Chuck Most

It was Michigan caster by the name of Steve Strnad- he went out of business several years ago. R&R began casting some of his old products, but the Stude wasn't one of them, sadly. I'm not sure if anyone is currently casting this Studebaker, as far as I know, you're only going to find one in a collector/vendor's stash.

Gee- I'd have never even noticed that! I was thinking 'well, a war ship's decks would look naked without cannons- what's so bad about that?" I never even noticed it was overscale, and the cannons weren't even secured properly!

Best Paystar 5000 build I've seen in forever. The spoke wheels and aftermarket tires are a marked improvement!

Yep.

SJS did a couple of resin Studes- a '48-ish pickup and a custom Champ pickup. There was a company called Premiere that did a Champ pickup kit in the early '60's, its kind of crude and underscale, and is pretty tough to find these days.

There's a 1:1 in my area similar to this, except the real one has a huge light bar with six or eight big spotlights sprouting out of the front bumper. Very nice job!

Looks like a good one- the R-type wheels should look killer on it!

It's actually from an Eminem song. Ha! I wish! That would be the one I'd love to have- look closely- it has a flathead V8!

That may have been my uncle Brian. He's a bit... damaged.

Yeah. Thanks.

Yep.

Yeah. Thanks.

Five bucks I can swing... I'll see.

A sprue wall hanging? I must have one....

ANd please, Ed, let us see it when its done!

• Aircraft stripper would be your best bet.... on the metal parts, of course! You can't go wrong with JB Weld. • EVercoat would work, but 2-part Bondo-brand putty works just as well, and is way cheaper. • I'd go with a self-etching primer first, then put my typical primer over that.

I didn't have to go too far, Dave... that puppy's in my back yard!

I thought you were doing that article?

No- the 5-window has the Hemi (they call it an 'overhead valve V8' or something like that on the box, but it's an early Chrysler Hemi), and the 5.0. It's the Tudor sedan... which comes with the flathead engine and the 5.0. Since your 5-window and the Tudor have the same chassis, the flathead from the Tudor will drop right in. The one from the '48 would fit too, but might need some modification to the engine mounts, and since it has a manual tranny (the Tudor's flathead has an automatic), you'd also need to dig up a clutch pedal. I can't say for sure, but I think the flatheads in the '32 Tudor and '48 Convert have pretty similar speed parts. Hope this helps!

It is a 302/5.0L engine. The flathead from the Tudor Sedan (Orange with the chrome spoke wheels on the box) will drop right in, but the '48 engine shouldn't be too tough to fit into the '32 frame.

These were pretty rare birds- they used the flathead six from the Flying Cloud sedans, and the engine was a bit underpowered for this application. They tried to compensate with tall gear ratios, which made them slow. Long story short- the military didn't buy too many of them. I don't know if there's a kit of a '40's Reo available (the HUGs used the same cab and front end as civilian Reos), but just about any old truck could be weathered like this. I especially like the multilayered door lettering!

It also spelled the end for those big cubic inch callouts on the hood, which I always thought looked cool. Then again, if they were still in use, they'd all have the same number.

Ah, yes, the one Chevy that actually does 'run deep'. Very nicely done!

You shouldn't be disappointed- Bill Coulter's '39 Ford race car article is pretty good- I still haven't read it, I'm still just drooling over the completed car!

I'll let the picture do the talking... Yeah, I'm pretty well covered for winter!