky find
I had a 1951 champion
Spray sum solvent on those switches
Are you planning on selling it ? Where about are you located ?
See that the drain holes aren't blocked with dirt and mud. It will rust worse
I noticed that it has overdrive
Paints great after her wash nice job fix her up the car wants to runnnnnnm🤔👍💯
子供のころよく見た車です 70年前,横田空軍基地のまわりで遊んでいました From JAPAN
It was running when they parked it.
Don't do anything to the point job they look so cool as they are found
Cranking the starter with the headlights on is a terrible idea. Drain the battery quicker
Joia 💎 rara
my first car was a 55 studebaker champion
Is it running a Ford six ?
Replace the gasoline hoses, they are probably dry rotted
You know you might try grabbing a toilet plunger and popping that den out on the passenger door it actually works if not maybe from the inside boot it out? That'll make it look a little better LOL man I've been watching your videos for a long time I was thinking about it ever since you had a girlfriend and you were working on her car way back when I remember that and when you switched the doors from your two trucks you put one from the black truck on the red truck and vice versa long time ago now man we're getting old LOL
Sheet metal was a lot thicker when the car was built. Might work, might not
That's funny
I was thinking the same about the plunger and door dent. It looks like a plunger could pop it out.
Those low revving flat heads run forever.
А помыть машину и моторный отсек , прежде чем работать , что тяжело было ??? 🚙🚙🚙👉👉👉