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Steven Munts
Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2002 - 12:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I recently acquired a 1928 6 cylinder Studebaker engine with a marine exhaust manifold. The engine was stored for many years in a basenemt in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. This engine is reportedly a spare engine for a wooden boat of some type.

I am searching for information on the use of Studebaker car engines as inboard power plants.

I also need price information on the value of such engines. I realize that price depends on condition, restored or unrestored, etc. But even a ball-park range would be helpful.
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Bruce
Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 08:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Seems I read somwhere that the graymarine 6-90 model is based on the Studebaker"6". Your engine is probably worth more to a Studebaker car collector than a boat restorer.
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joem
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Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 05:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What's a Champion 6 cyl engine worth, that's still in the crate? It was rebuilt and crated in 1958. It has a new carb on it.
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ldobbins
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Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 12:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey Joem,

Can you give us some more information and detail about this Champion 6 cylinder engine? Maybe some pictures?

Cheers,

Lew
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gary hallgren
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Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 03:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Stude marine engines are very rare. I tracked down a V-8 "marine engine" in PA a few years ago but It was home-modified. I have seen info there was a brief period in the 50's when Studebakers were converted by an outfit in Michigan. I surmise there was a 225 cid class in marine racing that was populated by Graymarine and Chrysler flathead sixes. The early 1955 Studebaker 224 V8 would have suddenly dominated this class. Naturally, the 225 class then got bumped to something that would accomodate the Chevy 265 and presto, no need for Studebaker's high-revving, tough little V8.
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ldobbins
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Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 11:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Greetings and happy holidays fellow motor heads!

The hull card for one of my boats calls out that it was delivered from the Algonac factory with a Studebaker 6 cylinder engine. This is for a 1929 Chris Craft Model 3, 24' triple cockpit runabout with a ship date of July 3rd, 1929. The hull card does not say anything else about the engine other than it had Delco Ignition and a Delco fuel pump. No HP or model were stated. I do not have this engine unfortunately.

Many people in the Chris Craft community have been very surprised by this as well.


Cheers,

Lew "The West Coast Sterling Guy"
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caribneptune
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Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 06:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Contact http://www.StudebakerDriversClub.com.
Somebody in this organisation knows about these engines or they will post your question. Maybe publish an article on this topic in their monthly magazine.

regards, John Manders
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terrence
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Posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 11:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I am working on a history of the Saint Paul Yacht Club (until 1934 it was the Saint Paul Motor Boat Club),founded in 1912. I would like to know what kinds of small engines were used for houseboats, cruisers and other pleasure craft on the Mississippi at Saint Paul from, say, 1900 to 1910 or so. We hope to have a book ready to celebrate our centennial.
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ldobbins
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Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 02:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Greetings Terrence,

1928 and 1929 are the earliest I have seen any record of Studebaker being used for marine applications. As stated in an above post, they are quite rare in the marine world.

As I am still trying to do research on the original type and size of engine for one of my boats (the 1929 Chris listed above), anything you find would be of interest to me.

Good luck and cheers,

Lew "The west Coast Sterling guy"
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Damien Mckinna
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Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 10:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi
I have a 259 Studebaker boat motor. It has full marinised exhaust with Studebaker inprints. I built and worked the motor 20yrs ago and it hasn't been run since. it comes in a old clinker ski boat with trailer. Any idea what it would be worth?
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richarddurgee
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Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 09:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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robert
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Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 05:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Only $1100.00? In 1927 you could probably buy a couple of federal politicians for $1100.00!

http://www.jitterbuzz.com/costs.html

Of course if you were fitting out a new rum runner, what's a few bucks more or less?!
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jb_castagnos
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Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 06:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The inflation calculator shows it would be $15,324.63 today.

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