I remember back in the early '80's my dad and me were at the local K-mart store. One of the owners of the original Studebaker dealership in my hometown had a 1962 Gran Turismo Hawk. I asked dad if that was a new car, to which he replied, "No. That car is 20 years old." It looked that modern. Studebaker was way ahead of their time in styling. I think that 289 was a Studebaker engine. In December, 1963 the foundry that cast engine blocks was shut down in South Bend, Indiana. After that, Studebaker had to source engines from McKinnon Industries that was based on the small-block 283 Chevrolet engine. IIRC, Studebaker used Borg-Warner transmissions and went to Checker Motors that manufactured the Marathon and Taxicab to help with an adapter because they had just converted to the Chevrolet engine/Borg-Warner transmission combo. Engine sounds good. GREAT VIDEO!
Thanks for the kind words! And thanks for the great story. Yes, you are right on about the bellhousing that Studebaker used to attach the McKinnon engine to the BW tranny -- it was the same as Checker's. Not sure if Studebaker actually bought them from Checker, or went to Checker's supplier. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
I'll have to paint the box fan to match the car! 🙂🙂 Thank you for the kind words. It will still need some fine tuning, but was happy with the first runs.
Thanks for watching the video, and for commenting! What model Studebaker do you have? You are the Fredrick Winterburn that builds CDI system, right? I came across your site when I was searching for 6v CDI systems for possible use on my '54 Studebaker 4-door sedan that has a '64 259 transplanted into it, but is still 6v. Not many 6 volt CDI systems out there. I don't care for Pertronix systems because all they do is replace the points -- I've never had problems with points. This is a good reminder that I need to get back on the CDI project. Anyway,, thank you for watching!
