1960 Studebaker Lark VI

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I took a drive out to Stockton yesterday after work to grab my Thunderbird power steering rack and pinion from Autozone (ordered online and they had it in stock) and by the way that place is seriously such a dump for anybody familiar with the area.



And Friday I'm taking a drive to the Tire Rack distribution center near Reno, NV to pick up my tires 255/45R17 all around.

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Cut out the other pocket on the passenger side last night, went much quicker and easier than the first side as these things typically do.



Then I started brainstorming ideas to route the air intake through the fresh air vent and original heater core housing in the fender.
I'll be using an under dash heat/ac unit.





Something like this.

[1965gp]

This thread on garage journal has a few pics of a cool old gasser Lark in post 1:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=340170

Thought you might like to see it.

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This thread on garage journal has a few pics of a cool old gasser Lark in post 1:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=340170

Thought you might like to see it.

Awesome! Thanks I've seen that one on Instagram too.

Made some more progress on the car tonight, boxed in the passenger side frame and tacked the spring hat in place.

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Picked up my tires last friday and got them mounted saturday. 255/45r17 all around, they're a tight at first fit so I'll have to figure out a way to make them work.







I put the rears on and lifted the suspension until it began lifting the car, there isn't much weight to compress the springs so it looks high in this picture. I'm going to add 3" blocks to lower the car then with all the weight i figure it should drop another inch. With that the tire will be well into the rear fenders.

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A big moment happened tonight, I set the car on the ground(well 3 tires at least) for the first time in awhile and I have to say I'm loving the way the car looks so far.

The rear fenders are sitting on the rear tires.



I also came to the realization the alternator sits too high on the factory bracket so I need to order a different style that drops it down.

[neongreen]

Love the look with the new wheels! What brand are they? I'm running the same style, in 16" but they are HEEEAVVY, I think the wheel alone is 26#.

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Love the look with the new wheels! What brand are they? I'm running the same style, in 16" but they are HEEEAVVY, I think the wheel alone is 26#.

They're Black Rock brand, basically off road wheels and they are heavy for sure but can't beat the price on steelies.

[KiwiStarChief]

Very interesting build. I love threads like this where talented people perform miracles. Well done.

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I took a break from the car this weekend to address some issues in my garage that I've been working around since about the time I moved in roughly 2 years ago and things that have accumulated as both direct and indirect results of that. The 3 big areas that I worked on were storage, cleanliness and workspace.

I spent about 12 hours Saturday cleaning, organizing and throwing out junk that's been floating around since before I moved in and I've been lugging around for years.

First I grabbed a couple storage bin holders from harbor freight.






Then on Sunday after everything was clean and somewhat organized I began thinking of where to put two bench grinders I haven't been able to setup because I didn't have any good suitable space for them.

After looking through a harbor freight catalog I saw their workbenches and thought if I leave the pegboard section off them and place two benches back to back I'll have a 4'x4' work station with 6 power outlets and 4 drawers to store drills, grinding wheels, sanding belts, chop saw blades, etc....

So that's exactly what I did and this was the end result.

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Some parts came in today, I ordered a bunch of assorted gussets from ruffstuff specialties an offroad vendor, for various things I might need them for but the motor mounts were my main focus with these dimple died 4" ones. I'll have one on each side of the mount.

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Some new progress on the car, I had to modify the caliper brackets to correctly offset the Wilwood calipers but no big deal.



Got some Taylor 10.4mm spark plug wires in blue to match the car and as you can see cleaned up the valve covers to paint them.



Got a few more brackets from Dirty Dingo to mount 98-02 F body accessories to the truck block.
That's a camaro power steering and water pump and I'll also have a low mount camaro alternator just below it.



And after a lot of thought as to how I was going to fit the rear tires under the car I decided to narrow the ford 8.8 axle approximately 3" and run a short side shaft. This is pretty common with these axles and really isn't too difficult.

I plan on sleeving the outside with tube once I have it welded back together for added strength but doing this will allow me to fit the 255 tires on 17x9 wheels completely under the original sheet metal. I really should have done this sooner before I welded on the new perches but carrying on.

I stuffed a rag inside the axle tube where it meets the housing to keep debris from getting in there as well.

[neongreen]

They're Black Rock brand, basically off road wheels and they are heavy for sure but can't beat the price on steelies.

Yep, same as what I'm running on the Falcon. Some day I'll spend the coin to upgrade to a minilite or something.

[Michaels 69]

Love this build!!!!!

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Love this build!!!!!

Thanks!

Got more billet goodies for the motor, coil brackets and an oil pressure port to run the gauge sender.





Picked up a shaft on saturday from the pick n pull.



And I have a cam package on the way so I decided to upgrade my rocker bearings with a summit trunion upgrade kit. Quality is nice and for $130 it's good piece of mind. I also bought their install tool, a HF arbor press and was able to get it all together without much trouble.



And mocked up the rear with some blocks to get an idea how this thing will look.



I spent today on the transmission, installed a corvette servo assembly and B&M shift kit. The servo is super easy and the only scary thing about the shift kit is the check balls but all were accounted for.

[Ricott]

Love your build - it should be a rocket. I like the coil brackets you bought - what brand are they?.

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Love your build - it should be a rocket. I like the coil brackets you bought - what brand are they?.

Thanks and they're made by LSX Innovations but I got them through Amazon.

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Started putting together the fuel rail kit last night and realized the truck injectors don't work for this manifold so I'm looking at LS1 injectors and the harness adapters.



and just some teaser photos

[protouring70]

I've seen a few of these lately and the are sweet.

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I've seen a few of these lately and the are sweet.

That's awesome, I have yet to see another one driving or parked, just a few floating around craigslist.