A Nice Night Ride...

[showbizkid]

It was a pretty brutal day at work and my mind was fatigued after dinner, so I told my bride I was going out for a drive. I fired up Barney, cranked the heater, and headed to State Highway 76, about a mile from me. Merged into traffic and ran it down the road at a steady 60 for a few miles, warm and toasty, listening to the engine chant away. After about 10 miles, I got off onto some city streets and made my way back home on one of our curvier arterials, doing a little stoplight dragging along the way It was a ton of fun, and just what I needed to unwind.

Studebaker Therapy. I recommend it highly

Took this at the park near my house on the way back home.

[63 R2 Hawk]

I prefer to drive my Studebaker whenever I need to go somewhere. I need a break from the "nanny car" every now and then.

[Studedude]

Yep, very rejuvinating... recommend such activity on a regular basis!

[BobPalma]

It was a pretty brutal day at work...

What? I thought Forum Moderator was a full-time job! BP

[rodnutrandy]

since its 8 degrees out right now, I think I will leave my truck in the garage. When heat returns, I will go out for a joy ride, or next month when I drive it to a indoor car show.

[rockne10]

since its 8 degrees out right now, ...

Stude heaters work well. Sometimes very cold roads are clean and dry. Studes with the choke well heated greatly enjoy inhaling bitter cold. Strengthens the spirit.

[doublepaddle]

Thought about going for a ride just to move things around a bit but it started to rain and I did not want mud in the wheel-wells. It stopped raining and started to dry up a bit at 5:00pm. The traffic is nuts around here at that hour so I figured I'll wait for tomorrow. Well 5:45 my wife calls with her keys locked in my other truck. I had to go 7 miles to unlock her truck and turn back home. It was a great ,cool ride with the windows down. I say cool it was 70 out.Got a few waves and honks along the way. It was worth the trip!!

[JimC]

I agree. It's great therapy! With the outright cruddy week I've had, today I couldn't take it anymore. I hopped in the Lark and went for a spin around the neighborhood. It needs some break work done before I can go outside of my neighborhood, but it will come to a stop if you pump the pedal a couple times. Good enough for a couple blocks of residential roads. Sometimes you just need to get out. Plus, it was motivating to scrape up the cash to start replacing the tools I need to at least do the brakes.

[JRoberts]

Yep, I think such therapy is manditory. I partake of it whenever I can.

[Bob Bryant]

Got in the mid-winter exercise on the Studebaker a few days ago. Had a brief warm spell and the high was around 50 degrees. Let it idle until at operating temp and thrn drove it about 10 miles. Now I am optimistic that I can remove the cover in a couple of months when we hit a high and take a ride again before the fun season starts.

[JoeHall]

Stude heaters work well. Sometimes very cold roads are clean and dry. Studes with the choke well heated greatly enjoy inhaling bitter cold. Strengthens the spirit.

I agree. It was 12 degrees when I left for work this morning, and 19 upon return. I took the scenic route, as I usually do in a Stude, so it was a 45 mile round trip in the 63GT. The car has the OEM heater and an under-dash AC evaporator/heater unit. The car sat outside last night, and I only started the engine a couple of minutes before take off, yet ten miles down the (country) road I had to turn the under-dash unit down, and a few miles further, turn it off. The motor is a little loud for the first few miles due to the clutch fan, which spins fast enough to make the "airplane" sound till the fluid in it thins a little.
Just can't beat Stude therapy to get a person in a mood for work, then help decompress upon return home

[Gold Hawk Doug]

I too had therapy this week end. Seven degrees, at 65mph, for 100 or so miles! High of 40 for the whole day.
Nice, and toasty inside.

Doug

[dean pearson]

That is a very cool form of therapy. Really like barney too, cant wait to meet you both when I get my car going and can actually can call myself a Studebaker driver.
I live in Murrieta not far away.

Dean.