Great day at the car show

[Kurt]

Last summer at a local show a guy comes up to me and asks if I would bring my Champ to a invitation only car show. I absolutely said yes. I have been to this show before and it is very well done. It is sponsored by the early Ford V8 club in central Illinois. Yesterday I delivered the Champ to the indoor show. My work is very busy right now with planting season upon us, so I toyed with not going to the show at all and just gathering up the Champ at the end of the day. This afternoon I decided I was caught up enough to sneak away. When I got there things were slowing down, but still a nice crowd. I bought some 50/50 tickets, bought a couple things at the swap meet and just was glad I made it to the show.

When awards time came they gave out many awards. I didn't receive one, but that's ok my Champ is more a driver than a show winner. At the very end they announced that their was $600 in the 50/50 drawing and low and behold I won. Great day!!

[bob40]

Congratulations on being invited and showing off that great looking truck.

[52 Ragtop]

Nice! Was that at the Machesney Parl Mall?? If so, the 63 Gray Avanti belongs to a friend of mine, Kevin Nousianean

Jim

[Kurt]

Nope. It's at a place called the Avantis dome in Pekin, ILlinois. Cool place

[ndynis]

That is one MIGHTY NICE driver!!

[t walgamuth]

Congratulations!

[SN-60]

Nice! Was that at the Machesney Parl Mall?? If so, the 63 Gray Avanti belongs to a friend of mine, Kevin Nousianean

Jim

It's a red t-cab Studebaker pickup truck Jim!!....VERY nice truck by the way!

[candbstudebakers]

looks like California Plates?

[Kurt]

Nope. Illinois light truck plates. I actually "use" this truck so I do not have antique plates. Illinois has very stringent rules on Antique plates. Our State is completely broke, so state police are always looking for reasons to write tickets......

[Lou Van Anne]

Hey....did you break into my garage and take my truck?....better go look....

No, it's still there.

[sals54]

Last summer at a local show a guy comes up to me and asks if I would bring my Champ to a invitation only car show. I absolutely said yes. I have been to this show before and it is very well done. It is sponsored by the early Ford V8 club in central Illinois. Yesterday I delivered the Champ to the indoor show. My work is very busy right now with planting season upon us, so I toyed with not going to the show at all and just gathering up the Champ at the end of the day. This afternoon I decided I was caught up enough to sneak away. When I got there things were slowing down, but still a nice crowd. I bought some 50/50 tickets, bought a couple things at the swap meet and just was glad I made it to the show.

When awards time came they gave out many awards. I didn't receive one, but that's ok my Champ is more a driver than a show winner. At the very end they announced that their was $600 in the 50/50 drawing and low and behold I won. Great day!![ATTACH=CONFIG]63521[/ATTACH]

That doesn't look like a factory authorized front bumper location. But I love it. Makes the front end look complete and finished. Very nice truck.

[StudebakerGene]

Bumpers



I always thought the bumpers looked wrong from the factory, I moved mine up and added a 2016 Ford F150 spoiler underneath to hide the frame horns and in my case, the torsion bar. I think it really changes the look a lot, doesn't look like an afterthought, nice truck indeed Kurt---

[StudebakerGene]

bumpers



Another front view, bumper looks factory placed almost, you get a better picture of the spoiler as well.