Stud-e-venture

 I love weird, gimmicky engineering. In 1953, one of the myriad of options for my Studebaker was an internally controlled antenna. This nift...

 It has been awhile. I’ve continued to work on the Stude off and on over the last couple of years. It has mostly been a matter of putting th...

 Been a long time since I posted, but I’ve been a bit busy painting, wet sanding, painting some more, wet sanding again and then buffing, po...

After sanding down and painting the window surround (they were in exceptionally good shape) it was time to install the new seals and reassem...

I'm saving up the rest of the painting photos until I finish the "cut and buff" stage, but there's been other work going o...

Finally started painting. Technically, I'm supposed to paint it with the rear fenders attached, but I found some black seam sealer tha...

Today I took off the doors, rear fenders and the trunk (and associated hardware.) Yes, I've been here before. The cardboard? Still h...

While I'm sure there's an odd low spot here or there that I missed, it is close enough that I need to tear it back down to paint the...

At home in the new pole barn

Stopped by the car show co-hosted by our local chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club this morning for a little inspiration... My favori...