Minutes of the October 26 2006 meeting

Art Cassel drove his now rein-car-nated 1959 Lark, Rich Kimmel drove his 1960 Champ truck, and Jim Salisbury drove his 1964 Daytona Wagonaire to the meeting at the Carrows on Devonshire, slightly west of Mason, Thursday night, October 26, 2006.

They were joined by Roger Curtis, Howard Brown, Tom and Bob Thornton, Andrea ‘Enthal, and Richard Marks (who all drove assorted non-Studebaker vehicles ranging from a Toyota Tacoma, 1985 Oldsmobile, and 1996 Ford school bus).

As a follow up from last month’s meeting, Art Cassell handed out the new magnetic ID badges that the club has bought for its members. Badges have the lazy S Studebaker logo on their left side, the members name, and the Los Angeles Chapter on them.
Price for each badge is $5.
What is unique about these badges is their fastener–a really strong magnet that will hold them onto even the thickest knit fabric. The same badge is also available with a traditional clasp-pin back for those who have pace makers or other reasons not to want to wear a strong magnet.
Order form elsewhere in this issue.

Richard Marks confirmed the March 18 2007 plans for our Winter Meet at the Petersen Museum.
As agreed at an earlier meeting, we are moving away from the “traditional” February date of Presidents Day weekend because that had such a bad track record as far as weather. Though March 18 isn’t guaranteed to be sunny and bright, we decided to take a chance on that date, rather than go with the February one which we were learning to hate. March 18 is the last official weekend of winter, though it seems like spring in Southern California. Spring arrives two days later according to the powers that be.
Richard handed over the contract forms, which thankfully have most of the fees waived, to Howard for follow up and signatures.

Art Cassell was appointed a committee of one to decide on our location for the December holiday gathering. We also agreed, as in the last two years, that we would avoid the old fashioned gift exchange among us have-too-muches, and bring non-perishable food for the have-nots. That food is donated to the Sova food bank in Encino, which is run by a Jewish social service agency. There is no requirement that recipients be Jews. They give market bags containing a week’s balanced diet to clients from all faiths and races.

It was suggested that we make up business sized cards that members could give out when they met other Studebaker owners in the area, inviting them to join us. I will make a pilot run of such cards when I get my computer’s printer to behave again. I’m hoping that it will “get well” after Halloween, and that its current refusal to work is really goblin possession. (I actually have no clue why it stopped printing black ink right after I changed to a new black ink cartridge) and now won’t print at all, giving me an error message, instead of a red or blue image (which have plenty of ink!)

The grand finale of the meeting was a dry erase board presentation by Richard Marks, on the electrical system of your car (Studebaker or modern).  –Andrea ‘Enthal