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1934 Studebaker - The Stugatti Legend
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F A C T S & F I G U R E S
Rick and Valerie Strain
Arbuckle, California
1934 Studebaker four-door sedan
| CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | steel original frame from Studebaker | | Wheelbase | 119" | | Modifications | fully boxed, fabricated X-member & front & rear crossmembers | | Chassis plumbing | stainless steel | | Rearend | Currie (Anaheim, CA) 3.50 limited-slip | | Rear suspension | Heidt's (Wauconda, IL) SuperRide IRS | | Rear brakes | Wilwood (Camarillo, CA) inboard disc | | Front suspension | Total Cost Involved Eng. (Ontario, CA) custom IFS utilizing coilovers | | Front brakes | Wilwood 11" discs | | Master cylinder | Corvette | | Steering box | Thunderbird power r&p w/ Flaming River (Berea, OH) U-joints & shafts | | Front wheel make, size | McLean custom lip laced, 15x7 | | Rear wheel make, size | McLean custom lip laced, 15x7 | | Front tire make, size | General Silvertown radial, P225/7015 wide whites | | Rear tire make, size | General Silvertown radial, P225/7015 wide whites | | Gas tank | Tanks Inc. (Clearwater, MN) '48 Ford poly w/ in-tank pump | | Other chassis items | Aldan (Carson CA) coilovers in the rear, American chrome coilovers in front & a Chassis Engineering (West Branch, IA) front antiroll bar | | ENGINE | | Make | 2002 Ford Triton V-10 | | Displacement | 6.8L | | Machining / Assembly | Nissen's Hot Rod Garage (Williams, CA) | | Cooling fan | Cooling Components (Memphis, TN) | | Radiator | C&R custom aluminum, two pass | | Alternator | Ford 180-amp | | Valve covers | custom-fabricated Nissen's | | Manifold / Induction | modified original | | Ignition / Wires | Ford | | Headers | Ford Motorsports modified | | Exhaust / Mufflers | custom 2 1/2" system Brite Hot coated / Flowmaster | | Other engine facts | custom-built plenum & runners, modified intake manifold by Nissen's | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | Ford 4R100 | | Shifter | modified Lokar Performance Products (Knoxville, TN) | | Trans mods | Power Train Control Solutions, TCU modified | | Driveshaft | Inland Empire Driveline (Ontario, CA) polished aluminum | | BODY | | Body style / Material | original steel four-door sedan | | Body manufacturer | Studebaker | | Body mods | top removed, body reinforced, handcrafted, fully operative convertible top. Dual-cowl fabricated w/ second operational dash, front fenders re-edged, front & rear fenders lowered to align with body, rear fenders re-shaped w/ handmade skirts, trunk area welded into body, full sheetmetal interior fabricated | | Hood | 4-piece modified for engine clearances | | Grille | modified original with 1/8x3/8 stainless steel vertical bars | | Bodywork | Lonnie's Auto Body (Medford, OR) | | Paint type / Color | DuPont Hot Hues Raizin Cain (body) / Coffee Tan powdercoat (undercarriage) | | Painter | Lonnie Tuley | | Graphics | photo transfer to vinyl for caning effect, Don Tippet | | Headlights / Taillights | Auburn housings grafted to 1936 Ford lenses & dropped into fenders / originals, repositioned & converted to LED | | Outside mirrors | 1947 Packard | | Bumpers | handmade at Nissen's | | Other body items | quilted maple dash crowns by Rick Mack, power windows throughout including rear cowl privacy glass, 1940 Packard dual side-mount spares, spare & jack on driver side & passenger stowage on right side, running boards re-vulcanized to original & trimmed w/ 1956 Mercury stainless rocker trim, chromed, hand-fabbed brass fuel filler & side trim, Austin Healy truck latch | | INTERIOR | | Dashboard | restored 1934 Studebaker by Don Tippit | | Insert / Gauges | original gauges restored by Classic Instruments (Boyne City, MI) front & rear speedometers | | Stereo / Speakers | Secret Audio system with 10-disc hanger, JL Audio E4300 amplifier & Diamond D651As & D661As speakers | | Air conditioning | Vintage Air (San Antonio, TX) Super Cool Gen II | | Wiring | American Autowire RT22 | | Steering wheel | Juliano's (Vernon, CT), 15" custom-dish '37 banjo | | Steering column | custom Tri-C Engineering aluminum column w/ LimeWorks (Whittier, CA) drop | | Interior mirror | Colorado Custom (Ft. Collins, CO) oval w/ handcrafted bracket | | Seats | fabricated aluminum inserts w/ custom console | | Upholsterer | Sanford's Custom Upholstery, interior & top | | Material / Color | distressed leather seats / Russet over Irish Cream top is Sonnerland Flash Tan | | Carpet | beige wool cutpile | | Seatbelts | Juliano's | | Other interior items | A & B pillars custom CNC-milled from patterns generated at Nissen's, LizardSkin sound deadening & heat-blocker ceramic insulation, Pastech DuVall windshield, all glass custom laminated & tempered "light bronze" by Sal Munoz at Rainbow Sales, interior lighting, ovals & teardrops from Smart Parts, front & rear quilted maple dash crowns by Northlander, Rick Mack, the woodie man |
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