'Just got off the 'phone with Malcolm Berry. Many of you know Malcolm as the fellow who owns the white 1963 R2 Daytona Wagonaire he drives all over the country. See photos of the car in Post #7, below.
Malcolm's call brought me/us up to speed on two items; one minor and one a Great Big Deal.
Minor Item: Phil Harris at Fairborn Studebaker changed telephone providers today; Tuesday, January 10, 2012. His 'phone service was down for several hours and when you called any of his numbers, a recording came on saying the number had been disconnected! That led several people to think something might be "wrong" with Phil or Fairborn Studebaker, but that is not the case.
The new phone service was up and running with the same telephone numbers as always within the afternoon, so there's nothing amiss with Phil Harris or Fairborn Studebaker.
Great Big Deal: On Thursday, January 5, Malcolm Berry's 1963 Daytona Wagonaire was the subject of a 650-odd image photo shoot inside and outside the historic Art Deco Cincinnati Ohio Union [train] Station and will be the subject of an extensive article in the very next edition of the glamorous quarterly(?) magazine, Motor Trend Classic.
(In fact, Malcolm was told that issue goes to press the third week of January!)
Anyway, Malcolm drove the car the 50 miles from his Dayton OH-area home to the Cincy train station early that morning, as he was to be in position by 7:30 AM. He met the MTC-assigned photographer, who Malcolm reports was as professional as she was attractive. (Although I wasn't there to make that call, I'll take Malcom's word for it.)
Malcolm says they had it all arranged with the train station to get the car into the beautiful atrium/rotunda, where they took hundreds of photos of his Wagonaire with the historic murals as a backdrop. See the third photo down in this link for an idea where they were:
Then, they pushed the Wagonaire back outside and waited for dusk, where Malcolm says they shot dramatic photos with "just right" lighting in the early evening.
Malcolm was interviewed extensively for what will be an accompanying article. He specifically requested "plugs" for both The Studebaker Drivers Club and Turning Wheels. The editor/writer, having been appropriately impressed with Malcolm's car and its interesting history, assured Malcolm they will appear in the magazine account.
'Can't say for sure when the next issue of Motor Trend Classic will appear on newsstands, but it sounds like this article and dramatic photos of Malcolm Berry's 1963 R2 Daytona Wagonaire will knock yer' socks off.
Congratulations and thanks for being such a good Ambassador, Malcolm, albeit not of the American Motors persuation.<GGG> BP
Malcolm's call brought me/us up to speed on two items; one minor and one a Great Big Deal.
Minor Item: Phil Harris at Fairborn Studebaker changed telephone providers today; Tuesday, January 10, 2012. His 'phone service was down for several hours and when you called any of his numbers, a recording came on saying the number had been disconnected! That led several people to think something might be "wrong" with Phil or Fairborn Studebaker, but that is not the case.
The new phone service was up and running with the same telephone numbers as always within the afternoon, so there's nothing amiss with Phil Harris or Fairborn Studebaker.
Great Big Deal: On Thursday, January 5, Malcolm Berry's 1963 Daytona Wagonaire was the subject of a 650-odd image photo shoot inside and outside the historic Art Deco Cincinnati Ohio Union [train] Station and will be the subject of an extensive article in the very next edition of the glamorous quarterly(?) magazine, Motor Trend Classic.
(In fact, Malcolm was told that issue goes to press the third week of January!)
Anyway, Malcolm drove the car the 50 miles from his Dayton OH-area home to the Cincy train station early that morning, as he was to be in position by 7:30 AM. He met the MTC-assigned photographer, who Malcolm reports was as professional as she was attractive. (Although I wasn't there to make that call, I'll take Malcom's word for it.)
Malcolm says they had it all arranged with the train station to get the car into the beautiful atrium/rotunda, where they took hundreds of photos of his Wagonaire with the historic murals as a backdrop. See the third photo down in this link for an idea where they were:
Then, they pushed the Wagonaire back outside and waited for dusk, where Malcolm says they shot dramatic photos with "just right" lighting in the early evening.
Malcolm was interviewed extensively for what will be an accompanying article. He specifically requested "plugs" for both The Studebaker Drivers Club and Turning Wheels. The editor/writer, having been appropriately impressed with Malcolm's car and its interesting history, assured Malcolm they will appear in the magazine account.
'Can't say for sure when the next issue of Motor Trend Classic will appear on newsstands, but it sounds like this article and dramatic photos of Malcolm Berry's 1963 R2 Daytona Wagonaire will knock yer' socks off.
Congratulations and thanks for being such a good Ambassador, Malcolm, albeit not of the American Motors persuation.<GGG> BP
We've got to quit saying, 
I'll have to have a copy!
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