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Manifold depressions

1937 STUDEBAKER DICTATOR COUPE

DELWYN MALLETT

BACK IN  200, I wrote that uneven firing on my ‘rat rod’ Studebaker’s straight-six had left me scratching my head about the cause. The car was street legal other than in the lighting department, so figured I’d replace the time-ravaged wiring and get indicators fitted (a waved arm has little significance to today’s road users!), then give it a run to see if the firing problem cleared itself.

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