Stude project

[SickDesign]

Not sure if this is pro-touring worthy or not, but it is pretty close.

A little history: Back in the mid to late 50's in Long Beach there was a car club called the Cut0Outs. An original member Dick Gonzales owned a custom Studebaker. This car went through a few transormations over the years, but finally was done and dubbed the "Yellow Pearl". The car graced quite a few magazine covers and competed with the likes of George Barris and Gene Winfield. The car was painted by the now famous Larry Watson.

Years went by and he sold the car to a friend who lost the car in a garage fire. Fast forward to today. Last year Dick found another Stude in Arizona and had it shipped up here to Mass. He wants to re-create this car, wrapping the custom body around a brand new chassis/drivetrain. The only body mod different from the original will be a slight chop to add to the overall look of the car.

Original:


Here's a few pics of progess:






The top has been chopped, I just dont have a good pic of it yet. If this is interesting to others, I will continue to post pics of progess. Hoping to have it done for the 07 World of Wheels in Boston.

Build up pics:Build up

[race-rodz]

very cool...cars with history...or recreating history in this case, are always great to see.

[race-rodz]

btw.... "pro-touring" can be summed up like this:

"As long as it stops, steers and accelerates better than stock it is protouring,the rest is subjective."(Steve Chryssos)

so by goin with the new chassis and drivetrain.... the stude falls into the "pt" movement

[customcam]

love those cars
Killer customs are doing a stude also pt style
love the chassis also looks like AM

[SickDesign]

Originally Posted by customcam

love those cars
Killer customs are doing a stude also pt style
love the chassis also looks like AM

Yeah, Art Morrison did the chassis. Beautiful work too. The welds were almost to nice to grind smooth

[customcam]

what wheels u going to put on it?
look s awsome

[blacktopbutcher]

Quote::The top has been chopped, I just dont have a good pic of it yet. If this is interesting to others, I will continue to post pics of progess. Hoping to have it done for the 07 World of Wheels in Boston.Quote::

Here is a pic of the chop. I hopefully will be finishing it pretty soon. The roof is ruffed in and now all the detail work begins.

First pic is obviosly before the chop, I only took out 2" but that is what the owner wanted. The car has better lines now and flows well. Even though I only took out 2" it still was a nutty chop becuase I had to quater the roof. But it is only metal, and it can be cut and welded, and cut and welded.

Lighted last pic becuase it was to dark.

[SickDesign]

Originally Posted by blacktopbutcher

Quote::The top has been chopped, I just dont have a good pic of it yet. If this is interesting to others, I will continue to post pics of progess. Hoping to have it done for the 07 World of Wheels in Boston.Quote::

Here is a pic of the chop. I hopefully will be finishing it pretty soon. The roof is ruffed in and now all the detail work begins.

First pic is obviosly before the chop, I only took out 2" but that is what the owner wanted. The car has better lines now and flows well. Even though I only took out 2" it still was a nutty chop becuase I had to quater the roof. But it is only metal, and it can be cut and welded, and cut and welded.

Thanks for the pics Steve. You should(I should) take some better pics too. You did an awesome job on the chop, need to be able to show it off. Funny to see before and after side shots, you don't really notice the chop until you see it "before".