Spreading the word of Studebaker ...

[sbca96]

36 years old, grew up with Studes, bought my first at age 15. First
worked on one at age 11 or 12 - possibly before while helping my dad.

Tom


'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires

[sbca96]

36 years old, grew up with Studes, bought my first at age 15. First
worked on one at age 11 or 12 - possibly before while helping my dad.

Tom


'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires

[FireHawk]

quote:Originally posted by Pckstude

Here we go again! Last October I started a thread on just this subject (in the google groups stude forum) and it drew a lot of attention. This is a good thing! We again talking about spreading the Studebaker word amongst the masses, but we must do more. Just yesterday we had officer elections in our local stude club and I brought this very subject up for discussion. I gave a brief and rough outline of what is needed to accomplish the recruitment of new members and possible ways to do so, while asking for ideas. Getting the name out to the general public is the first step that I thought was needed. Someone came up with the idea of a car show in the mall. I figure that's a good start. Getting more people into studes, and into our clubs is nothing less than a win, win, situation. It will make the vendors happy, and keep the value of our studes up. This is truly a grass roots initiative that we must get the ball rolling on now. A new stude membership is only $20! At our meeting we decided to add a membership to each scholsrship that we are giving out. This way the recipients will be able to remember who gave them the money in the first place. Being in my mid fifties, I can barely remember studes, so we have a challenge of getting the name out there to the younger crowd. It's a big problem of how do we get their attention away from the video games and cruising the malls. Another thing to consider is making the meetings, or planned activities family orientated and cheap. There are so many ideas out there that could be tried. I'm no organizer of such things, but I can help in other ways. It already seems like in this thread people are worried about carrying on the stude name and tradtions. Let's put our heads together and get the ball rolling!

I'm sure this is brought in many meetings - and will probably be an ongoing concern forever. New ideas are always welcome! I like the idea of having the cars in a mall. (I'd be standing there 24/7 though! )


~ FireHawk

- 56 PowerHawk
- 01 Firebird TransAm WS6 Convertible

- Ontario Canada!

[FireHawk]

quote:Originally posted by Pckstude

Here we go again! Last October I started a thread on just this subject (in the google groups stude forum) and it drew a lot of attention. This is a good thing! We again talking about spreading the Studebaker word amongst the masses, but we must do more. Just yesterday we had officer elections in our local stude club and I brought this very subject up for discussion. I gave a brief and rough outline of what is needed to accomplish the recruitment of new members and possible ways to do so, while asking for ideas. Getting the name out to the general public is the first step that I thought was needed. Someone came up with the idea of a car show in the mall. I figure that's a good start. Getting more people into studes, and into our clubs is nothing less than a win, win, situation. It will make the vendors happy, and keep the value of our studes up. This is truly a grass roots initiative that we must get the ball rolling on now. A new stude membership is only $20! At our meeting we decided to add a membership to each scholsrship that we are giving out. This way the recipients will be able to remember who gave them the money in the first place. Being in my mid fifties, I can barely remember studes, so we have a challenge of getting the name out there to the younger crowd. It's a big problem of how do we get their attention away from the video games and cruising the malls. Another thing to consider is making the meetings, or planned activities family orientated and cheap. There are so many ideas out there that could be tried. I'm no organizer of such things, but I can help in other ways. It already seems like in this thread people are worried about carrying on the stude name and tradtions. Let's put our heads together and get the ball rolling!

I'm sure this is brought in many meetings - and will probably be an ongoing concern forever. New ideas are always welcome! I like the idea of having the cars in a mall. (I'd be standing there 24/7 though! )


~ FireHawk

- 56 PowerHawk
- 01 Firebird TransAm WS6 Convertible

- Ontario Canada!

[StudeDave57]

quote:Originally posted by 63larkcustom

I'm 36

quote:Originally posted by sbca96

36 years old,

Damn- that makes three of us- anyone else??? [:0]


StudeDave [8D]
V/P San Diego County SDC
San Diego, Ca

'54 Commander 4dr 'Ruby'
'57 Parkview (it's a 2dr wagon...) 'Betsy'
'57 Commander 2dr 'Baby'
'57 Champion 2dr 'Jewel'
'58 Packard sedan 'Cleo'
'65 Cruiser 'Sweet Pea'

[StudeDave57]

quote:Originally posted by 63larkcustom

I'm 36

quote:Originally posted by sbca96

36 years old,

Damn- that makes three of us- anyone else??? [:0]


StudeDave [8D]
V/P San Diego County SDC
San Diego, Ca

'54 Commander 4dr 'Ruby'
'57 Parkview (it's a 2dr wagon...) 'Betsy'
'57 Commander 2dr 'Baby'
'57 Champion 2dr 'Jewel'
'58 Packard sedan 'Cleo'
'65 Cruiser 'Sweet Pea'