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05-04-2018, 09:51 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 176
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Too cool!
https://columbus.craigslist.org/ctd/...578715728.html
Now this has great potential for those wishing something classic and different.....
Personally, I'd rebuild the Studie engine and keep it pretty much original except for the interior and paint.
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05-04-2018, 10:02 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Damascus, OR
Posts: 681
Year: 2004
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e w/ 2000 Allison Trans
Rated Cap: 35
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what a project! very cool but needs a lot of TLC!!!
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05-04-2018, 10:50 AM
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#3
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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And any parts you need are probably right down the street at you local Studebaker dealership!
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05-04-2018, 10:53 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 335
Year: 2004
Coachwork: Corbeil
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford PowerStroke Diesel 6.0
Rated Cap: GVWR 11,500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
And any parts you need are probably right down the street at you local Studebaker dealership!
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05-04-2018, 11:10 AM
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#5
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 176
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
And any parts you need are probably right down the street at you local Studebaker dealership!
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Although it's a far bigger project than I personally would want to take on. ( better things to do like fishing )......... The parts would not be that hard to source. I have a buddy that owns 5 "Studie trucks" and he has no issues restoring them or keeping them running.
But not the best choice to use as a daily driver for sure.
BTW... my Dad had a Gold Hawk when I was a kid and I had a Lark in H.S. --- I always wanted an Avanti.
Studebaker made some great, innovated, dependable machines.
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05-04-2018, 11:28 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Ashtabula, Ohio
Posts: 1,494
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E 7.3L
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If I had a bus that old, the body would go on a newer chassis. What an awesome looking old bus!
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05-04-2018, 11:41 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 335
Year: 2004
Coachwork: Corbeil
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford PowerStroke Diesel 6.0
Rated Cap: GVWR 11,500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet
If I had a bus that old, the body would go on a newer chassis. What an awesome looking old bus!
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By the listing, it seems that was the seller's intention. I would have loved to get a bus with some more character, like that, but character requires ability, of which I am short on.
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05-04-2018, 01:50 PM
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#8
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,758
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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from what I understand after reading such things and other projects people have done with waynes is dropping that bus onto the ambulance chassis is not as involved as one might think.. theres a chance the lengths might line up pretty close on their own, and its also not completely unheard of to lengthen or shorten a frame..
obviously any project like this is not for the average backyard mechanic..
if the studie frame is in good shape doing a drivetrain and axle swap is a more likely scenerio vs the whole chassis..
id Love to attempt a project like that.. i probably have the Know-how but not the tools, or indoor shop, or time to do it..
-Christopher
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05-04-2018, 01:55 PM
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#9
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Wisconsin N.E.
Posts: 412
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: 5.9
Rated Cap: 72
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Having had a studibaker I know the studi driver's club is super helpful, there is even a guy in California with a warehouse of nos parts
Super cool bus but more than I wanna take on
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05-04-2018, 02:53 PM
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#10
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 335
Year: 2004
Coachwork: Corbeil
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Ford PowerStroke Diesel 6.0
Rated Cap: GVWR 11,500
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For me, the intimidation of a project like that is actually more with the fabrication/metal work side of things. I'm pretty darn competent with a wrench and most things woodworking-related, but those Wayne curves and the potential for lots of sheet metal repairs and frame modifications would scare me off.
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05-04-2018, 04:26 PM
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#11
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,227
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Hey Tango, maybe we could go partners on it, build a shop half way between us in say Albuquerque and work weekends on it. Jack
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05-04-2018, 06:07 PM
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#12
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Sounds cool. And if we can time the work with the Hatch Chilie Pepper Festival...even better!
Oh wait...first I have to get that "other" bus running.
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05-04-2018, 07:59 PM
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#13
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Greater Houston, Tx.
Posts: 589
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There is another Stewdabaker bus for sale in Big Spring Tx. (C/L Abilene or San Angelo) Tango could pick it up on a weekend trip to NM, and ya'll could have twins.
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05-19-2018, 05:01 PM
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#14
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2018
Location: south missouri
Posts: 41
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Gillig bros. of hayward ca.
Engine: C180 supercharged cummins
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stude bus
looks like a BIG job alright.. but in a few months of 12hr. days and a lot of busted knuckles it could be done.. but i am too old and wore out to even let my evil little brain get anymore ideas. . some younger guy should be all over it,
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05-19-2018, 05:23 PM
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#15
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Greater Boston
Posts: 504
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I just had a thought - is that conversion old enough that the floor could be asbestos?
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05-19-2018, 09:28 PM
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#16
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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I like the idea of dropping the body onto the late model ambulance chassis.
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