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1601 - TJR Eight Touring Sedan #1601

Model Information
YEAR:
1938
SERIES:
16th
BODY STYLE:
1601
MODEL:
1601
MODEL NAME:
TJR Eight Touring Sedan
VIN NUMBER:
TJR79656-77
THEFT NUMBER:
*MISSING*
OTHER ID NUMBERS:
*MISSING*
General Information
STATUS:
Current Owner
STATUS DATE:
ACQUIRED WHERE:
Canberra , Australia
ACQUIRED DATE:
ACQUIRED CONDITION:
Scrap
OWNER:
Peter Packard
OWNED LOCATION:
Canberra, Australia
OWNED CONDITION:
Good
ORG DEALERSHIP:
DELIVERED DATE:
Interior Information Exterior Information
INTERIOR CODE:
PAINT CODE:
PAINT NAME:
INTERIOR DESCRIPTION:
Original interior very non existent, retrimmed in cream leather to replicate original 38 TJR bodied SIX that I have.
EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION:
This must have been a rust bucket in 1945 - it was so full of lead and rust ( possibly used as a film extra in a "drive off the cliff into the sea" Serial. Repainted in sombre colours. It's a nice car to drive.
Drivetrain Information
ENGINE:
1954, 327 , Souped Up A Fair Bit
ENGINE SERIAL:
*MISSING*
TRANSMISSION:
R6 OD
Other Information
OPTIONAL EQUIPTMENT:
Australian body (T J Richards)
VEHICLE HISTORY/
PROJECT STATUS:
Goes very well, keeps u
easily with modern traffic, keeping in mind the drum brakes, please note that the door handles are in line with the belt and the windscreen is a 46 not 38 slope. The (not guards and bonnet) was identical to a 1938 Studebaker President Eight in Australia and New Zealand. Possibly 1 bodies survive. Some parts un-obtaininium.
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