My La Carrera Pictures and a hunt for '53 body parts

Here are my pictures from this year's La Carrera Panamericana:

Plenty of Studebaker content, but not for those with weak stomachs. Two beautiful bullet-noses are totally destroyed and a '53 gets turned into a '52 if you know what I mean. Also an E-Type Jag went off a 300 foot cliff. The roll cage failed and the co-pilot was seriously injured (he was reported dead a few of days ago then miraculously upgraded to alive with a chance of full recovery yesterday). We raced a '54 Olds and took 3rd in the Original PanAm class. I'm working on a website to tell the entire tale -- including pictures from other guys in our group and I promise I'll post a lot of Stude content including pictures of one of the Bullet-noses going off a bridge and landing upside down in a river.

That said, I'm also looking for two front fenders and a hood from a C/K. One of the regular top contenders in this race, Jerry Churchill has finally seen the light and wishes to build a '53 Studebaker. He is determined to win this race and has come close on several occasions with his previous vehicles -- '63 or '64 Impala and most recently a '54 Olds. I've been talking to him and his builder to find the various parts they need to complete the project and the major problem is getting a couple of usable front fenders and a hood from a C/K. If it comes down to it, Hawk fenders would do in a pinch. This will run in the Turismo Mayor class powered by a 6 Liter Brand-X (I DID suggest a

289, but he wants the extra 80 cubes) and probably be capable of 150 MPH. I'm going to sign him up in the SDC and hopefully get this car out to a zone meet or something before next year's race. This is a hot project and the plans are to have this car finished in February -- no fooling, this is a hot project. If anyone can point me at a source for these parts, I would really appreciate it. You can send me an e-mail at bobwaitz#!#!#hotmail.com (cleverly replacing the #!#!# with a @

Bob