56 studebaker at las vegas tow yard auction

i've been drivin past this all month, might go cheap. i'd buy it but i drug home a 53 chevy last week and the wife is still givin me the eye. the auction is sat the 19th. www.actiontowing.net

new auction date 7/17/10

 

nice...to far for me - but thanks for posting!

 

Nice E-series!

 

it seems real nice, i want to find a good home for since i can't have it

 

I clicked on the link, but it doesn't give any details if it runs or not.
Is there any way to find more info?

 

the writing on the windshield say's flathead six missing parts so i would say it don't run

 

nothing a sbc wouldn't cure!

 

where is this at in vegas

 

it's off of interstate 15 and sahara, roughly!

 

Studebaker parts are easy to find and cheaper than bowtie stuff.
Contact the forums of the Studebaker Drivers Club or Racing Studebakers.

 

AS far as i can tell, that's not a 56, but a rare 54 3r series- no hood ornament, small back window but 1 piece windshield. Quite rare!

 

Wish it was closer.

 

The chrome grille and bumper are not OEM, but I'd bid on it in a heartbeat if it were not a thousand miles away.

The '54 and '55 were the best looking of all the C-cab Studes.

Putting a SBC in a Stude because it is cheap and reliable is like marrying an ugly woman because she is less likely to run around on you. Stude V8, oh yes. Packard V8, even better.

jack vines

 

"If you want to be happy for the rest of your life..........."

 

damn...would love that...drop a caddy 390 in it!

 

NOT an R-series - it's a '55 E-Series Transtar.

 

sorry...my 56 is the prettiest of them all....and the factory 5 speed overdive - just won't stall...

 

I would really like to check this out... I have to work all day tomorrow.

Can't afford it, no space for it, no time for it... you know the usual tri-fecta of a working car guy.

Ax

 

Check out the site, it's been removed from the auction....

58 REMOVED

 

I can't stand it, I'm going to drive by there tonight...

 

well, some one at the yard fell in love and got a nice truck, they get all kinds of stuff a few months ago i almost brought home a 62 benz, they had a 48ford pickup once and i can see a 57 chevy pickup in next months line up.

 

That is actually a '54, assuming all the parts came from the same truck. Note the small back window,and small Studebaker tag on front of hood. Also, doesn't have the turn signal cutouts on the lower part of the grill.

In '55, the back window was larger, Studebaker tag on hood was larger, and had different headlight bezels (missing in this photo).

'56 got rid of the peaked hood in favor of a bullnose hood, and added turn signals in the ends of that bulge in the lower part of the grill.

Looks like a good start for somebody, though.

 

Well that's really cool. I will have to start watching the site for something to pick up. I REALLY wanted that one, but hey we all know how those things turn out!

Ax

 

it's back on the July list, this time marked as a 54

 

What he said.

 

Its a 54 like mine

 

If I were only closer and have a 460 that needs a new home when I am done with the truck its in.

 

two more days, I'm still trying to talk the wife in to it, drove her by it today and she said its "cute", its a start.......

 

Genifaxo, check the date on this thread, it's july 2010. this auction is long over.

.............Jack

 

Eat it, spammer.