Jim Turner of Turner Brake has the disc brake conversions available for the studebakers. Front and back. He also has dual master cylinder conversions. I used MP Brakes booster/master on mine and installed it in front of the drivers side toe board. It will be completely out of site and covered by a stock bolt in splash pan to protect it from road debris. You can check out how I mounted it in Members gallery. I have posted a few pics of how I installed it.

The front suspension stock on the stude is actually very good and new parts are readily available. Also, a rear steer Grand Am rack and pionion adapts to them very well. The stude rear axles are also very good and many already have a Posi unit in them.

The studebaker engines where all high nichol content blocks, including the 6 cylinders. They also all have forged steed cranks right out of the factory. Ted Harbit has campaigned a punched out Studebaker for over 30 years running twin superchargers, and it is still on the strip. I believe his best pass was a 10.3 quarter at 132mph. This is in a 50 Studebaker starlite cpe.

He also has a Studebaker lark, twin chargers of course, that I believe he is running this next week or so at the pure stock drags. He will be match racing a Yenko chevy. Ted won the last round.

I don't believe your son can go wrong with the Conestoga. It is a very desirable model.


Dean

Oh, forgot to mention, the hard core studebaker guys call the chevy block a soft block, lol.