Got off to a good start today for IDYSD. I took the Avanti over to the nearest gasoline source (a 7-11 about two miles from me) to fill the tank since I wasn't sure how much gas I had in the tank. I hadn't even put my credit card in the pump when a man came over and knew exactly what the car was. We talked for quite a while. He said his brother used to race a '57 Hawk on the dirt tracks. Then, an older African-American gent got out of his very new looking Land Rover and came over. He asked if he could take pictures of the Avanti (he knew what it was too). Of course I said please do and I also opened the hood for him. He said an Avanti was his dream car when he was young.
This afternoon we are going to meet at an assisted living facility where we will greet Leonard Summers, a 92-year old long-time Studebaker owner and a WWII veteran. His military service was in the Army Air Corps as a flight engineer in B-17s flying out of England. He made his 25 missions without a scratch.
This afternoon we are going to meet at an assisted living facility where we will greet Leonard Summers, a 92-year old long-time Studebaker owner and a WWII veteran. His military service was in the Army Air Corps as a flight engineer in B-17s flying out of England. He made his 25 missions without a scratch.
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