No tags yet.
It was two months after finding the car and I still didn’t have a good understanding of the best way to proceed with the recovery let alone the “restoration”. I wanted to see the car back in its original condition but how much of the car was going to be saved in the process? It was obvious the chassis was a complete loss due to a hack job of a previous hot-rodding attempt and the fact that the car sat in a wooded area since the mid-1960s. I’m still working on a theory of how and when the car ended up in such a remote site.
The primary goal for 2014 was to get the car out of the woods. I wanted to ensure it wouldn’t incur any further damage from sitting with the frame deep in the soil. I went back out to the site on June 27, 2014 to take a few pictures and to figure out a way to get the car home.
It was clear when I arrived that the car either had to be towed out in the early spring or late fall. During the summer, the field was planted with corn which eliminated the path I would use to get the car out. I parked my truck at the entrance of the field and trudged through the corn to get to the car. The car had weeds growing around, on, through, and inside of it. It looked like a giant Chia pet. I took some pictures, grabbed some parts from the car, and called it a day.
I would go out to the car one more time before the year ended. Would that be the time the car finally left the woods?
Parts for this Studebaker are surprisingly plentiful and rather inexpensive. Many components are still manufactured to include sheet metal, door panels, wiring harnesses, brightware, etc. These are some of the reasons why I think it is feasible to bring the car back to life. I also like a good challenge.
It is still too cold here to work on the car so I’ll continue to tell the back story. Thanks for reading and have a great week.
