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Shortly after I chatted this guy up, he pumped up the rear and took off, presumably to cruise Central Ave in ABQ, aka Route 66. He had been parked in an alley over near the university campus and it was hard to get a pic without someone else walking up to admire his ride.
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I was doing a little cleaning under the hood, and found what I call a "mystery hose". Coming from the firewall, driver's side, lower elevation than the brake booster. It has a small diameter, and isn't connected to anything - but I don't know if it should be. I have noticed it before, but never noticed it wasn't connected. I have a theory that it is an air intake for the foot operated pump for the wash/wipe feature, but I am not sure.
Someone suggested it could be the oil pressure sensor hose - I don't recall the gauge reading oddly, and I keep an eye on it. I probably won't get to the car again for at least a week, I'll check that out first.
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My Rambler-owning friend mentioned tonight that he had seen a Marlin locally in a person's garage a while ago, same fellow has owned it since 1971 or so, hasn't been on the road since the early '90s. White over black, a '65 he thought. We agreed that a restoration would have to be done for personal/sentimental reasons because you would never get your money out of it.
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Here are some interesting comments from WIKI:
"Vincent Geraci (who became chief of product design and product identity at Chrysler after AMC's buyout), viewed the Marlin as "an exciting program ... We took a 1965 body design and turned it into a sportier version. But enlarging the car from its original concept [the Tarpon] and raising the roof produced an adverse effect on overall appearance."
Bob Nixon (who after AMC's buyout in 1987 became Jeep's design chief at Chrysler) dismissed the project as an "ugly embarrassment" and said that the assignment to create a sporty fastback on the Classic platform was "like trying to build a Corvette on a Buick sedan body. It just doesn't work."
I'd be blowing back into the car. The end is open, but I don't know if I want that in my mouth.
The only Marlin I'd consider is a '67 for the better-proportions (MHO only) and uber-low-production.
Years later, I did wish I'd have had the restorer take it further--but he did an excellent job within my requirements up-front.
Just found this pic of it online--not a great work of photography here, but a rare open hood/open trunk pic at my hometown car show in 2009. I like how the tinted glass in all windows, is visible here.
http://s253.photobucket.com/user/newshooter44/media/DSC_0062.jpg.html
A couple Stude buddies of mine rode me about how they thought these 195-75-15 radials looked small on the car, but they were the closest to the size the car was built with (which were Firestone 500's; can't recall the size off the top of my head). I was told they were probably also the safest size to use on the old Studebaker wheel.
And the chrome looks great!
The '62 and '63's really did have a couple Mercedes 'bends', as the Eagles would say.
I think if I buy another one ever, I'll look for a '64, which is a boxier-looking car.
I've been hearing more stories lately of the tapered rear axle breaking on some guys' Studes. Guess I'd have to bite the bullet and get the flanged axle conversion that a guy in the club sells....or buy a late '65 or '66, which had flanged from the factory. Truth be told, I like South Bend Studes better than Canadian ones and would rather have the Stude V8, even though I did already own a '66 with a 283 from the factory.
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'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
If it was a 283, and it wasn't a Pebble Beach concours car, then $40K was fair enough an offer. What with inflation and cost of upkeep for 5 years, holding out for $5K more doesn't make all that much sense.
Yeah, '58 Impala prices are quite stagnant these last few years. I suspect the thrill is gone.
I'd say ab348's friend's comments are probably on-the-mark. Look at how most folks aren't interested in Model T's and A's anymore.
Where I live, our regional Packard Club just folded after many years. It makes us wonder where our Stude club will be in ten or so years. We did lean younger than those guys--but not by a ton.
The talk among us is that there'll be a number of Studes available for sale in the next ten years--if you catch my drift.
Right now, 1946-54 cars are fading fast...but people will still buy them if they are cheap enough. "Project cars" from that era will be hit the hardest I think
I think it's the old, "People want what they remember from their youth" thing. That's what it's mostly been for me.
Model As are great fun to own and there's probably still a 1/4 million of them on the road.
A college friend's father had bought an "A" probably 20 years ago. It's a finished, nice-looking, running four-door sedan. He died a decade or so ago in his late 70's. His son-in-law has tried to sell the car, but without much luck. I don't know how hard he's really tried though. It's sitting in his large basement garage.
My brother-in-law with the '48 Studebaker Champion convertible also has a '22 Model T coupe that looks real nice, but I've known my brother-in-law for ten or so years and I've never known him to even move it. He's 74 in a couple months.
The '48 Champ convertible is fairly rare, just over 16,000 made. But not a great 2016 highway car.
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