first oil change and tire pressures?

[crazyjoe]

quote:Originally posted by SteelBlueGT

About 40 years of engineering progress[:I]

I'm not sure what you're saying here SteelBlue? Are you saying in the intervening 40 years we've made cars that are LESS tolerant of regular motor oil? Is that why we're able to offer 100,000 mile warranties on vehicles if you follow the mfr's recommended oil change interval with plain old dino oil?

Dino oil is just fine for vehicles, even turbocharged ones. Especially those which have turbos which are both oil and water-cooled. IF you want to use synthetic oil, be intelligent about it. It's proced higher because it costs more to make, and does a better job of protecting your engine, and LASTS LONGER without breaking down.

[Sas]

quote:Originally posted by coolvanillagt

Sas, I'd trade my new 05 GT for that Avanti, paxton and all. Hey, I thought N/A meant not applicable at first. Shoot, I am 'N/A" after eating good mexican food. []

Sorry to take so long to reply but hurricane Katrina has left us without power for the last seven and a half days.

I sure I wish I had that 'ol Stude back! That thing was a screaming mimi! Only problem was, if you had the Pacton, you couldn't have air conditioning! Heh, heh, back then when I was 23 years old, I had the need for speeeeed! Did you know that was the first American production to break 200 mph at Bonneville? 201 mph in 1963! When the unions went on strike back in '62, Chevrolet was the only US manufacturer making fiberglas bodies. The company that made the fiberglas bodies for the Corvette was also scheduled to make the body for the Avanti in early '63 for the first Avantis. The engineers at Studebaker had time to perfect the molds to what some have described as the best fiberglas bodies produced by a major American car manufacturer. The Avanti, just like the Corvette, was a limited production car each year. Unfortunately, Studebaker quit making cars in South Bend, Indiana in 1965 and the last year of existence, 1966, the cars were made in Canada. Interesting to note that the '65 -'66 Studes were manufactured with Chevy 283 V8's and the six cylinders were Chevy stovebolts.

[coolvanillagt]

quote:Originally posted by Sas

Sorry to take so long to reply but hurricane Katrina has left us without power for the last seven and a half days.

I sure I wish I had that 'ol Stude back! That thing was a screaming mimi! Only problem was, if you had the Pacton, you couldn't have air conditioning! Heh, heh, back then when I was 23 years old, I had the need for speeeeed! Did you know that was the first American production to break 200 mph at Bonneville? 201 mph in 1963! When the unions went on strike back in '62, Chevrolet was the only US manufacturer making fiberglas bodies. The company that made the fiberglas bodies for the Corvette was also scheduled to make the body for the Avanti in early '63 for the first Avantis. The engineers at Studebaker had time to perfect the molds to what some have described as the best fiberglas bodies produced by a major American car manufacturer. The Avanti, just like the Corvette, was a limited production car each year. Unfortunately, Studebaker quit making cars in South Bend, Indiana in 1965 and the last year of existence, 1966, the cars were made in Canada. Interesting to note that the '65 -'66 Studes were manufactured with Chevy 283 V8's and the six cylinders were Chevy stovebolts.

They were ahead of their time for decades. I recall Hawk coupes for sale in the 2-300 dollar range(circa 1969), Lark sedans for less. Going begging...people didn't want them....riding in my great uncles 49? coupe...laughing about which was the front end. Good cars. Hope you are getting back to normal.

[Sas]

"...Hope you are getting back to normal...."

Thanks for the wishes, Old Fart! As far as normal goes, we'll have to recreate a normal condition because I'm afraid "normal" is behind us now. But we're doing ok.

I know the rest of the readers will probably say 'enough of this Studebaker stuff!' but I gotta tell ya one more story. My dad had a '48 Starlite coupe, not the bullet nose; that came later. I learned to drive using that car, an inline six, 3 on the column with O.D. and the very worthwhile Hill Holder feature. If you were on an incline, place the car in first gear, depress the clutch pedal, tap the brake pedal and as long as the clutch pedal was depressed, the car would remain motionless. Let out on the clutch and you were on your way again! When it came time for me to get my first car, it was the 1953 Raymond Loewy Studebaker Starlite Coupe, better known as the Loew Boy, described by the press inaccurately as the "Low Boy" although Low Boy was a very apt description! I got that car in 1957 at the tender age of 16 and went on my honemoon it it in 1962. It was replaced later with the '64 Avanti. If I could have either car back, it would by my Loew Boy. I'm still a Studebaker fan!