Bama67
Silver Member
Hi all,
I want to start out by saying that I need another project like I need a hole in the head. But I have the opportunity to buy a old Studebaker truck.
My grandaddy knows that I love old iron as I already have a 67 Chevelle and a 73 K5 that I am currently working on. So he called me out of the blue and asked me if I would want a 55 Studebaker pickup. He is a 84 years old and still buys and fixes cars, but he only deals with newer stuff. He said he didn't want it, he is to old to be riding in a old truck when he could be riding a new Buick. lol. But a guy he grew up with called him up and asked him to take his truck. It is "supposedly, Pawpaw hasn't seen it" almost fully restored, all it basically needs is a windsheild and paint, body work is already done. His friend got it about 8-9 years ago when another friend of his was frame off restoring it and died during the build. He had even sent the bed off to be restored in Memphis. And then the widow sold it to him. It has been sitting in his shed ever since and he hasn't done anything to it other than go turn it over ever month or so to keep the motor up. It is a original V8 with overdrive truck, one of the first ones you could get a V8 in. My grandaddy told his buddy that he didn't want to deal with it, but I might. His friend doesn't want it to go to just anybody. He was gonna give it to my grandad, but he would sell it to me for $2,000.
The thing is, I know they are pretty rare, heck, I have never even seen one. And it doesn't sound to need much at all. The only thing is, is that parts are VERY hard to come by. There are NO LMC or Year One catalogs for Studebaker trucks. ha-ha. The truck is about 500 miles away, so I can't just hop in and drive right over and check it out. I would like to get it, especially if it is what he says it is, but I don't know if it is gonna need small things like rubber moldings and trim and such that would cost a fortune. And I don't have money to burn. I also would hate to buy it, then turn around and sell it and make money off of it, it seems like the wrong thing to do since it means so much to the old guy that has it.
Sorry for the long post. What would you guys do? Don't have a 55 Studebaker pickup windshield lying around do ya? :laughing:
Do any of ya'll have one, or owned one? General comments welcomed as I don't know that much about them.
I want to start out by saying that I need another project like I need a hole in the head. But I have the opportunity to buy a old Studebaker truck.
My grandaddy knows that I love old iron as I already have a 67 Chevelle and a 73 K5 that I am currently working on. So he called me out of the blue and asked me if I would want a 55 Studebaker pickup. He is a 84 years old and still buys and fixes cars, but he only deals with newer stuff. He said he didn't want it, he is to old to be riding in a old truck when he could be riding a new Buick. lol. But a guy he grew up with called him up and asked him to take his truck. It is "supposedly, Pawpaw hasn't seen it" almost fully restored, all it basically needs is a windsheild and paint, body work is already done. His friend got it about 8-9 years ago when another friend of his was frame off restoring it and died during the build. He had even sent the bed off to be restored in Memphis. And then the widow sold it to him. It has been sitting in his shed ever since and he hasn't done anything to it other than go turn it over ever month or so to keep the motor up. It is a original V8 with overdrive truck, one of the first ones you could get a V8 in. My grandaddy told his buddy that he didn't want to deal with it, but I might. His friend doesn't want it to go to just anybody. He was gonna give it to my grandad, but he would sell it to me for $2,000.
The thing is, I know they are pretty rare, heck, I have never even seen one. And it doesn't sound to need much at all. The only thing is, is that parts are VERY hard to come by. There are NO LMC or Year One catalogs for Studebaker trucks. ha-ha. The truck is about 500 miles away, so I can't just hop in and drive right over and check it out. I would like to get it, especially if it is what he says it is, but I don't know if it is gonna need small things like rubber moldings and trim and such that would cost a fortune. And I don't have money to burn. I also would hate to buy it, then turn around and sell it and make money off of it, it seems like the wrong thing to do since it means so much to the old guy that has it.
Sorry for the long post. What would you guys do? Don't have a 55 Studebaker pickup windshield lying around do ya? :laughing:
Do any of ya'll have one, or owned one? General comments welcomed as I don't know that much about them.