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Since: Jun 09, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:16 pm
Post subject: No Studebaker talk in San Diego July 19th (or ever)
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I just got word that, due to a continuing drop in attendance, the
Third Thursday series at the San Diego Auto Museum has been cancelled,
with the exception of a talk about Mustang to go along with the
present display of these cars.
The previous talk, on police vehicles, drew only a handful of
listeners - maybe 10 to 15 (I wasn't there, either - bridge games that
evening) - and the admission has always been free!
There is a possibility that some new series will be set up, which will
include my talk, but I'm not hanging by my thumbs.
I've done quite a bit of research, as you might expect and it occurred
to me that perhaps this might be the basis for a "Studebaker, for
Those who Hate Studebakers," show and tell to be given for the wives
and other hanger-ons.... or those who just want to get out of the sun.
I'm interested in comments from those who have planned IMs in the past
or are presently doing so - and from anyone else.
If you have / are involved in meet planning, your thoughts are even
more sought.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:38 pm
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:35 pm
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On Jun 12, 8:38 pm, "Dwain G." <jdw... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> With your long time association with SDC plus your curating experience
> I'm surprised you don't give some sort of talk at International Meets.
IIRC, the last time I spoke at an IM, George Hamlin threw a tightly
rolled-up cloth napkin at me!
(But, maybe his pitching arm isn't what it waas thirty years ago.)
Seriously, that's sort of what I had in mind, very non-technical for
the folks who would enjoy background on the firm and those who guided
it. It would be light and informative, and more about people that
valve trains.
When I, or Marilyn and I, give tours at the museum, we tend to talk
more about the peole than the cars - they can read the display info
for that stuff. DeLorean and his women, Mrs benz (1st woman driver,
first to drive between cities, first auto thief and first t be stuck
in a distant city waiting for a part from the anufacturer.) James dean
(We have a relicar "Lil Bastard"), how Mercedes got its name, Marilyns
dad coming over the "plank road" and so on.
Even the 'techies' like it.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:25 am
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:22 am
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:53 am
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"Jeff Grohs" <jeffnospamgrohs RemoveThis @pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> I sent the author an email as I'm the prez of the local aoai chapter in
> his area ( northern cal). He'll probably reply about the time I get on
> the plane for South Bend! Maybe I should take my wife's 2006 Avanti over
> to S.F. and give him an alternate viewpoint !!
--Good luck with that; I think you're aiming at a moving (read:
"slithering") target. At least it will be wife to wife: in his personal web
page, he claims the car is his wife's, and that he's "happily married" to
both of them. You have to consider how things must be working out with the
wife and her wind-noise headache.
Don't you wonder what kind of crush zones he expected on a fiberglass car?
Or whether he ever noticed the disc brakes, roll bar, vertical gas tank
ahead of the axle, or cross-braced full frame? Let's see, he doesn't know
about rodding out the block, how to set an automatic choke, or use the
handbrake, apparently has removed the fan shroud, drives in traffic at 90,
and his idea of a "daily" is twice a week. And lives in SF, where the
"chilly" weather is a real challenge. Does aoai really want him? Offer him a
couple hundred, and Sal and John can flip it. >> Stay informed about: No Studebaker talk in San Diego July 19th (or ever) |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:52 am
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In all candor, I agree with most of what he said. Just yesterday I
needed to make a 10 mile round trip parts run and thought about driving
Christine. My thought process went something like this :
It's in the mid 80's and Christine does not have AC. I won't have my XM
radio and I'll need my cell phone just in case. I ended up driving the
LHS. I applaud those that use Studebakers as there only driver, but I
could never make a Avanti mine. 63-64 Avanti's are by far the worst
choice for a daily driver.
Comatus DeleteThis @bex.net wrote:
> "Jeff Grohs" <jeffnospamgrohs DeleteThis @pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:aaLbi.14817$rO7.9940@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
>> I sent the author an email as I'm the prez of the local aoai chapter in
>> his area ( northern cal). He'll probably reply about the time I get on
>> the plane for South Bend! Maybe I should take my wife's 2006 Avanti over
>> to S.F. and give him an alternate viewpoint !!
>
> --Good luck with that; I think you're aiming at a moving (read:
> "slithering") target. At least it will be wife to wife: in his personal web
> page, he claims the car is his wife's, and that he's "happily married" to
> both of them. You have to consider how things must be working out with the
> wife and her wind-noise headache.
>
> Don't you wonder what kind of crush zones he expected on a fiberglass car?
> Or whether he ever noticed the disc brakes, roll bar, vertical gas tank
> ahead of the axle, or cross-braced full frame? Let's see, he doesn't know
> about rodding out the block, how to set an automatic choke, or use the
> handbrake, apparently has removed the fan shroud, drives in traffic at 90,
> and his idea of a "daily" is twice a week. And lives in SF, where the
> "chilly" weather is a real challenge. Does aoai really want him? Offer him a
> couple hundred, and Sal and John can flip it.
>
>
--
JP/Maryland
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:58 pm
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<midlant.DeleteThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Jun 12, 8:38 pm, "Dwain G." <jdw....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>> With your long time association with SDC plus your curating experience
>> I'm surprised you don't give some sort of talk at International Meets.
>
> IIRC, the last time I spoke at an IM, George Hamlin threw a tightly
> rolled-up cloth napkin at me! ...
You should have rolled a lead ball in the napkin and thrown it back.
Paul Johnson >> Stay informed about: No Studebaker talk in San Diego July 19th (or ever) |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:35 pm
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On Jun 12, 9:25 pm, "Coma...@bex.net" <coma....DeleteThis@buckeye-express.com>
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> I blame Slate:
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> http://www.slate.com/id/2167797/
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> AND question the timing.
On a piece of paper that I put in the drivers side rear window when I
parking my '64 CRD at the musuem I point out all the problems of
having an ld car as a DD, but finish by saying, "I drove Toyotas for
twenty years but not once did anyone ccome up to me ant talk about the
Toyota his Uncle used to have.
Hearing discussing all the Stuebakers in the life of straangers is
what makes this car, and hobby, so damn rewarding! >> Stay informed about: No Studebaker talk in San Diego July 19th (or ever) |
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:18 pm
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Aw, Paul, don't be that way.
IIRC, it was the IM in Dallas / Ft Worth, in 1975 or so.
CP Smith, North Texas Chapter President, was MC and was trying tio get
the lecturn lamp to work. I was sitting beside the lecturn as either
incoming of departing President. After a while he found and fixed the
problem.
IIFC, Here's how I started my talk.
"You've all seen Smitty messing about up here trying to get the light
to work. It was qiite a job trouble-shooting it due to a mess of wires
behind this platform.
I wish he had asked me to help as the solution would have been quite
easy and fast."
Smitty looked up with what may have been bewilderment - or anger, at
this point.
"He should have asked you to all clap your hands once, in unison.
After all, we all know that many hands make light work."
Shortly after that, George's missle arrived.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:40 am
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You've just become a spoiled child, (think Paris here), that has no
durability of sense of adventure coupled with a true appreciation for a
design so far ahead of its time that everyone copied it to this day.
So, you drive you guv'ment regulated, complex with questionable unneeded
technology made of materials mostly derived from crude oil.
OK, I'm done! <G>
JT
John Poulos wrote:
> In all candor, I agree with most of what he said. Just yesterday I
> needed to make a 10 mile round trip parts run and thought about driving
> Christine. My thought process went something like this :
>
> It's in the mid 80's and Christine does not have AC. I won't have my XM
> radio and I'll need my cell phone just in case. I ended up driving the
> LHS. I applaud those that use Studebakers as there only driver, but I
> could never make a Avanti mine. 63-64 Avanti's are by far the worst
> choice for a daily driver.
>
>
>
> Comatus.TakeThisOut@bex.net wrote:
>
>> "Jeff Grohs" <jeffnospamgrohs.TakeThisOut@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>> news:aaLbi.14817$rO7.9940@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
>>
>>> I sent the author an email as I'm the prez of the local aoai chapter in
>>> his area ( northern cal). He'll probably reply about the time I get on
>>> the plane for South Bend! Maybe I should take my wife's 2006 Avanti over
>>> to S.F. and give him an alternate viewpoint !!
>>
>>
>> --Good luck with that; I think you're aiming at a moving (read:
>> "slithering") target. At least it will be wife to wife: in his
>> personal web
>> page, he claims the car is his wife's, and that he's "happily married" to
>> both of them. You have to consider how things must be working out with
>> the
>> wife and her wind-noise headache.
>>
>> Don't you wonder what kind of crush zones he expected on a fiberglass
>> car?
>> Or whether he ever noticed the disc brakes, roll bar, vertical gas tank
>> ahead of the axle, or cross-braced full frame? Let's see, he doesn't know
>> about rodding out the block, how to set an automatic choke, or use the
>> handbrake, apparently has removed the fan shroud, drives in traffic at
>> 90,
>> and his idea of a "daily" is twice a week. And lives in SF, where the
>> "chilly" weather is a real challenge. Does aoai really want him? Offer
>> him a
>> couple hundred, and Sal and John can flip it.
>>
>>
>
> >> Stay informed about: No Studebaker talk in San Diego July 19th (or ever) |
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