I'll move this to Obituaries when I get more details, but Norris Edmonds passed away last Friday. Norris who? Norris was the man with Parkinson's who bravely drove his '57 1/2-ton pickup 6,000 miles on our Potomac Chapter Route 66 Trip in 2003. His truck was a V-8 five-speed overdrive, but with his handicap it was hard for him to drive, especially in heavy traffic (like LA). Compounding the problem- he had a mini stroke on the westbound leg of the trip, but never said anything, just kept going.
He was re-restoring the truck with plans to make the chapter Lincoln Highway Trip in 2007. He came to the last Martinsburg Atlantic Zone Meet driving a beat-up Chrysler mini-van with "Studebaker" painted across the hood. He was pulling a trailer to pick up a restored 2R frame to put his cab and bed on. However, first his house burned down forcing him to live in his garage and then his Parkinson's got bad enough that he couldn't do mechanical work. Forum member John Batka bought his truck and is still in the process of getting it back together.
He was re-restoring the truck with plans to make the chapter Lincoln Highway Trip in 2007. He came to the last Martinsburg Atlantic Zone Meet driving a beat-up Chrysler mini-van with "Studebaker" painted across the hood. He was pulling a trailer to pick up a restored 2R frame to put his cab and bed on. However, first his house burned down forcing him to live in his garage and then his Parkinson's got bad enough that he couldn't do mechanical work. Forum member John Batka bought his truck and is still in the process of getting it back together.
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