Great to see your dad in fine form. As an aside, my wife and I visited the US a few years back. We drove route 66 from Cali to Indiana. We were so very pleasantly surprised by the manners and respect of so many people we met. TV/movies is not real America.
Dad loved Studebakers. We had four during my teenage years. I learned to drive on a 53 Commander V8 stick shift. Never forgot that car. He even let me cool it up. 3" lowering blocks, spun aluminum Bonneville moon hubcaps, glasspac duel exhaust. I only had my learners permit at the time, but boy that was fun. Last one I remember was a 57 Golden Hawk with the Packard V/8 that he bought for 'Mom'. Just in time for me to be the head of the "crew." I still consider to be it the first muscle car. Aluminum engine turned dash with Stewart Warner gauges, Golden cream two-tone paint, it was one cool ride. Good luck with your project...Loewy Stude's Rock.
Very cool. I went to my first drag race at Carlsbad Dragway, Calif, in 1964.I owe it to my dad, who never said much about drag racing for taking his 12-year-old son that day. All my life, no matter where I lived or worked, I've always made an effort to promote and race at the local dragstrips.
Kewl ole Studabaker……..can’t wait to watch all and episode’s oh the deconstruct and reconstruct……..fast speeds and many safe runs……..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁
It was actually a Champion (6 cyl). Someone had installed a Commander (8 cyl) engine before we got it. It was really cool checking out the old speed parts.
I’m 2 minutes in, I don’t know what engine is going in it, and I already think this is probably the coolest build I’ll ever see on the internet (or otherwise for that matter). Thank you for putting the time into making videos for us
This is great. As someone who has owned six Studebakers and presently owns three ( 1941 President 4dr, 1950 Commander 4dr., and 1955 President coupe, all running and on the road) I have to say that I prefer restorations. But what you are doing here is fascinating and truly rewarding.
Over 40+ years I've owned 8 Studes. None of them were good enough to restore. The one in this video was originally a 6 cylinder that someone swapped a 259 into and raced. The story passed onto me from the previous owners was that the car was raced from 1959 into the 60s. I never took the time to chase the details. But there was lettering on the car that was not legible. I enjoy restorations and racers.
I love the old school approach with just a sprinkling of new technology on this channel. Great to see guys like yourselves building cars that don't cost more than a house to build with $40,000 engines in them.
Your father telling us everything he did to the car. Is so interesting i love these type of videos. All the custom work is insane. I can’t wait to see this turned into a drag car
guys, I had one of those super hawks, with a 579 mopar with a custom six speed back in the 70's held a track record of 8.36 for right years. was a sin that the ex sold all my toys, about twenty years ago. was a love that can never be replaced.
When that thing lit off, I had a flashback to hearing the Nova for the first time at the $2004 Challenge. I remember thinking “OK, there’s a race car here!”
I'm all for giving new life and use to old race cars collecting dust waiting to rot away. P.S: Loved the music during the time lapse. Good choice ! 👌🙂👍
Good project .I had raced seven of them a long time ago.My last one was a 55 champion speedster and it came with a 289 ci 289 hp super charged engine that i replaced with a 426 hemi.It was stolen when i moved to Florida
@@r1lark thank you. I thought so, I knew about the now partially abandoned airport of off airfield road in Robeson county. I think the national guard uses it for storage and exercises now. History right under our noses, and no one knows about it. Hey you tubers, someone needs to bring it to life.
This is going to be interesting. I'm conflicted about such a purpose-built, cool car being completely reconfigured, but it'll be out racing and not sitting dusty in a garage, so it's all good.
I am real curious about the configuration of the suspension and the rack and pinion mounting , trying to put ls engine in my 53 commander and not much info on what works thanks
I’ve always like that year model Studebaker body styling. Hope you keep that front bumper or at least keep the same look and shape of it, it really makes the front of the car.
Nivlacs,Yes studis Man I love them ol studis, a Studillac would be a fitting old School type of thing,as few people could buy the Studebaker with the Big Packard in it. So a lot of rodders would stuff Cadillacs in them.
I had a 55 Commander , 268 , 2 on the tree . Took ouy the big V8 in the grelle that changed the looks a lot . Tat is still my favorite Studebaker that wa back in 63 . I miss it even today .
Sounds like you guys are pretty big into Studebakers! I was raised to be a Studebaker enthusiast, but I found your page because of an interest in the Vortec 4200! Love the content and i have subscribed... Thanks, and keep it up!
When I saw the AA/CGC I was hoping you were going land speed racing again. I understand going to bracket racing, that's my plan as well because the ECTA is so far away now. I miss Ohio and I REALLY miss Maxton!
@@andrewnelson3733 dragweek is a blast I did 18 and 19 and spectated 3 days this year which was alot of fun. Goal is to make the top 32 in SME next year.
so much awesomeness
Thank you Richard. I was treated and surprised by the video. Hope to have it on the track before the end of the year.
cool 😎
I would like to see it remain a LSR car. The 4200 would put you in C or D class (not sure).
@@timothydurm4366 I want to run this car 10-20 events a year, not 2. I love how the Lark gets dozens and dozens of runs. I can always switch it back.
@@timothydurm4366 the 4200 would run E (limit is 260.99 ci). D is 305.99.
You said you are proud of your boys. They seem like good guys and you should be proud of your boys. Any man would be so lucky
Need more on this !!
It's coming.
Great to see your dad in fine form. As an aside, my wife and I visited the US a few years back. We drove route 66 from Cali to Indiana. We were so very pleasantly surprised by the manners and respect of so many people we met. TV/movies is not real America.
Nice choice of music for the intro!
Thanks!
That resembles the old Batmobile, awesome.
Dad loved Studebakers. We had four during my teenage years.
I learned to drive on a 53 Commander V8 stick shift. Never forgot that car. He even let me cool it up. 3" lowering blocks, spun aluminum Bonneville moon hubcaps, glasspac duel exhaust. I only had my learners permit at the time, but boy that was fun.
Last one I remember was a 57 Golden Hawk with the Packard V/8 that he bought for 'Mom'.
Just in time for me to be the head of the "crew." I still consider to be it the first muscle car. Aluminum engine turned dash with Stewart Warner gauges, Golden cream two-tone paint, it was one cool ride.
Good luck with your project...Loewy Stude's Rock.
That '57 Hawk was the fastest stock production car that year. Dusted Corvettes.
Fantastic video! What an absolute treat hearing your Dad talk about the mods and why they were made!
I’ll watch anyone’s channel with KILLER music like this.
Studebakers are beautiful.
Absolutley love 53-55 lowboy Studebakers! The good music 'Peer Gynt', started around 13:45!
Man, such a cool car!! This is going to be awesome to watch!!
the knowledge your dad has is awesome!
I teced/saw that car @ Maxton very well built
The design of the Studebakers was so far ahead of everything else of that era. Love them.
Very cool. I went to my first drag race at Carlsbad Dragway, Calif, in 1964.I owe it to my dad, who never said much about drag racing for taking his 12-year-old son that day. All my life, no matter where I lived or worked, I've always made an effort to promote and race at the local dragstrips.
A monster engine!
Love these cars...
One of the coolest body styles ever designed. Will definitely be following this build. Thx.
Kewl ole Studabaker……..can’t wait to watch all and episode’s oh the deconstruct and reconstruct……..fast speeds and many safe runs……..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁
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Sweet car , nice lines to work with , lots of potential.
I wish you guys were my next door Neighbors , so much cool stuff going on
The music and the memories shared are all priceless
This old Commander is gonna be truly cool. Thanks for bringing it back.
It was actually a Champion (6 cyl). Someone had installed a Commander (8 cyl) engine before we got it. It was really cool checking out the old speed parts.
I’m 2 minutes in, I don’t know what engine is going in it, and I already think this is probably the coolest build I’ll ever see on the internet (or otherwise for that matter). Thank you for putting the time into making videos for us
This is great. As someone who has owned six Studebakers and presently owns three ( 1941 President 4dr, 1950 Commander 4dr., and 1955 President coupe, all running and on the road) I have to say that I prefer restorations. But what you are doing here is fascinating and truly rewarding.
Thanks. Most of the restoration guys hate the stuff we do. Good to hear there is at least one good egg out there.
Over 40+ years I've owned 8 Studes. None of them were good enough to restore. The one in this video was originally a 6 cylinder that someone swapped a 259 into and raced. The story passed onto me from the previous owners was that the car was raced from 1959 into the 60s. I never took the time to chase the details. But there was lettering on the car that was not legible. I enjoy restorations and racers.
I love the old school approach with just a sprinkling of new technology on this channel. Great to see guys like yourselves building cars that don't cost more than a house to build with $40,000 engines in them.
eat ma cheap rod She Said 😁
Your father telling us everything he did to the car. Is so interesting i love these type of videos. All the custom work is insane. I can’t wait to see this turned into a drag car
studebaker hawk was my favorite of the stude's... it's awesome to see a father and son doing this together
0:33 Watch for the magic disappearing wooden block just under the driver's side headlight. 😅 😂 🤣
Love the walk down car build memory lane! Super interesting and impressed with all the little things done to her just for speed.
AND epic music for the rollout...Gotta love it!
guys, I had one of those super hawks, with a 579 mopar with a custom six speed back in the 70's held a track record of 8.36 for right years. was a sin that the ex sold all my toys, about twenty years ago. was a love that can never be replaced.
I live 2miles from Maxton Airport and used to watch the cars out there with my Dad he worked at the airport
so happy i get to watch this build develop 😁
Another Stude guy here. Been to the York swap meet, miss Maxton a lot too!
Love those cars! Lots of home brewed engineering to see there.
I've been watching marketplace for 1 of these for years, Going to be a cool project.
Can't say I've seen too many of these nice lookin ride unique for sure
53,54 Studes are the best. The air dam/front end looks perfect.
I 👍
Good to see it's getting a new life with the next generation.
When that thing lit off, I had a flashback to hearing the Nova for the first time at the $2004 Challenge. I remember thinking “OK, there’s a race car here!”
Such a great video. Also learned a few things about land speed racing. Tough looking car.
Very cool........................... 👍👍👍👍👍
That air jammer in the front would serve 2 purposes. 1-cooling and 2-push the nose down. Cool old ride!!
Honest to God, that old girl looks like a Weapon looking for a War!!!!
That is the exact setup I had always wanted and here you have it.
Ultimate cool !!!!
Back in the day my dad had a 53 and I always wanted one. It's good to see this thing coming back to life liked and subscribed
That's killer I love the old studebakers I can't wait to check this beast out!!
I'm all for giving new life and use to old race cars collecting dust waiting to rot away.
P.S: Loved the music during the time lapse. Good choice ! 👌🙂👍
Let me know if I can help. Love your dad, he’s awesome!
Good project .I had raced seven of them a long time ago.My last one was a 55 champion speedster and it came with a 289 ci 289 hp super charged engine that i replaced with a 426 hemi.It was stolen when i moved to Florida
Outstanding ride
Look forward to this build for a lot of reasons.
Man, I recognize that car from Maxton!! Good days back then watching the Maxton runs.
Maxton NC ?
@@michaelatkins9780 Yes, the ECTA ran speed trials at the Maxton NC airport a number of years ago.
@@r1lark thank you. I thought so, I knew about the now partially abandoned airport of off airfield road in Robeson county. I think the national guard uses it for storage and exercises now. History right under our noses, and no one knows about it. Hey you tubers, someone needs to bring it to life.
I love the styling of the car.
Oh whats not to like here, can't wait
Can’t smash the Like button enough. Have fun guys
My old man liked Studebakers. In the 50's he had a Champion coupe which is I think what you have there.
This is going to be interesting. I'm conflicted about such a purpose-built, cool car being completely reconfigured, but it'll be out racing and not sitting dusty in a garage, so it's all good.
Pretty sure the Maxton and Loring mile racing events are done. Be cool to see them run it at Bonneville but that takes cubic dollars $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
There's another LSR effort in the works
@@andrewnelson3733 I hope it happens
@@andrewnelson3733 where?
@@russellbroadwell loring is still running. Blytheville Arkansas replaced Maxton and Ohio Mile.
Sweet!!! Absolutely gorgeous body lines.
Thats awesome!
Cool info
Love it!
I drove a Studebaker Hawk.... 3 on the column. I was racing GTOs with good results.
So little recognition of a pretty cool "muscle car".
This is gonna be cool, love studebakers 👍🏻
I am real curious about the configuration of the suspension and the rack and pinion mounting , trying to put ls engine in my 53 commander and not much info on what works thanks
Yeah. My Dad used Crown Victoria stuff and just sort of grafted it into the Studebaker frame. The steering rack is a first gen cavalier rack.
@@Calvin-Nelson great thanks I’ll look into it
Any progress on this bad boy? :-)
Yep. Working on it right now actually. Will be putting out a video soon.
I can't wait to see more of this beast
I’ve always like that year model Studebaker body styling. Hope you keep that front bumper or at least keep the same look and shape of it, it really makes the front of the car.
Car, history, family, future - what is there not to like ?
I may have missed any updates - what's the condition of this project now?
We showed it in a later video. th-cam.com/video/aFiv-fpkkfo/w-d-xo.html
Ok this is going to be a cool build. Subbed
Cool car/history/memories would rather see it return to land speed again but also understand you've done that and that stuff is far away most times.
Nivlacs,Yes studis Man I love them ol studis, a Studillac would be a fitting old School type of thing,as few people could buy the Studebaker with the Big Packard in it. So a lot of rodders would stuff Cadillacs in them.
Couldn't help but notice there's alot of weight in those big brake calipers.
I had a 55 Commander , 268 , 2 on the tree . Took ouy the big V8 in the grelle that changed the looks a lot . Tat is still my favorite Studebaker that wa back in 63 . I miss it even today .
Not crazy about the "drag car" plan...
Better than rusting out, but, I really prefer building on the "speedster".
Maybe just me.
If it stays as is it will end up staying in the barn. The car was a drag car in 1959 and drag raced into the 60s.
just what you need is a new drag car project!...lol
its the celebratory high fives for me!! Keep up the great work!!
This is sooo awesome !
That’s a cool car.
Wow fantastic
two thunbs up
Hell yeah can’t wait to see this thing rip
Keep it as is ....find another car ...only my thorts thou ..great vid
If it stays as is it will never leave the barn. By changing it, it is already scheduled for 10-15 events in 2022.
Is it going to get any power adders and what is the engine that you put in it?
Nope. Simple as possible. NA carburetor.
Patina 👌
Shredding a trans at 176 sounds scary
Sounds like you guys are pretty big into Studebakers! I was raised to be a Studebaker enthusiast, but I found your page because of an interest in the Vortec 4200! Love the content and i have subscribed... Thanks, and keep it up!
When I saw the AA/CGC I was hoping you were going land speed racing again. I understand going to bracket racing, that's my plan as well because the ECTA is so far away now. I miss Ohio and I REALLY miss Maxton!
I miss Maxton biiiiig time
@@andrewnelson3733 LSR and especially the time at Maxton was the most fun I have ever had with cars.
@@russellbroadwell that and Drag Week
@@andrewnelson3733 dragweek is a blast I did 18 and 19 and spectated 3 days this year which was alot of fun. Goal is to make the top 32 in SME next year.
Parabéns pra nós, fui o número 1000 uhuuuu!!!!
Oh man...this really NEEDS a 4200 swap...
When you have that much dust and dirt - leaf blower!
I have a Hurst solid front mount just like that.
I like how y'all have similar "uniforms"
Pretty neato car
Hope you don’t mind, I had to subscribe.
That's a cool looking car! So is your new goal 177 mph in the 1/4 mile? 😎
Nope. Want a 10.0 bracket car....and maybe hit a 9 on occasions. So, 132-ish in the right conditions, 126-7 normal
sounds like fun 👍
I hear for this even if i would rather see is cleaned up just like it sits.
Idk how you find the things yall do. Especially the fairmont wagon.
Some of them we have had for a while. Others are just craigslist/Facebook finds. It's out there.
@@Calvin-Nelson keep up the grind. Love watching everything you put out here. Thanks!