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Studebaker Commander Eight Conestoga Regal (1955)
for sale

Price: US $8,000.00

Description:

I am putting my Studebaker up for sale because I am at retirement age and feel I can not afford to take the project to the next level of restoration. I have invested several thousand dollars in the last few years for parts and labor and have all the receipts which I will describe later. I have owned the car for over 30 years and it has been in dry storage since then. The car still has the original paint job on it. All glass is good except drivers side door window has a crack going across it but is solid and works fine. I buffed it out when we took it out of storage a couple of years ago. The original block was blown and we replaced it with another 259 Studebaker from a 1958 Commander that was running good but had a bad body. My mechanic replaced the motor gaskets and transmission seals and painted the engine. The clutch is all brand new with resurfaced flywheel, pressure plate, clutch plate and clutch release bearing. The car has overdrive and hill holder options. It is a Regal Conestoga which has the optional side chrome trim. All of the brake lines and metal fuel lines have been replaced and wheel and master cylinder on the brakes were rebuilt.New muffler and tailpipe. The car comes with an extra set of 259 heads, 12 volt starter, alternator and electric fuel pump that came with the 1958 Commander parts car should you want to convert it to 12 volt system. Also included would be a 1955 shop and owners manual and the original carb and intake manifold from the original motor. The only issue right now is that I am having a problem getting fuel to the engine. When I pour a little gas into the carb the engine starts right up but only runs for about 10 seconds till it runs out of gas. Not getting fuel to the plastic fuel filter between the fuel pump and the carb, New mechanical fuel pump but not pumping to the carb and the gas tank has a small seam leak if you fill the tank more than half full. The tank is still solid enough to be repaired. we had the tank off and flushed after sitting 30 years. Also have a drivers side floorboard to replace the original which has a hole in the middle of the floorboard above the master cyl. filler cap. the passenger floorboard should also need replacing in the future. Other than that the rest of the car is pretty solid for a 63 year old car and The car is very rare only a few thousand of the regal models were produced in 1955.The last picture of the 10 was when we first took the car out of 30 years storage and as you can see a slight rust around drivers side air vent on the front fender. Also the interior is all original, no holes or tears in front or rear seats. The odometer reads 11035.4 which must be 110350.4 miles on chassis? The engine we replaced it with had 59, 999 miles and was purchased on Ebay in 2012 item # 250999684920. You will probably never see another wagon such as the one pictured in the article at any car show no matter how big according to an article in April 2011 of Hemmings Motor News titled Rarely Seen Regal which states that the South Bend wagon entry was a Hershey highlight. Car to be sold as is. No returns and all sales are final. No international sales. Thanks for looking.
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