GREASY PRINTS A BI-XON'l'HLY PUBLICATION OF THE ORLANDO AREA STUDEBAKER·DRIVERS CLUB ESTABLISHED OCTOBER 15, 1983 CHARTERED JUlIE 19 1984 PRESIDENT - DBAR GBSSNBR P. O. Box 428, Yalaha 34797 VIa PRESIDBBr - JIll 1I0RGAlI 205 Carrigan Blvd., Merritt Island 32952 ACTIVITIBS DIRECTOR - lIAR2'Y BURNS 1415 W. Smith St., Orlando 32804 TREASURER - BILL COFFIELD 615 Hermits Trail, Altamonte Springs 32701 SBCRB7'ARr - PAUL J11lITB 32404 Okaloosa Trail, Sorrento 32776 lIB1IBBRSIlIP DIRECTOR/EDITOR - FRANK AIlBROGIO 31700 Wekiva River Road, Sorrento 32776 DEADLINE FOR ALL NEWSLETTER I!rBMS IS THE 25th (EVEH MOHTlfS) STATE MEET REVISITED A ~ook at: the meet: :trOlll a di:tEerent: perspect:ive With the old year behind us, I wanted to Anita that they were having a great time. touch on a few items concerning the last That, to me, is the whole reason for having state meet hosted by the OAe in Alachua. the meet. Desp~~ the rain on the day of the show, I We all find enjoyment in different ways. think we can safely say that the meet was a For me, it was seeing the enthusiasm Bill success. There are many ways to measure Kolar displayed all weekend. He won a first success. One measurement might be the amount place award for his outstanding 1957 Golden of money the chapter made. Others might be Hawk, but I know he would have gone home the n~er of cars or the number of people happy eyen if he hadn't won. Something I participating. I think we could measure its really hadn't noticed before was that Steve success by another yardstick. Kennedy's 1958 Commander 4 door was looking exceptionally good that day. The car. that At 'fhe 1995 SDC Int:ernat:ional in Dearborn, started the club is in good hands. I had the pleasure of meeting Paul & Wanda Wallace. Paul was just finishing up his duty Another example was meeting Mickey Prankas as SDC President. We had a rather lengthy who told me that the long inactive Sunshine conversation at the swap area where he and Chapter had been jump started. He gave me a Wanda were managing the SDC Club Store. copy of their latest newsletter and I am now exchanging copies with their editor Tom Our conversation turned to car meets and Cheesborough. Their newsletter is called Paul made a statement which uncovered a Rekabeduts. The name may be spelled latent opinion I've had ever since I got backwards but the chapter is going Avanti. into the old car hobby. His observation went something like this. I have always felt that even if the club lost a little money on the meet, it would be When you put on a meet or show, it doesn't money well spent. We spend club money on the have to "the best meet ever". It doesn't picnic and other events, so why should the even have to be "better than last year's state Meet have to be viewed as a fund meet". The only thing that matters is that raiser? it is a "good meet". A good meet, to me, is not measured in The last State Meet in Alachua was a good terms of quantity. It is measured in terms meet. There were several reasons. It was of quality. We could have had a good meet certainly affordable and this brought out with half the participants if the level of the cars and people. The extra trophy per enjoyment remained consistent. I hope the class gave some fringe players a chance to other chapters take note and adopt this experience the fun of going home with a nice position when their turn as host comes up. reminder of the meet. The hospitality room was buzzing with activity and the banquet Paul's words were echoing through my mind turneidout quite well. that entire weekend. As it turned out, he and Wanda attended our meet as they had done But the main reason it was a good meet is the previous year. I hope they went home because the meet was fun. Many first timers thinking that ours was a "good meet". returned to the registration table to tell GREASY PRINTS. NewlJlet.ter of the OrIllndo AnN Chllpter Pllfle f MEMBERSIllP DIRECTOR/EDITOR CHAPTBR QUIZ Bost, if not all., of the answers are Your 1998 OAC roster is located in this issue (cheating is not included with this issue. only encouraged, but probably necessary) As of this report, there D are 63 families registered. CHAPTER INFORMATION Changes should be reported 01­ Who is our.Vice.President? to me as soon as possible. 02. Who is our Treasurer? 03. Do any of our officers actually live in Orlando? . WELCOME TO: 04. How many officer (positions) do we have Kerry & Joyce Kreider of Floral City who joined us after the state meet. They have a on our Board? 05. When (what year) was our club 1956 Commander Parkview 2 door station established? Wagon. We would also like to say welco~e 06. What year did we receive our Studebaker back to Sid & Barge Hinchliff, Noah & Vers~e Dancy, Oscar Koberg and Russell Lane who Drivers Club charter? REGULAR BVENTS have all rejoined after an absence of 07. On which Sunday of the month do we have several years. our breakfasts? special congratulations are in order to 08. Do we meet for breakfast during the summer months? stephen & Kimberly Cade who tied the knot 09 Where do we have our last Sunday of the just prior to the state Meet. month breakfasts? The International meet held in South Bend 10. On which Saturday of the month do we last June will be featured on the By Classic have our meetings? 11. What is the date range that our Car TV series on TNN. The meet episode is currently scheduled for the 3rd weekend in meetings can be held (1-7, 8-14, 15-21, January. See Turning Wheels. or 22-31)? 12. Do we have meetings during the summer months? I was speaking with member Bill Hahn from 13. Where do we hold our regular membership Holly Hill a few weeks ago. He told me about meetings? a 1949 Pickup truck that a lady was selling. You can check out the ad in the want ads. He NEWSLETTER also suggested that perhaps our club should 14. How many pages are normally included in one newsletter? consider obtaining a booth at the Turkey Rod Run for ,next November. We could sell our own 15. Can Want Ads be submitted over the items ,'.and also promote the Studebaker phone? Drivers Club as well as our chapter. 16. What award did our newsletter receive for 1996? 17. I mentioned the Speedway Spectacufar, held What is the deadline date for sending in March which perhaps is something to items to the newsletter? consider ~lso. It sounds like something we 18. Is the deadline, for submitting items, should talk about at our next meeting. Does on even or odd months? anyone want to take charge of the project? 19. How many items have you contributed to this issue? (you might have to look This is the first issue of the. new year. forever for this one) 20. Due to the Holiday season, and depending on .Is our newsletter published monthly, last minute items, the usual 10 pages may be bi-monthly, or quarterly? reduced. As always, you are encouraged to 21. How much does it cost to submit an ad submit articles for the newsletter. I've for the newsletter? included the yearly calendar on the inside 22. Who, besides the editor, has back page so you will have a handy reference contributed to this issue? for our meeting and breakfast dates. MEMBERSHIP 23. Approximately, how many memberships are Through the years, I've been amazed at some in our chapter? of the questions that have been asked at our 24. Does the number of memberships indicate meetings or during other conversations. individuals or families? Since I've been around from the beginning, I SPECIAL BVENTS guess I take many things for granted as 25. How many times a year do we have our common knowledge. annual picnic? 26. How many times a year do we have our I thought you might find it interesting to annual Christmas dinner? GIMME see just what you know about the Orlan~o xx. How many questions were you able to Area Chapter. The following quiz ~s presented to test your knowledge of your answer without cheating? chapter. It is also a chance for new members Number of correct answers (wo/cheating): to get up to speed. I hope you will take the time and give it an honest effort. I'm sure 1-7 = Champion, 8-14 Dictator 15-20 = Commander, 21+ President the results will surprise you. = GREASY PRINTS; New6letter of the Odando Area Chapter PIII/. 2 ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR'S REPORT haven't located any but the ones listed below. Frankly, I have been otherwise By Marty Burns occupied recently. I Haven't heard from anyone either. Well, fellow Studeholics, the '97 year is history. Feb. 19-20 ZEPHYRHILLS 24th Annual OUr Christmas Party went off with nary a Winterfest . Numerous goings-on, Info. hitch with about 35 attendees. OUr now 813-920-7206. traditional, gift auction was another entertaining hit. With several items March 28-29 DAYTONA - 9th Annual Spring Car changing many owners before we ran out of Show & Swap Meet - $15 pre/$20 after March things to. open. The most unique was an 18 INFO: 904-255-7355.