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  • NW Overdrive-2007 in Yakima

    Well, another SDC NW OD has come and gone. It was awesome to see 50+ Studes driving single file down 2-lane roads thru Yakima (Washington) valley farm country, past fields of hops, mint, asparagus, etc. Also Yakima PD motorcycles gave us an escort thru town on the first leg of our 100 mile tour, what a sight!!
    The weather was a little cool, but still pleasant for driving. Our meet made front page of the local paper today, with color photos too![8D]
    Many thanks to Central Wash. chapter prez. Gordon Bueling for organizing this fine event!!!

  • #2
    Glad to hear it was a success! I hope you folks can do it again next year when I hope to have a Stude that can participate.[8D]
    Mark Hayden
    '66 Commander

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    • #3
      Glad to hear it was a success! I hope you folks can do it again next year when I hope to have a Stude that can participate.[8D]
      Mark Hayden
      '66 Commander

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      • #4
        Here you go!
        Sounds like a neat day!
        Jeff[8D]


        http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/288935814566212


        SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic

        David Kohli of Couer d'Alene, Idaho, cleans the bugs off the front of his 1955 Studebaker C Cab before the start of the 2007 Northwest Overdrive in Yakima hosted by the Central Washington Studebaker Drivers Club on Sunday.


        SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic

        Published on Monday, May 21, 2007 Printable Version E-mail to a Friend

        Studebakers return to byways of the Valley
        By ROD ANTONE
        YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

        If you ask Gordon Bueling of Union Gap about his first Studebaker, he recalls it with a mixture of fondness and pain.

        The year was 1953, and he was 18 years old when he bought a 1948 Studebaker Starlight Coupe. With it, he courted his wife, to whom he's still married -- but he lost the car a few years later.

        "Met a Chevy in a snowstorm in an intersection in Montana," he said. "Had the wife for more than 50 years, though. But that Starlight Coupe ... I would love to have it back."

        Like many members of the Central Washington Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Gordon and his friends all have a story, usually about a Studebaker they own or had owned once upon a time.

        The club rolled into town this weekend and gathered at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center on North First Street, where 55 Studebaker cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes were in the parking lot.

        The rarest among them was Sam Bilyeu's 1938 Commander sedan, which he drove up from Oregon.

        "Used to have a 1937 Dictator. ... Bought that for $50 from my grandfather," he said. "I just like 'em, everybody has a Ford or a Chevrolet. You got to drive something different."

        Phil Saunders of Portland was the talk of the group with his powder-blue 1955 Studebaker President Coupe. Among the collection of vintage automobiles, his was mentioned the most by other Studebaker owners with a hint of either admiration or jealousy.

        "That's quite a compliment because there are a lot of beautiful cars here," Saunders said. "I just love it, got it in December. ... Paid about $8,500 for it but it's worth more than that. I'm lucky the guy who owned it didn't put it on the Internet or something."

        Bueling, who is chapter president, said the Northwest club includes members from the Northwest and western Canada. Scheduled events each year give club members a reason to cruise the streets in their various Presidents and Commanders and Gran Turismos, all of them made by Studebaker, which went out of business in 1966.

        "Studebaker was ahead of its time," Bueling said. "They came out with a new body style way ahead of the other cars ... rounder and more streamlined, while Chevrolet and Ford still had the same old boxy kind of car."

        While some of the cars have been restored to almost new, some owners, such as Ken Roberts, are proud to show off the vehicle as is. Even though his 1955 Studebaker pickup is on its third engine, the red and white body is still the same and all the parts other than the tires are straight from the factory.

        "I can hit 75 on U.S. Interstate 5 hauling a loaded trailer behind me no problem," said Roberts, a Longview, Wash., resident. "A lot of these were built in the '60s and some in the '30s and '40s, but they'll run right down the road today with no problems."

        Later, to demonstrate, he turned the key and a V-8 engine roared to life and then began to purr like a kitten. Roberts said he bought the truck seven or eight years ago despite the fact that it was a heavily used Idaho farm vehicle.

        "I wouldn't even begin to guess how many miles are on it and I don't care," he said. "I enjoy driving it, and that's all that matters."

        (end)
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        Studebaker owne
        HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)

        Jeff


        Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain



        Note: SDC# 070190 (and earlier...)

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        • #5
          Here you go!
          Sounds like a neat day!
          Jeff[8D]


          http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/288935814566212


          SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic

          David Kohli of Couer d'Alene, Idaho, cleans the bugs off the front of his 1955 Studebaker C Cab before the start of the 2007 Northwest Overdrive in Yakima hosted by the Central Washington Studebaker Drivers Club on Sunday.


          SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic

          Published on Monday, May 21, 2007 Printable Version E-mail to a Friend

          Studebakers return to byways of the Valley
          By ROD ANTONE
          YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

          If you ask Gordon Bueling of Union Gap about his first Studebaker, he recalls it with a mixture of fondness and pain.

          The year was 1953, and he was 18 years old when he bought a 1948 Studebaker Starlight Coupe. With it, he courted his wife, to whom he's still married -- but he lost the car a few years later.

          "Met a Chevy in a snowstorm in an intersection in Montana," he said. "Had the wife for more than 50 years, though. But that Starlight Coupe ... I would love to have it back."

          Like many members of the Central Washington Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Gordon and his friends all have a story, usually about a Studebaker they own or had owned once upon a time.

          The club rolled into town this weekend and gathered at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center on North First Street, where 55 Studebaker cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes were in the parking lot.

          The rarest among them was Sam Bilyeu's 1938 Commander sedan, which he drove up from Oregon.

          "Used to have a 1937 Dictator. ... Bought that for $50 from my grandfather," he said. "I just like 'em, everybody has a Ford or a Chevrolet. You got to drive something different."

          Phil Saunders of Portland was the talk of the group with his powder-blue 1955 Studebaker President Coupe. Among the collection of vintage automobiles, his was mentioned the most by other Studebaker owners with a hint of either admiration or jealousy.

          "That's quite a compliment because there are a lot of beautiful cars here," Saunders said. "I just love it, got it in December. ... Paid about $8,500 for it but it's worth more than that. I'm lucky the guy who owned it didn't put it on the Internet or something."

          Bueling, who is chapter president, said the Northwest club includes members from the Northwest and western Canada. Scheduled events each year give club members a reason to cruise the streets in their various Presidents and Commanders and Gran Turismos, all of them made by Studebaker, which went out of business in 1966.

          "Studebaker was ahead of its time," Bueling said. "They came out with a new body style way ahead of the other cars ... rounder and more streamlined, while Chevrolet and Ford still had the same old boxy kind of car."

          While some of the cars have been restored to almost new, some owners, such as Ken Roberts, are proud to show off the vehicle as is. Even though his 1955 Studebaker pickup is on its third engine, the red and white body is still the same and all the parts other than the tires are straight from the factory.

          "I can hit 75 on U.S. Interstate 5 hauling a loaded trailer behind me no problem," said Roberts, a Longview, Wash., resident. "A lot of these were built in the '60s and some in the '30s and '40s, but they'll run right down the road today with no problems."

          Later, to demonstrate, he turned the key and a V-8 engine roared to life and then began to purr like a kitten. Roberts said he bought the truck seven or eight years ago despite the fact that it was a heavily used Idaho farm vehicle.

          "I wouldn't even begin to guess how many miles are on it and I don't care," he said. "I enjoy driving it, and that's all that matters."

          (end)
          ----------------------------------------
















          Studebaker owne
          HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)

          Jeff


          Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain



          Note: SDC# 070190 (and earlier...)

          Comment

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