The Commander Studebaker Drivers Club Volume 47 Issue 7 Rose Hill Manor Car Show Frederick, MD September 2015
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Potomac Chapter The Commander Studebaker Drivers Club Volume 47 Issue 7 Rose Hill Manor Car show Frederick, MD September 2015 Larry & Pat Merhaut Bruce Blum’ Marty Long 62 Stude Lark Conv. 70 Avanti 56 Stude President Thom E. Beckley Bob Johnson Murray Welsh 63 Stude Avanti 64 Stude GT Hawk 50 Stude President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Activities Director Karl Veit Steve Geiger Mike Farris Stephen Walter Paul and Karen Johnson 3703 7th Street South 2010 Kings Forest Trail 4313 Landgreen Street 7401 Westlake Terrace #1504 4166 Golf Course Road Arlington, VA 22204 Mount Airy, MD 21771 Rockville, MD 20853 Bethesda, MD 20817 Martinsburg, WV 25405 703-979-4763 301-829-5155 301-460-4341 301-767-9416 304-267-2911 [email protected] [email protected] david.farris @verizon.net [email protected] [email protected] Membership Historian Web Master Editor Nadine & Mike Farris Ed Lemanski Bob Johnstone Lynda Welsh 4313 Landgreen Street 7875 Red Jacket Way 12161 Holly Knoll Circle 24121 Ridge Road Rockville, MD 20853 Jessup, MD 20794 Great Falls, VA 22066 Germantown, MD 20876 301-460-4341 301-776-9893 703-450-0754 301-253-3723 ndfarris [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Steering Column Karl Veit Summer is coming to an end, but many cooler days and nights of cruise-ins are at hand. During a busy family summer we were able to attend a cruise-in in Glouster VA. In these pictures you can see your truly in the shotgun seat of Ken Kidwell’s beautiful red Avanti convertible that has a Paxton-ized Chevy 350 engine. Can’t get much better for a summer ride! I encourage members to get their Studebakers out and enjoy this perfect weather and at the same time advertise our club - take some membership applications with you! Hope to see you all at the picnic Sep. 13!! September Birthday’s Judi Honafous 9/3 Lisa Wilson 9/8 Rosetta Owen 9/10 Marie Lemanski 9/15 Richard Honafous 9/20 Donna Johnston 9/21 Rodney Bullock 9/22 Holly Kertz 9/25 Suzanne Kehoe 9/30 The Commander is the monthly publication of the Potomac Chapter, Studebaker Drivers Club. Subscription is by membership to the Potomac Chapter at $15.00 yearly. Canada/Mexico $20.00, all other countries $25.00. Direct all membership correspondence to the Membership Director. Direct all correspondence relating to The Commander to the Editor, who retains the right to edit or modify any contribution. Deadline date is the 15th of the month for the following month’s issue. The Commander is also an internet publication. The Potomac Chapter is an officially chartered chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc.; its by-laws were approved, and charter granted by SDC in June 1967. Membership is recruited from the States of Maryland, West Virginia, Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. And those from other areas wishing to join the chapter are welcome. 2 Potomac Chapter, SDC Activities 2015 Event Date Contact *International Drive Your Studebaker Day Sept 12 Paul Johnson Fall Picnic, Washington County Agricultural Center, Boonsboro, MD Sept 13 Paul Johnson Fall Tour, Culpepper, Virginia weekend Sept 18 – 20 Shirley and Terry McDaniel Hershey Fall Meet, Hershey, PA Oct 7 - 10 AACA Bradfield Show, Bridgewater, VA Oct 11 Paul Johnson Antique and Classic Car Show, Rockville, MD Oct 17 Bill Morgan (Potomac Chapter is one sponsor) Ron Salen Reedsville Swap Meet, Reedsville, PA Oct 15-17 Max Corkins Chapter Planning Meeting Nov 7 Paul Johnson Chapter Holiday Party Dec 20 Paul Johnson * Firm date- will always be the second For the next news letter, here is a listing of (mostly VA) gas stations that offer no-ethanol gas: June 22 1954 - This Day in Automotive History - 6/22/1954: Packard and Studebaker merger agree- ment signed STUDE SPOTTER 1953 Red Studebaker Pick-up 2R Page 69 of CAR CRAFT magazine dated September 2015 has 1/3rd of the page devoted to a letter from Garry Mcfeeters concerning his red 1953 Studebaker 2R truck. Includes a color photo and the caption "He has best last name of 2015". He is a professional hot rodder who professes that we should listen to our club elders as they are the history of our hobby. 3 STUDE SPOTTER (actually Packards) on Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=159&v=9RiFpfn9enI Published on Jul 24, 2015 From a promotional video made by our friends at Packard, they had a little fun showing how their cars stack up again the competitors. This video and others from the Studebaker National Museum Archives are available on DVD (and some in Blu-Ray) from our website, http://www.studebakermuseum.org/. STUDE SPOTTER 1950 Champion 2-door sedan Page 96 of the September 2015 Automobile magazine, color photo, lower right corner of the page, Upshift article by Dave Kinney. Cars sold a B-J Auction, Palm Beach, FL. An Aqua green 1950 Studebaker Champion 2-door sedan sold for $22k. He quotes it as a spot-on price. STUDE SPOTTER - Hemmings Daily August 3, 2015 Brooks Stevens, the Willys Aero, and how the Studebaker Grand Turismo Hawk got its roofline. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/08/03/brooks-stevens-the-willys-aero-and-how-the-studebaker-gran- turismo-hawk-got-its-roofline/?refer=news STUDE SPOTTER - HEMMINGS DAILY Economical Transportation: Studebaker's bare-bones Scotsman of 1947-'58 http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/08/12/economical-transportation-studebakers-bare-bones-scotsman-of -1957-58/ STUDE SPOTTER - OCW Article on the Humber Hawk (Many references to Studebaker and Packard Hawks) http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/collector-cars/foreign-flashback-1958-humber-hawk? et_mid=777470&rid=241899873 Membership Corner Terry & Rosetta Owen 16803 Bowen Ct. Williamsport, MD 21795 301-922-5122 [email protected] SDC# A0178870 Coupe 1928 Studebaker Victoria Birthday Terry 5/15 Rosetta -9 10 4 HISTORIAN CORNER TECH TIP By Ed Lemanski by Ed Lemanski Classic Car Day at the Trolley Museum Wheaton BUYING A STUDEBAKER MD August 1992 If you purchase a Studebaker that starts and runs, you Several years earlier we were paid a unique compli- reduce the chances of expensive and time consuming ment. The Chrysler Club, at our request, welcomed the repairs. Buying a non-running /barn find that has been Potomac Chapter to their annual event at the Trolley sitting for a decade , or longer, is a risky proposi- Museum on Bonifant Road. We told them to expect tion. Best-case scenario, you 'll need a new about six Studebakers and no problems. After the battery, points/condenser, a starter or a fuel event unfolded, on a beautiful weather day, the Chrys- pump. Worst-case scenario, you may have a seized en- ler president told Wes Paulson (the museum curator) gine that will need to be rebuilt or re- that the Studebaker club is AOK. They came through placed. Replacement parts can stop your project dead in as promised and caused no problems, and are most its tracks. If you buy a model that is particularly scarce, definitely welcome to join them any year. there may not be any parts available and the parts you do find may be prohibitively expensive. To ensure your 1992 was an expanded and improved year. The event project goes smoothly and stays on budget, make sure was open to all classic car clubs. Many clubs added the parts won't be a n issue . event to their calendars. The trolley rides made for a really fun day as entire families were present with their If you have a mechanic/fellow club member who knows antique cars and trucks. We filled the center grassy about auto restoration, bring them along to look field with dozens and dozens of impressive metal. The before you purchase. It's a good idea to get feedback temperature stayed about 80 with a mild breeze - per- from others with experience in auto restoration . Choos- fect event conditions. ing the right Studebaker is the ideal place to start. Feed- back from someone with a critical eye can save you Enjoy those Studebakers time and headache down the line. W here the car you 've chosen has been stored , you may find the frame has been eaten away by rust. Rust damage is time consuming to repair, requir- ing replacement of body panels. If you buy a rust buck- et, be prepared to strip the entire chassis, sand blast eve- ry inch of metal, cut off sections that cannot be repaired and weld new replacement sections. If you're lucky, you can buy replacement panels fr om manufacturers (e.g., Turning Wheels) . If not, you will have to fabricate them from sheet metal. Costly r ust repair certainly isn't for everyone, so it's important to know what you're getting into. Enjoy those Studebakers. This Day in Automotive History 7/27/1956: Studebaker-Packard enters joint manage- ment agreement with Curtiss-Wright. 5 1954 Studebaker Commander Regal Starlight Coupe Project By Pete Rutledge, Woodbridge, VA I got this car from Massachusetts via eBay in 2007. My mistake. It was advertised as a “former local show car.” They got me. I bought it. When the car was delivered, it looked pretty good from 20 feet away, but up closer, I could see that it had a very poorly done paint job and “cheap” interior. As time went on and I got “deeper” into the car, I found a lot of rust in the trunk, in the floors, under the fenders, and even in parts of the frame. For the next seven years I worked on repairing most of the rust and replacing the fiberglass front fend- ers with real steel.