Got home about 9 PM from York. Had planned to stay till 3 or 4 but got a call from one of my employees saying it was snowing hard and wanted to make sure I wasn't towing anything home as it might get tricky[:I] Being that I was stopping in Frackville on the way home to look at a 61 Lark rollover, I decided to leave about 1:30. I had gone over to the fairgrounds about 6:30 AM and loaded the Wagonaire on the dolly, and dragged it off out of the way, so I hooked that up and was on my way; quick stop at the York Hooters to pick up an order of wings to go, and hit the road... did meet John and saw the Lark, more on that later.
Trip was uneventful- enjoyable, as usual. That is, until I got just north of Binghamton and hit snow-covered roads... that made the last 90+ miles white-knuckle time[:0] So I'm tip-toeing along in a Ford conversion van with all-season tires (not snows!), wondering what my driveway was going to look like... by the time I turned onto my road, it was snowing hard. As I approached the entrance I was relieved to see it only had a couple inches of snow in it... so I carefully wheel it in. As I start up the mostly-level 180' drive, my headlights revealed a series of snow drifts
So I give it just a little more loud pedal, and the rear instantly breaks loose, and the left rear, aided by the pushing dolly, immediately heads for the snow bank- jackknife city[xx(] So there it sits- good news is the whole rig's well off the road and I'm in the house; bad news is it's blocking my driveway completely, and both my plow trucks are at my business...... Solution was to call one of the techs that has his own plow truck and bribe him to come and save me; he'll be here in the morning. So all will be well
GREAT time at York! This was my first time able to be there Sat., so I was able to attend the STF dinner- had a really good time! Met lots of good folks, and heard lots of good truck stories. Totally eliminated the annoyance factor of being accosted by a hustler trying to talk me out of a dolla'fiddy for his "babydinna" on the way in. Can't wait till the next one! (Dinner that is, not hustler!) Thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the Stude stuff; I realized this weekend that maybe the biggest draw for me to Studes, good people aside, is the incredible availibility of parts! I must have walked through SI's area looking at all the special clips and doodads 20 times, getting caught up in a bin of tiny bits and causing poor Ed- who was trying to work- to repeatedly squeeze by me[:I] Huge numbers of parts of all kinds for any Studebaker out there, NOS, used, repop- you name it! And not one table of cheapo China-made tools to be found[^] Looked over carefully, and photographed, every Stude- any model, any condition First thing Friday Gary Hearn got into my pocket for some stuff for Sanford, my M-16; then just a few hours later George O. dragged a forlorn Wagonaire into my life and extracted a few more sheckels. Several trips through the buildings yielded a few more trinkets, and a few more trips to the van...
Of course, the BEST part was the people! I got to meet up with valued friends, and make some more; as well as getting faces to go with Forum names! And we all shared a common quirk- a love for Studebakers[8D]
Thanks to Bob Palma for spending better than an hour yakking with me, whom he identified by my Forum button with bams50 on it from Bondobilly and Ellen... and others too, who found out my name actually is Bob, not BAMS
Several more of you now have my face and voice to go with the Forum presence (sorry about that). And kudos to JP for still being able to duck a newbie looking to pick his brain- the Artful Dodger
And thanks for all who helped me briefly immerse myself in all things Studebaker! Can't wait till Lancaster!!
Two regrets: Missed out on the pair of excellent 64 Commander fenders with inners for $20 each[}] And the rebuilt 259 for $500 I also missed
Oh well- there's always next year! [^]
When I get to my place with the hi-speed 'ne
Trip was uneventful- enjoyable, as usual. That is, until I got just north of Binghamton and hit snow-covered roads... that made the last 90+ miles white-knuckle time[:0] So I'm tip-toeing along in a Ford conversion van with all-season tires (not snows!), wondering what my driveway was going to look like... by the time I turned onto my road, it was snowing hard. As I approached the entrance I was relieved to see it only had a couple inches of snow in it... so I carefully wheel it in. As I start up the mostly-level 180' drive, my headlights revealed a series of snow drifts
So I give it just a little more loud pedal, and the rear instantly breaks loose, and the left rear, aided by the pushing dolly, immediately heads for the snow bank- jackknife city[xx(] So there it sits- good news is the whole rig's well off the road and I'm in the house; bad news is it's blocking my driveway completely, and both my plow trucks are at my business...... Solution was to call one of the techs that has his own plow truck and bribe him to come and save me; he'll be here in the morning. So all will be wellGREAT time at York! This was my first time able to be there Sat., so I was able to attend the STF dinner- had a really good time! Met lots of good folks, and heard lots of good truck stories. Totally eliminated the annoyance factor of being accosted by a hustler trying to talk me out of a dolla'fiddy for his "babydinna" on the way in. Can't wait till the next one! (Dinner that is, not hustler!) Thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the Stude stuff; I realized this weekend that maybe the biggest draw for me to Studes, good people aside, is the incredible availibility of parts! I must have walked through SI's area looking at all the special clips and doodads 20 times, getting caught up in a bin of tiny bits and causing poor Ed- who was trying to work- to repeatedly squeeze by me[:I] Huge numbers of parts of all kinds for any Studebaker out there, NOS, used, repop- you name it! And not one table of cheapo China-made tools to be found[^] Looked over carefully, and photographed, every Stude- any model, any condition
First thing Friday Gary Hearn got into my pocket for some stuff for Sanford, my M-16; then just a few hours later George O. dragged a forlorn Wagonaire into my life and extracted a few more sheckels. Several trips through the buildings yielded a few more trinkets, and a few more trips to the van...Of course, the BEST part was the people! I got to meet up with valued friends, and make some more; as well as getting faces to go with Forum names! And we all shared a common quirk- a love for Studebakers[8D]
Thanks to Bob Palma for spending better than an hour yakking with me, whom he identified by my Forum button with bams50 on it from Bondobilly and Ellen... and others too, who found out my name actually is Bob, not BAMS
Several more of you now have my face and voice to go with the Forum presence (sorry about that). And kudos to JP for still being able to duck a newbie looking to pick his brain- the Artful Dodger And thanks for all who helped me briefly immerse myself in all things Studebaker! Can't wait till Lancaster!!Two regrets: Missed out on the pair of excellent 64 Commander fenders with inners for $20 each[}
] And the rebuilt 259 for $500 I also missedOh well- there's always next year! [^]
When I get to my place with the hi-speed 'ne
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