1929 studebaker house car photos. The conversion was done in omaha nebraska. 1929 studebaker house car offered for auction 1821506 hemmings motor news stay safe and healthy. Studebaker house car 1929 337 cid l head inline eight cylinder engine stromberg two barrel carburetor 114 bhp at 3200 rpm fuller four speed manual transmission solid front axle with semi elliptic leaf springs and gruss air spring auxiliary dampers semi floating rear axle with semi elliptic leaf springs dual rear wheels four wheel mechanical brakes.
This was in the car corral. Greg what information can you give on a 1929 studebaker house car. It was a one off order and built by advance auto body works in los angeles.
It is shown here in 2016 in its un restored condition. Fittingly somebody long ago tattooed the phrase on the side of an incredibly well equipped and preserved 1929 studebaker house car complete with toilet bathtub and the kitchen sink. In 1976 a similar 1929 studebaker house car was auctioned in lohrville iowa.
This 1929 studebaker house car could well be the first ever fully self contained motor home ever built. The original engine is overhauled and comes with the automobile. Bodies were provided by a number of outside suppliers and could be ordered through studebaker or directly from the coachbuilders.
During 1925 studebaker entered the commercial vehicle market with a stretched big six chassis and a choice of 158 and 184 inch wheelbase lengths. From what ive been told and seen there were 200 of them. I never really knew that there was such a vehicle ever built.
He used the house car while vacationing across the us. 1929 studebaker black and silver. It runs and drives fine.
It is a 1929 studebaker house car. Studebaker house car 1929. A pinto engine and transmission are installed in the car at the moment to make it more reliable and easier to drive.
This studebaker is believed to be one of al capones fleet. The owner paul lauver told me he had purchased a new long wheelbase studebaker sedan but lost the original body due to an electrical fire.