Vehicle Description
A 1953 Studebaker with a 354ci HEMI engine that was built by HEMI
guru, Gene Adams. Adams built the HEMI to be streetable and to run
on pump gas. The engine is equipped with Egge pistons, Cox pulley
drives, Vertex magneto, billet valve covers, billet ignition wire
covers, Engle cam, 2.062" intake valves, 1.800" exhaust valves and
twin AFBs. Additionally, the block and the heads were polished.
Upon reassembly, the heads and block were coated in DuPont Silver
Star Metallic and clear coated. Then, using a Hays flywheel and
Lakewood bellhousing, it was coupled to a BorgWarner 4-speed manual
transmission delivering power to a 9" Ford rear end. The suspension
features a Fat Man front clip with rack & pinion steering, disc
brakes and Carrera coilovers. Engine exhaust is handled by a
Sanderson HEMI Hugger system. During the build the stock Studebaker
pot metal grille bars were replaced by custom-fabricated billet
grille bars, the turn signals were relocated to the headlights, the
glass was replaced and shows as NOS material, the stock gas tank
was replaced with a 10-gallon tank and then trunk-mounted, and the
dash was replaced with one from a 1956 Hawk.
