Our annual All Studebaker Gathering (formerly called March Madness) was held on March 12, 2022 at 10 am. We in Tucson do not have Nor'Easters, instead we had a Sou'Wester. We had wind there which of course stopped when we ended the meet at 2pm.
Freddy's Steakburger located in Vail, Az was our host and gave us the use of the parking lot. People would stop for a burger then stroll the parking lot to view the cars. I was able to pass out membership applications and two people joined that day.
We had 50 people that signed in and had 28 Studebakers and Avantis . The vehicles ranged from Fred and Nora Gooch's 37 Dictator Coupe to Gene and Mary Jane's 1990 4 door Avanti.
Some of the people that drove to Tucson were, Denny Lockman, Ed and Linda Costell, the Eastburns, and many others.
John Rodhouse whose 1950 super straight black Champion Starlight Coupe drove from Phoenix.
John also owns a 914 and related to me he and his wife bought the Starlight so they could put their young children in the back seat to go on tours. John's car won the peoples choice award and a cash prize of $50.00
Russ and Sharon Ware brought their 51 Landcruiser (LC) from Gilbert. Board Director PSW zone Ed and wife Linda brought from White Mountain Lake their 51 Stakebed. We also had Ivan Hawkins bring his White Avanti Convertible.
Now on to the fun stuff. We had a 50/50 drawing won by John L Lewis for a total of $197.00 dollars. The runner up prize was a $200 Gas Gift card won by Eric Willis. There were 13 raffle items that had both items of interest for the Ladies and Men.
A big thanks to Deb Crooks and Marj Scooros for running the registration and selling of raffle and 50/50 tickets.
See you all next year in Phoenix
Bob Miles
Chief Ozone patrol
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