James Bell and Jacob Newkirk discussed former Indianapolis-area Studebaker mechanic Harry Weber in another thread. Jacob inquired about his obituary.
A write-up on Harry was in the June 1998 Turning Wheels; Page 37. [EDIT]: I just re-read The Indianapolis Star obituary we ran in that Turning Wheels and see that they skipped over Childers' brief ownership of the dealership. 'Not the first error that's appeared in The Indianapolis Star, and probably not the last!)
Harry has further ties to cars on our Forum. Harry's career was spent at Indianapolis' Roy Gale Motors, which became Childers Studebaker in 1963 when Roy Gale retired.
As a mechanic at Childers, Harry Weber worked on what is now Jeff Bradel's 1963 Super Lark Daytona convertible, the black/white top full-package R2/4-speed car that was originally delivered to Childers for Salesman Jim Franklin to drag race.
I'm all but positive Harry was the mechanic who installed the Gas/Class-required scattershield in the car that remains in it to this day. (Because Studebaker would not release R-engine horsepower figures, Jim and others drag-racing new, 1963 R-engined Studebakers had to run Gas or Gas/Supercharged classes in NHRA drag racing events.[:0]) BP
A write-up on Harry was in the June 1998 Turning Wheels; Page 37. [EDIT]: I just re-read The Indianapolis Star obituary we ran in that Turning Wheels and see that they skipped over Childers' brief ownership of the dealership. 'Not the first error that's appeared in The Indianapolis Star, and probably not the last!)
Harry has further ties to cars on our Forum. Harry's career was spent at Indianapolis' Roy Gale Motors, which became Childers Studebaker in 1963 when Roy Gale retired.
As a mechanic at Childers, Harry Weber worked on what is now Jeff Bradel's 1963 Super Lark Daytona convertible, the black/white top full-package R2/4-speed car that was originally delivered to Childers for Salesman Jim Franklin to drag race.
I'm all but positive Harry was the mechanic who installed the Gas/Class-required scattershield in the car that remains in it to this day. (Because Studebaker would not release R-engine horsepower figures, Jim and others drag-racing new, 1963 R-engined Studebakers had to run Gas or Gas/Supercharged classes in NHRA drag racing events.[:0]) BP
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