Well I picked up my new conversion project on Sunday. When friend's wife saw it she said "it's Mater!" The truck is a 1952 Studebaker 2-ton cab and chassis. The truck has a Ford (352 i think) in it right now, with a 4 speed tranny and a 2 speed rear axle. I was thinking of converting it to 4x4 with a d70 and d60 that I already have. Please give you input and I will try to get some pics up soon.

 

sound like a neat idea, can't wait for the pics
Justin

 

sounds cool, my first rig was a 1949 Studebaker 3/4 ton with an 8 foot narrow box, bud split rims, 5.8? gears, 4 speed no-sincro-crach-box tranny, and champion engine. Toasted a few ex. valves trying to go 50 mph. Gotta love the C-cabs. Good luck!

 

Sorry, no pictures just yet. I will post soon. I have a new question though. This truck has some pretty big tires (8.50x20) with 20 inch rims (5 lug) If I swapped to the d70/d60 setup so you think 19.5s would look best or are there other options that will keep it from looking too goofy?

 

22.5s!!!! they would look pretty sweet on that ride

 

DUDE!!! That is so cool. I thought that would be an awsome conversion myself. The bigger studies are getting very hard to find. My other ideal conversion would to be the late 70's model Dodge D-5,6,and 700 medium duty trucks. I have located a D-500 real close to my house that is very clean with a flatbed on it. My problem is i don't have a shop to work in. It would be difficult to do a project sitting out in the driveway. I have posted this site on here before but i will do it again due to it being a great tribute to our trucks. it's sweptline.com ,click on medium heavy duty trucks and read about these work horses. Then go to middle of page and check out olddodgetrucks.com ( a link ). The sponsor of this truck is a fellow named Kyle Youngblood. They just updated site. Good luck on the studie and take lots of pix if you do it. Augie Dog