{"id":244,"date":"2013-11-06T13:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T18:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobsown.net\/?p=244"},"modified":"2013-11-06T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T18:59:39","slug":"my-1950-studebaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobsown.net\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"My 1950 Studebaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently bought a 1950 Studebaker \u00bd ton pickup from a dealer in Miami.\u00a0 I had air conditioning installed when I got it.<\/p>\n

\"Stude-front-quarter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I started watching Velocity, Discovery and History channels last fall during the elections because they didn’t have any political ads.\u00a0 One of the programs featured the Miami dealer.<\/p>\n

I would suggest that you bring along a competent <\/em>mechanic when you buy from him.\u00a0 He certainly doesn’t have any.<\/p>\n

The truck made it to within 3 miles of my home and was towed the rest of the way.\u00a0 The plugs were fouled due to a defective rotor in the distributor.<\/p>\n

So far I’ve replaced the rotor, plugs and condenser.\u00a0 The new points didn’t work, so I polished the old ones and put them back. The gas filter was plugged.\u00a0 I had the tank flushed and relined; the radiator core, fuel gauge and brake light switch were replaced.\u00a0 I converted the wiper motor from vacuum to electric.<\/p>\n

Currently, I’m working on the brakes.\u00a0 The right front was leaking.\u00a0 When I pulled the brake drum I found that the shoe return spring was missing.\u00a0 I pulled the left front drum to check on the size of the spring and found that the brake cylinder on that side only worked on the front shoe. \u00a0\u00a0 I’m amazed that it was able to stop.<\/p>\n

When I got the truck, it had 11 \u00bd inch wide tires.\u00a0 With no power steering, it was a b… to get around corners.<\/p>\n

\"Tire-Sizes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The tire on the left was what came with the car.\u00a0 The tire on the right is what I have now.<\/p>\n

It’s been a lot of fun to drive and work on.\u00a0 Modern cars are so electronic that mechanics don’t fix them, they just replace parts until it works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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