Had a real blast last week! Saw JP,officially met N8, and gave Dave T more of my money. I loved meeting Bondo Bill and Ellen,and Max Corkins.Great people!!! I met Dick Steinkamp,and fell in Love with his smooth Black Beauty!!! What a fine Studebaker. I also got to meet Steve Grant,AKA-The Madd Doodler (swear to God he looks like a guy I used to work with!!). I had an absolute wonderfull morning hanging out with Rich LaTorre (amnotR2).And thats not just because he hooked me up with some xtra fine brown pop!!! Talked briefly with Bob P. BS'ed with Jim and his friend @ FBN Interiors (Thanks for the dash top!!).Spent some cash with Stude International. Saw some really fantastic Studebakers in the show. Got to cruise the parade downtown with a gentleman with a really NICE 2 door two tone Blue 61 Lark like mine!! They were beside each other @ the SNM welcoming party Monday night,right out front.Sorry I cant remember his name!!! The dragstrip action was fantastic!! Saw Ted Harbit first hand running the Stewed Tomato while hanging out with Lee D and Debbie and family. Ran a few passes in my little Yellow Lark. After getting past a vapor lock issue,driving in off the street with out any tweeking, my best time was 13:04 @ 104 MPH,with 60 ft times in the 1.9s to 2.0s,all with 331 gears. Second best was a 13:07. I think there is a 12 in there with some tuning and cooler air! The Wall Mart car show was cool,even with the rain.And the test track run was TOO COOL! Got to cruise beside Mathew Burnette and the Orange Bandit a bit.He had a smile as wide as the track!! I missed OCK,Jeff Rice and Jerry Forrester this year! Sorry you guys were not able to get here!!!! I know there is a lot I am leaving out,but it was really a great week.Wish every year could be a party like that!
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