Ernie Nicholson’s Super Stude 1941 Studebaker coupe. This clean coupe shot in 1967 ran locally and competitively in and around Los Angeles. Nicholson, who owned Ernie’s Super Shell gas station in South Central LA and was one of the few African Americans in drag racing, ran a late model blown/injected 482 Hemi he and Tony Nancy built for the coupe, hooked to an Art Carr TorqueFlite automatic. Later the engine would see duty in his Flower Power AA/Gas Cuda. Nancy also upholstered the car, with Joe Anderson squirting the pearl blue paint, two big hitters helping to make this so nice. We love the nostrils tied into the nose of the Johnson Fiberglass tilt front end. The chassis and roll bar were all from Roy Fjastad’s SPE shop. We understand the Stude has been found and is being restored.
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