Unearthing the 1955 Studebaker Stiletto to Start Restoration 

For those who want to follow along for some updates from Steve Cowdin, you can check out the page he has on his website about the Studebaker Stiletto. We're hoping to have more video content in the future as well once he really starts digging into it! www.granthamstardust.com/1955-Studebaker-Stiletto/

Hope to see the Studi restored to one of those renderings, or combination of both. These Old beasts are Very Cool when brought back to life.👍🏁🇺🇲

What a time - when these glorious concept cars could be dreamed up and fabricated in dreamers' garages, and not just in corporate studios.

That tire blowout is one of the best reality show scenes ever! So real and so relatable!

Really impressed with the work ethic of the young man. I had the opportunity to meet and talk to Glen at Pebble Beach Concours when we both had Mercurys entered in 2015.... a real gentleman

I like the gold version the best. Can't wait to see some future video on the progress.

Studebaker is stunning.

I love Studebakers. In fact, my great-grandfathers used to work in the original factory in South Bend, Indiana. It makes me want to get one, to follow my family's footsteps.

So hard to look beyond that tangled mess and see anything worth saving. So glad we have folk like this.

Beautiful shape ...... 😍 Looking forward to the transformation 😊

Heck if a find, one of a couple thousand, and I’m glad it will be restored, even though it looks like the termites have quit holding hands.

This car is beautiful and restored will be something else.i am an desendentt of clement Stuabaker

I had the pleasure to drive some of these cars back in the 50's After I just got my license. Always thought they were ahead of their time back then. When I bought my first ar they were basically gone from the scene in 1962.

I don't think I ever saw one of those. It must have been 1 cool car back in the day. Hope to see the finished product.

That is a beautiful car finished and I never heard of it. Wow neat find.

Good luck with it, guys.

I like Studebakers,I have a 61 Hawk which I drive daily.As you guys work to restore this custom I'll be following.

It's really cool that you find these piece machines and give them a second long life.

I have the very same tail lights. Those are from a '58 dodge pick-up or passenger car. I installed them on my 2007 Dodge Dakota, they look amazing !

New subscriber here from Australia and still remember the Studebaker and the push button valiant. Been awhile doe.

I love the work your doing ❤keep up the amazing work because I myself love all those cool motorama cars

Looking for a 1941 Pontiac coupe, thanks again for your time and work with the channel.😊

You have to love cars and understand this vehicle is one-on-one it is beautiful. Time in life when the only limit was your imagination

Nice find, pretty car. 👍

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Holy crap Mike! You didnt move a minute too soon!

Cannot wait to see the end result. Running or not. Subbed.

Undoubtedly, definitely, you have unearthed a gold mine.

good show😎👍

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Now thats a great looking car

It’s a cool find. And no doubt it’s rare. Definitely deserves to be restored. It’s interesting the way an Edsel is interesting. I wouldn’t call it a pretty car. There’s some major proportion problems with it. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I even looked at pictures of the car online an artist rendering. Just to be sure I wasn’t missing something in its derelict state.

Nice car 👍👍

Nice video, but you should regulate the audio volume so that when music starts, one has not to turn the volume down

Looks so awesome with hard top on

That Studebaker Stiletto needs a pair of speedster humps. 👨🏻‍🔧

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Cool cars

Studebaker had some really unique cars. I know the only Stude parts are the frame. But still it could have been a good combination of fiberglass and a Studebaker chassis

Now THIS is exciting! :-)

Trompin' through th' poas'n ah-vrih n' raz-berreez. Could be a helluva a scratchin' rash.

Now THAT is a COOL Stude! Just watching this one now.....New here. Now, am I the only one that noticed, near the beginning of the video, at about 2:50....something very quickly crawling up the tree, stopping, then running out of camera up the tree? I say spider... Got the heebie jeebies now! 🤣 Back to the video....

i have never seen this car before...crazy

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Just like State workers on a road crew. One guy does all the work while the others watch.

That’s a rough car. Hope he’s can fix it because I reckon it would look awesome finished good luck

Great!

Cool body,batman car stijl!!!!

The Stiletto is a gorgeous car, and one of a kind! I like the conceptual renderings of the car better than what it is now. I hope Steve redoes the existing '59 Cad taillights with more of a Stude look, as in the drawings. I wonder if Steve will install a hot Stude V8?

Odd; in speaking with a past Studebaker club President, no material of any kind has ever been unearthed on this concept car. No one's heard of it, and the factory never photographed any such car. I have to believe people have their information mixed up on this. Word is, a customizer of the day made this, but it got little to no publicity.

The best line on that car ... the windshield surround. Maybe a bright orange would make it pop. Good luck... THAT fiberglass ... looks like it's only good for a pattern 😅An unfinished rod I know of has an exhaust surround in stainless that says INSINKERATOR👍

I'm subscribing this is cool,I believe the Studebaker Stilletto is going to turn out really nice. I've always wanted to see a car builder do a Tucker Torpedo Concept with some Suttle changes. Also like the Studebaker Champion done in a restomod.

Kool cars….subscribing

Ух ты прелесть то какая! Очень сильно хочется поработать в таком проекте.

I don't understand how you can still let these cars go from bad to worse

,,,,,wow......this guy had the heart to save them,,,....almost every car here,,,I have never seen before,maybe in a magazine,,....holy cats...land o' lakes,wi..

I would like to see the restoration on this one.

Looks really nice in some ways a bit crappy in others but I'll be delighted to see the end result.

It's a funny thing that this google laptop will not let me sign in under a youtube account that I've had for a couple of decades. I enjoy your channel so much, you have two subscriptions in one now.

Very Cool!! Can't wait to see what happens next!

Any update on this car? Looks amazing and I found nothing about it on youtube

Passing along a tip. When you've got a car that's buried. It helps if you take along some 2x4- 2x6 scraps to put under the wheels when you jack it up. A lot less digging!

I would have liked to see more of the Kaiser.

LOve the 1958 Dodge Coronet/Royal Tail lights

I would like to see the aftermath after it's done while it's being done like to see more about the Stiletto always did like Studebakers.

I just found your channel and immediately subscribed. I've always been a car guy and thought that I was fairly well informed, but I looked at your homepage and I am only familiar with one car, the Woodill, and that's only because one was featured on a car TV show a few years ago. The Stiletto drawings look fantastic, especially the red version. Are you going to keep the drive train and suspension original or mordenize them? A supercharged V6 would make it into a little rocket. I'll be anxiously awaiting to see your progress. I've always been a fan of Studebaker, and am disappointed that their styling was not more popular. The '53 Starliner and the Avanti, in my opinion, are absolutely gorgeous examples of automotive styling. Stay well and good luck.

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Your neighbors must love that…

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Let’s see if we can start this car today!…

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The cause for excitement was the reason most of these clasics died. They just didn't appeal to many folks so they withered away till the time was right. Guys like Borrix and Gene were great in their time, and I am not sure about both of them but Gene for sure is still building cars at close to or maybe over a hundred years of age. This is not a seven day Chip Foose build, but in fact, he too is quite famous

De auto voor Movie film"s gebruiken!!!!!!!

I.had a tire go off like that like 10 minutes after dragging a 450sl up onto my trailer to move my entire shop full of vintage Mercedes. Scared the crap out of us.

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That's a 37 LaSalle grille on that custom Studebaker I have one for sale if that one is not reusable lmk tks Frenchee 🤙🍷😎

I HAVE THE SAME VARY INSPIRED BY THE VIDEOS MY TWO Treasures 1985 jaguar xjs brought down the basics and a 1974 MG mgb Roadster

That looks like Florida sand hes digging up !

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It looks like it has a LaSalle grille and I think the windshield frame is the rear window section from a 51 Mercury

When I first saw It I thought of George Barris.

Where is place got this? Seen car I like

Subbed!

Fiber glass body, 1958 Dodge Coronet tail lights, and 1938 LaSalle front grill?

What’s parked next to it?

Probably 🤔 so. Had to look anyway 😕 though 😊

I prefer the original front end, with the angled bracing, it's very distinctive. The horizontal renderings look too conventional.

All the wheels were free......awesome dosent happen much..

Well that's a first for me, never seen a guy use a floor jack so many times on 1 car in 15 mins. And can anyone tell me how many cars passed in front of his house while unloading?

what is that 1955 Studebaker doing today, is it fully restaured yet ? the classic cars are a nations history, how people let that rot away is to sad.

Did you know, that the song was starting at 27:42 is a remake of a Hungarian traditional folk song? The song's title: "A csitári hegyek alatt" (Under the mountains of Csitar) hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_csit%C3%A1ri_hegyek_alatt ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eBbXrr1bTEs.html

Have you guys tried to get a fork lift and raise it up to get It out of there just slide the forks under neath and out it comes .

Did anyone check to see if it is in gear or if automatic maybe in park?!!!!!!

So what exactly do you plan on saving.... What's left?

You need a snatch block.

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