Choosing a Cam: Passing the Learning Curve Kristin Cline April 1, 2016 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Automotive, Car Projects, Garage DIY, learning about cars Amongst us gearheads, there’s a lot of good knowledge and there’s a lot of misinformation. When it comes to changing your cam, or really making...
Shifting Gears: How to Install a Cable-Operated Floor Shifter Kristin Cline August 4, 2015 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, how to You've done all the planning and you're 100% ready, so how to install a cable-operated floor shifter? Let's get to it! Ready?!? Let's get...
Prepping to Install a Cable-Operated Floor Shifter Kristin Cline July 27, 2015 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, how to 4 Comments I've already gone over my reasons for choosing to install a Lokar cable-operated floor shifter for my automatic 700R4 transmission, so now prepare...
Studie’s First Drive Kristin Cline July 9, 2015 Adventures, Diary 6 Comments You all may have given up on me and my #OperationStude project by now. Six months has turned into a year and a half to complete this segment of...
Making A Shift | Moving On From a Column Shifter Kristin Cline October 27, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, learning about cars 2 Comments Why the Switch? When Studebaker got on the road way-back-when (7 years!), I'd insisted on making the original column shifter work. Being that it...
Houston, We Have A Problem Kristin Cline August 18, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, learning about cars 8 Comments While you've all been waiting for the epic conclusion of the Studebaker rebuild...so have I! With Speedweek and busy schedules, there wasn't much...
Working Out the Gremlins: Getting Past the Small Engine Rebuild Problems Kristin Cline July 30, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Engine, learning about cars 4 Comments Anytime major mechanical work is done, expect there to be some "gremlins" to work out before the job can actually be called "done." These small...
Fire it Up! Studie’s Engine Rebuild First Start Kristin Cline July 3, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Diary Although it was only last week when I posted that I'd dropped the engine back in my '55 Studebaker, that happened awhile back...I'm behind in my...
It’s About Time… Engine Install, Finally! Kristin Cline June 27, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY 5 Comments Rounding that corner to where my car is actually being put together again seems a little bit like turning that last curve of a race, when it's the...
How to Paint Headers & Other Final Tasks Kristin Cline June 12, 2014 Garage DIY, how to 2 Comments Finally, the last thing on my engine rebuild before putting it back into Stude - at times it seemed like I'd never get here! With Studie's Small...