Palm Springs Avanti national meet

[mfg]

I agree with Nels 100% concerning the separate SDC and AOAI national meets. (stemming from a fued of some sort)

From what I’ve seen and experienced since joining SDC many years ago, the Studebaker Drivers Club has become  more like a business than a drivers club… Also, I believe SDC management’s big push to modernize the club turned many folks off…..

A pet peeve of mine is when SDC ‘deep sixed’ the historic Studebaker Wheel emblem for the ‘modern’ emblem… not to mention that silly “We Invented Cool” motto!

 

[Nelson]

21 hours ago, bob caser said:

Nelson, the fire will not go out as long as you share your Avanti passion with the rest of us. It was a pleasure to have finally met you in Palm Springs.

Stay well.

Thanks for the compliment

 

21 hours ago, bob caser said:

Nelson, the fire will not go out as long as you share your Avanti passion with the rest of us. It was a pleasure to have finally met you in Palm Springs.

Stay well.

 The same can be said for you, Bob. I indeed enjoyed our long conversations and look forward to more of the same in the future.

[Nelson]

21 hours ago, bob caser said:

Nelson, the fire will not go out as long as you share your Avanti passion with the rest of us. It was a pleasure to have finally met you in Palm Springs.

Stay well.

Bob. I that photo the old Paxton Products building?

[bob caser]

30 minutes ago, Nelson said:

Bob. I that photo the old Paxton Products building?

Nelson, Yes ,this is the Paxton building on Olympic Blvd in Santa Monica where all the R3 and R4 magic happened. This photo is about a year old and the building was vacant at the time.

[michaelb]

Thoroughly enjoyed the Palm Springs meet!   Great hotel, the Loewy tours were awesome and the seminar speakers were entertaining and informative.  Thanks to the organizers for all the planning, work and heavy lifting behind the scenes.   I had to leave early on Wednesday, so I hope the caravan and the photo shoot were equally outstanding.  

Although I agree that the AOAI and SDC meets are better combined,  this "one off" in Palm Springs made perfect sense to those of us who wanted to see "the room where it happened".