What is your Drive Your Studebaker Day story?
I first drove to a regular Saturday morning car show at Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach CA, I arrived ~ 7 am and got a good spot. *Edit* Oh yeah, there were two other Studebakers at this show: Jason from OC Studebaker brought a Hawk, and there was also a '46 pickup truck. About an hour later I left for another show in Anaheim. I didn't stay for the second show because only reserved cars got into the main lot. Then I stopped by my dealership and used the wash rack for a nice clean up. From there I headed to Pacific Coast Highway that runs along the coastline and beach towns. I went north a short distance until it was blocked off for July 4th festivites. I turned around and headed south through the beach towns from Huntington Beach to Dana Point, That section of PCH is one of my favorites with great coastal views, the surf coming in - and all the people watching: people checking out my Avanti, me checking out all the pretty ladies in their finest beach wear.
Whle stuck in traffic a Mercedes window rolled down and out came a camera taking pictures while I waved. "What year is your car" (Dodge Dakota driver) "Nice car dude" (Honda Civic driver) "Woah, nice car" (Dodge Caliber driver). Lots of heads swiveling around for a closer look, car passengers pointing my car out to other passengers. I stopped by Sees Candies for some dark California brittle. When I returned to my car there was another car parking next to mine. As they got out one of them asked if my car was a '57. I told him it is a 63 and he said: "those were hot cars back then."
Overall driving time was four plus hours on the road and six hours total time. I didn't mark the mileage, but it should be ~ 92 miles. It will have more miles before the day is done, I came back to my house for some rest before hitting some other local spots. My clutch leg is a little tired from all the stop and go and crawling through traffic.
Thomas
Long time hot rodder
Packrat junk collector
'63 Avanti R2 4 speed
I first drove to a regular Saturday morning car show at Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach CA, I arrived ~ 7 am and got a good spot. *Edit* Oh yeah, there were two other Studebakers at this show: Jason from OC Studebaker brought a Hawk, and there was also a '46 pickup truck. About an hour later I left for another show in Anaheim. I didn't stay for the second show because only reserved cars got into the main lot. Then I stopped by my dealership and used the wash rack for a nice clean up. From there I headed to Pacific Coast Highway that runs along the coastline and beach towns. I went north a short distance until it was blocked off for July 4th festivites. I turned around and headed south through the beach towns from Huntington Beach to Dana Point, That section of PCH is one of my favorites with great coastal views, the surf coming in - and all the people watching: people checking out my Avanti, me checking out all the pretty ladies in their finest beach wear.
Whle stuck in traffic a Mercedes window rolled down and out came a camera taking pictures while I waved. "What year is your car" (Dodge Dakota driver) "Nice car dude" (Honda Civic driver) "Woah, nice car" (Dodge Caliber driver). Lots of heads swiveling around for a closer look, car passengers pointing my car out to other passengers. I stopped by Sees Candies for some dark California brittle. When I returned to my car there was another car parking next to mine. As they got out one of them asked if my car was a '57. I told him it is a 63 and he said: "those were hot cars back then."
Overall driving time was four plus hours on the road and six hours total time. I didn't mark the mileage, but it should be ~ 92 miles. It will have more miles before the day is done, I came back to my house for some rest before hitting some other local spots. My clutch leg is a little tired from all the stop and go and crawling through traffic.
Thomas
Long time hot rodder
Packrat junk collector
'63 Avanti R2 4 speed
My Wife, Daughter and I each drove a Studebaker to a meet about 40 miles away from home today. So, overall our trip was about 80 miles. I have details on another thread (probably in the wrong forum) about the serial killer in our area affecting activities due to the fear it has generated. If I have done this correctly, below will be the link to the other thread in the Studebaker specific discussion forum.
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