Good to see Studebakers on the road in Spokane

[Mark L]

I spotted two Studebakers on the road today in the Spokane area. Do these sound familiar to anyone?

I drove across the state with my daughter so she could spend the weekend with a good friend of hers, and I was riding shotgun with her as she builds the minimum hours to get her drivers license.

I spotted the first as I was getting ready to leave town and head home. After topping off my tank, I spotted an all red truck heading north on Freya St. near I-90 about 2:30 PM. I'm not familiar with all the trucks, but it looked like a '54 or '55, with tie-down rails along the long edges of the bed, and a very faded tri-color SDC sticker in the back window behind the driver. The driver was a white male with longish graying hair.

About 40 minutes later as I was heading west on I-90 at mile post 250, I saw a '62 or '63 Lark 4-door heading east. I'm guessing it was rose mist or some other light color, and appeared to be heavily weighed down in the trunk.

Mark

[8E45E]

That Rose Mist Lark will be the Bell's on the way to the Northwest Overdrive in Lethbridge. I hope to see you there tomorrow!!

Craig

[StudeDave57]

That Rose Mist Lark will be the Bell's on the way to the Northwest Overdrive in Lethbridge.

That would be a nice surprise if true, but I doubt that was them.
That car is pretty much buried in the middle of their building.

Besides- last I heard- their NorthWest Over Drive plan involves a truck.

[PackardV8]

I spotted two Studebakers on the road today in the Spokane area. Do these sound familiar to anyone? I spotted an all red truck heading north on Freya St. near I-90 about 2:30 PM. I'm not familiar with all the trucks, but it looked like a '54 or '55, with tie-down rails along the long edges of the bed, and a very faded tri-color SDC sticker in the back window behind the driver. The driver was a white male with longish graying hair.Mark

Hi, Mark,

That was me, working hard, but ultimately failing to get my '55 E12 ready for the Northwest Overdrive. The drivetrain is all-new; Packard Caribbean V8, T89, TwinTraction Dana 60, GM PS, Vintage Air. With that many new parts to get in sync, there are always teething problems. A small leak, a noise on decel I haven't been able to identify, mirror to mount. It might have made it to Lethbridge and back, but I won't be making the run.

jack vines

[Mark L]

Jack, I was the one who rolled up on your left side in the white Camry wagon. Nice truck. I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk. I would have liked to have seen it.

Mark