New Kid from Georgia

[mbstude]

Be easy on me guys... ;)

I'm 17, a senior in high school, and an honest-to-gosh car nut. My family is big into Studebakers, mostly. We have a few other oddballs around.

My daily driver is a bone-stock '59 Studebaker pickup. 58K original miles. My grandad and I repainted it in May of this year, doing it all ourselves. Then hauled it to South Bend, Indiana for the National Stude Club meet. Still has the little Flathead 6 sitting between the fenders, and a 3 speed Overdrive tranny bolted up to it. Just about as basic as it gets, but I love it. :cool:

The only problems I've had with it, is a clogged gas line and a banged up front fender. I found out the hard way that girls distract me from driving and there's a chance of me hitting the car in front of me... :D
(Just a fender bender, nothing major at all. And the girl happens to be a good friend of mine. That really made her day, she realized she's good lookin' enough to cause a wreck involving an old Stude.:eek:)

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/mbstude/1959_truck002_re.jpg

So yea, this one's a stocker. But hey, I'm still young, I got plenty of time to own a bunch of cool hot rods. :cool:

[Dog_Patch]

Man that's a nice looking truck! Best part of all - its running already. My buddy has a Stude truck - I've never seen him drive it and that's been about 15 years. Look forward to seeing you around.

Tony

[lothiandon1940]

Nice truck and a neat intro. Love the part about you and your Grandfather taking the truck to South Bend as well as the honey distracting you enough to cause an incident. Good luck w/ the truck and future projects. Welcome to the H.A.M.B. You will enjoy this site......Don.

[mbstude]

Thanks for the welcome, guys. I've been reading on the HAMB for a while, just thought I'd go ahead and join the madness. :cool:

Oh, and thanks for the kind words on my old truck. It's been a good way of gettin' around. :)

[Rudebaker]

Love the truck, great foundation for a very cool ride. I have a '55 Commander C-body with a 289 out of a '56 President or Sky Hawk and want to add a PU like yours to the herd one of these days.

[Thumper]

:) Hell yeah....Studebaker !! Welcome, bad ass truck. Can't wait to see it cruise up to the swapmeet.

[mbstude]

A '55 coupe with a 289.. That's cool! We've got a few C-K's around...

:) Hell yeah....Studebaker !! Welcome, bad ass truck. Can't wait to see it cruise up to the swapmeet.

Ok, what swap meet you talking about? The one in Moultrie? Or...? :)

Here's a list of the Studes we have. Drivers, runners, and future builders. Not including parts cars here.

'47 M5 pickup
'49 fire truck
'50 wrecker
'51 dump truck
'51 Champion Starlight coupe
'52 Champion 4 door
'55 Commander 4 door
'55 1/2 ton pickup
'56 Sky Hawk
'56 Power Hawk
'56 Champion 2 door
'56 Transtar 1 ton
'57 Silver Hawk
'59 Scotsman 1/2 pickup (3 of them)
'62 Cruiser
'62 Lark 4 door
'63 Daytona HT
'63 GT Hawk
'64 Commander Wagonaire
'65 Daytona Sports Sedan
'81 Avanti II

[Stevie G]

Where in GA you hiding?
The swap is at Lanier Speedway, the first Sunday of the month, March through November. March, July and November are two day events. PM Brad54 for more precise info.
Do a search for "Hamb and Grits" to find out about our Bi-weekly get togethers.
Yep, I said Bi....go ahead, say it........
Thumper and Stealthcruiser are going to be all over that one.

[Thumper]

"Bi"........uh.....ok........:rolleyes:......Now I'm not so shure 'bout them eggs being "over easy".....:eek:

[mbstude]

I'm in Hazlehurst, bout halfway between Macon and Brunswick. Little town... The biggest thing here is that yard with all the old cars in it. ;)

[Stevie G]

The biggest thing here is that yard with all the old cars in it. ;)

Young man...you are going to have more friends than you know what to do with.

[mbstude]

Young man...you are going to have more friends than you know what to do with.

Good thing it's all fenced in with a pad lock on the gate, eh? ;)

[Stevie G]

Oh, come on now......
Glomming onto a kids intro post to do your intro?
That's inspiring.

[vegaracechic24]

Good lookin truck. Welcome from winder. Hope to see ya around.

[Lil' Billy]

Welcome aboard. The Georgia HAMBer list is growing and growing! You should make the 4hr drive and come for breakfast!