April 2015 Volume 50 No. 4. The Zaner s 1938 Commander. In This Issue. Editor s Corner 2 Chapter News 3, 4, 5, 6 Mount Vernon 9 Studebaker Deals 11

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1 April 2015 Volume 50 No. 4 The Zaner s 1938 Commander In This Issue Editor s Corner 2 Chapter News 3, 4, 5, 6 Mount Vernon 9 Studebaker Deals 11

2 April 2015 Page 2 Editor s Corner The Western Outlook is a little late this month as I have been out of town visiting family. After two weeks back east it is great to see some sun and warm weather. I have not included the Zone Meet Information page in this newsletter. I have gotten a lot of feedback that it is to small to read. The reason for this is that the Western Outlook is done with Microsoft Publisher and the original meet info page is in a PDF format and will not resize correctly, in either Landscape or Portrait, to fit correctly on a page. If anyone needs a Zone Meet Registration Form please contact me and I will it to you in PDF. In the latest issue of Turning Wheels, there is a whole page with the Zone Meet form on it. Also in this Western Outlook is the information on the annual Conestoga Chapter Mount Vernon Brunch. Please RSVP early if you are planning on attending. Rick Conestoga Meeting Schedule April 26th, Wild Animal Sanctuary Tour Keenesburg, CO May 17th, Conestoga Annual Birthday Brunch - Mount Vernon Country Club June 27th & 28th, Conestoga Member Zone Meet Preparation July 9th-12th, Conestoga Chapter hosted North Central SDC Zone Meet - Eaton, Colo. July 26th, Buffalo Bill Days Orphan Car Show - Golden August 16th- 22nd, SDC 51st International Meet - St. Louis, MO September 4th-7th, Dakotas Chapter Annual Labor Day Event Custer, SD September 12th, International Drive Your Studebaker Day Event October 25th, RTD Light Rail Facility Tour - Littleton November 22nd, Conestoga Thanksgiving Potluck Forney Museum December 20th, Conestoga Holiday Party & Gift Exchange Old Neighborhood Restaurant

3 Western Outlook April 2015 Page 3 CONESTOGA CHAPTER Welcome to Spring everyone! Although it is officially here, Mother Nature continues to give us touches of winter here and there. As is always the case with the weather here in Colorado, we can certainly see more of the white-stuff throughout this month and into April, but if we're lucky and it all done for the season finally allowing us to get our Studebakers out and about! For those who missed the March outing to the Olde Town Arvada Flour Mill, you missed a real neat event. We had a very nice turnout of 26 folks, 7 Studebakers: 1951 Champion; 1957 President; 1960 Lark; two 1961 Larks & a 1962 GT Hawk, 2 Avantis: 1987 & 2002 and one Packard: a 1958 Hawk! The tour of the Flour Mill was very interesting, followed by a nice Mexican lunch and then a lot of sweet treats just a block away at Scrumptious; homemade ice cream and lots of vintage-brand candy! Our upcoming events; Wildlife Sanctuary & Pepper Pod Restaurant April 26th, Annual Mount Vernon Country Club Brunch May 17th, should be wonderful and hopefully many of you will be able to attend. Speaking of upcoming events, reservations for our North-Central Zone Meet continue to come in at a steady pace and the Cobblestone Inn rooms in Eaton are filling up, so if you plan to attend this July 9th-12th, be sure and register soon! (See form elsewhere in the newsletter.) In closing, I would like to send out, on behalf of the entire Conestoga Club, best wishes and caring thoughts to two of our members who have been experiencing health issues lately; Marge Grauberger of Windsor and Roy Kile of Lakewood. May you feel better very soon and we hope to see you healthy and with us in the near future. -Christof On Sunday, April 26th, the Conestoga Chapter will be traveling to The Wild Animal Sanctuary (1946 County Road 53 in Keensburg, CO) after a lunch stop at the Pepper Pod Restaurant (530 Fir St. Hudson, CO). I would suggest comfort over fashion at least in footwear for the day. The Animal Sanctuary has a flat rate admission of $15 per person, no discounts available. There are over 350 animals of different types to see. If you would like more information you may check out there website wildanimalsanctuary.org. We will be caravanning to the restaurant. We will meet at the Forney Museum of Transportation (4303 Brighton Blvd. Denver, CO 80216) at 11:00 AM, departing to caravan promptly at 11:15. We plan to arrive at the Pepper Pod around Noon. Please RSVP to Rex Osborn at (303) or trirexo@yahoo.com no later than Friday, April 24th. Looking ahead to May 17, we will be having our annual Conestoga Chapter Birthday Celebration at Mount Vernon Country Club, Hosted by Ray and Catherine Petros. Please see the attached flyer in this month s newsletter. BE SURE TO RSVP EARLY!!!!

4 Western Outlook April 2015 Page 4 PIKES PEAK CHAPTER Sixteen members, two guests and two Studebakers were in attendance on another beautiful day in Colorado Springs. The meeting was called to order by President Fred Cappo. Treasurer's report, secretary's report were discussed, seconded and approved by members present. Vice President gave a rundown on future events. The April 11th Event will be a garage tour at the house of Jack and MariLee Thiel, 7180 Stinson Drive in the Springs. This will begin promptly at 10am. Jack has been collecting cars for over 12 years, has a Model A that he is making a travelling car. Great display room. This will be a very interesting experience. Bring cash/checks. After, lunch will be at Gunther Toody's (Woodman/Powers). Just a reminder. Collect items for Tessa, bring to meetings. They will be taken by Marsha/Fred to be distributed. A motion was made, seconded and approved by members present to renew the by-laws. After the bylaws are established, Chuck will have them grammatically corrected and up to date. Chuck gave a miniseminar on Studebaker watches he and his grandson discovered while antiqueing. They found a 1924 (9jewel), 1922 (19 jewel) and a 1925 (21 jewel). The '22 and '24 were found in Arizona. When Chuck took the back off the '22, they discovered a photo and note. Note read "mom gave me this for my wedding present-1926). Is the photo his mom or new bride? Photo had no writing on back. In the Classic car magazine (May '15) is an article titled "Studebaker's Last Man Standing". Interesting reading. A motion was made, seconded and approved by members present to purchase a brick to be placed in the Memorial Garden at the Studebaker Museum in South Bend, Indiana. It will be in honor of Jim and Shirley Zaner who have done so much to promote Studebakers and were active in club activities. Not only in the Pikes Peak Chapter, but other clubs also. Shirley will be missed. A motion was made, seconded and approved by members present to donate$25 (Trophy) to the Conestoga chapter for their upcoming zone meet. Our chili cook-off was another tasty event. Sides were also provided. Thanks to everyone who provided such great eats! Our chili cook-off winners were: 1st Place--Jackie Floren. 2nd Place--Lynne Hargis and 3rd place--chuck Donkle. Each received a trophy. The Abbey Car Show will be May 16th in Canon City. The club will meet at the intersection of Academy/115 at 7am--(Northeast corner of Safeway parking lot), car pool to Canon City and meet there at the Walmart at 8:30am. From there, the cars will head to the Abbey in a group in order to park together. Dave B. will provide soda, water and ice. Bring your own snacks or buy from the many food vendors there. Chuck Donkle brought Stude items to be auctioned off, proceeds to go to the Chapter treasury. The club benefited by $126. Many thanks to Chuck for his generosity. Enjoy Spring and all the beautiful spring flowers. Trish Harness

5 Western Outlook April 2015 Page 5 Pikes Peak Chili Cook Off Winners 1st Place-Jackie Floren, 2nd Place-Lynne Hargis and 3rd place-chuck Donkle Chuck s Studebaker Watches In May of 1902, Clement Studebaker Jr., along with his brother George and their uncle John Mohler Studebaker bought the financially troubled Columbus Watch Company and began moving it from Ohio to Indiana. They constructed a state-ofthe-art watch-making facility with such advanced features as sprinkling systems and huge fire-proofed walk-in vaults. The name became the South-Bend Watch Company. They would eventually build 71 different grades of watches in the 5 most popular sizes. It officially opened in March of The South-Bend watches represented a good value then and now, some just happen to be better than others. South Bend built many memorable as well as some fascinating little-known grades.

6 Western Outlook April 2015 Page 6 Western Wheels Chapter The March 14th Western Wheels Driver's Club meeting was hosted by Don & Betty Steinwart at their home for an early St. Patrick's Day dinner of corned beef and cabbage. Attending were: Dallas & Lucille Whiting, Perry, Jackie & Corinna Meyers, Harry, Bonita & Charlene Case, Mary Miller and Wanda Mowry. After the meeting the attendees participated in a St. Patrick's Day word scramble. Jackie won for the ladies, and Perry for the gentlemen:-). Thanks to Rick and Tracy Tuggle (Don & Betty's daughter and son-in-law) for helping with the serving and most importantly the clean up:-) Respectfully submitted, Betty Steinwart Upcoming events discussed were: Geo & Diane Leis - Twin City Auto Show - May date TBA Sugar Valley Rally - June 5-7 Father's Day Car Show - June 21 in Gering, NE North Central Zone Meet Eaton, CO- July 9-12 Labor Day Car Show Custer SD Meetings: April 11 Hosted by the Hoekemas location TBA May 9 Hosted by the Whitings location TBA

7 Western Outlook April 2015 Page 7 Wyoming Chapter The 1st meeting of the year of the Wyoming chapter of SDC was held March 21st at the home of Jim and Carol Harkins. Present were The Harkins, Rick Hawkins, Sue Bordwell, Bruce Berst, Tammy Raver, Jim & Leslea Rapp, Ellis & Annette Black, Yolanda Scribner, and Connie Thompson. The treasurer's report was read and accepted. OLD BUSINESS: consisted of 1) Web page was again tabled. 2). Discussion was held on the fall colors tour. There are three possible locations. A) Jackson Hole area (Tammy will check on the possibility of Chuckwagon dinner tickets thru her connections. Jim Harkins will inquire on lodging space and prices in the Park. Jim Rapp will check on route. B) It was decided not to do the Yellowstone valley Custer Battlefield route. C). the other route would be into the Park going thru the Cody area. 2.) The years meetings were planned and are as follows: April (exact date TBD. Hosts Ellis and Annette Black ) Location Buffalo Wyoming. May Hosts Jim and Leslea Rapp location Sheridan Wyoming. (this to possibly include an excursion to Custer Battle field) June 27th Hosts Bruce Berst and Tammy Raver. They will be putting on a treasure hunt and will supply information as needed prior to that meeting. July meeting to be held at the Zone Meet in Eaton Colorado. August meeting to be held at the Labor day car show in Custer South Dakota. Sept. meeting will in conjunction with the fall colors tour TBD. Oct will be at the home of Connie Thompson Casper Wyoming. NEW BUSINESS: Election of officers for the upcoming term. Those elected were as follows: PRESIDENT Connie Thompson VICE PRESIDENT Bill Neiman SECRETARY Bruce Berst TREASURER Jim Rapp TOURMASTER Jim Harkins. Other new business...members encouraged to get registrations in for the zone meet in Eaton Colorado. Flyers were handed out regarding a car show in Chadron Nebraska July 17th and 18th. With no other business to be discussed the meeting was adjourned. A Chinese gift exchange followed. It was noted that the gifts stolen from members from the year before would not preclude it from happening again. (and it didn't). Bruce

8 Western Outlook April 2014 Page 8 Wyoming Chapter Letter from Outgoing President On March 21st, we had our first meeting of the year, and elections. I enjoyed the past several years as Vice President and then President, but it is time for some newer ideas to be implemented. Please welcome Connie Thompson as current President and Bill Neiman as Vice President and give them your full support. We had a good meeting, and finished getting all the meeting slots for the remainder of the year. We still need to set a place for our Fall Colors Tour, and maybe at our meeting in Buffalo we can get date as well as tour agreed on. Many thanks for the folks who got out and made the meeting, especially the out of town guests. Also thanks for the ballots from those who couldn t make it. Thanks for the ride, Jim Harkins Message from New President Hi Studebaker members I'm Connie Thompson, new president for Wyoming Chapter. I am glad to be a part of this wonderful organization. We are looking forward to an exciting year with lots of adventures. The next meeting will be at the Bozeman Steakhouse in Buffalo April 18th@12pm with hosts Ellis & Annette Black. Welcome new officers Bill Neiman, Vice president, Bruce Berst, Secretary and Jim Rapp Treasurer. I forgot to mention my Studebaker, It is a 1 horse 1890 buckboard delivery wagon which came from Vancouver, but used in the mines in Alaska, restoration in progress. Submitted by Yolanda Scribner

9 CONESTOGA S BIRTHDAY BRUNCH AT MT. VERNON COUNTRY CLUB Sunday, MAY 17, 2015 AT 11:00AM (RESERVATIONS ONLY) DRESS CODE: BUSINESS CASUAL TIE OR JACKET (PLEASE NO JEANS OR T-SHIRTS) $25.00 PER PERSON $13.00 FOR CHILDREN AGE 3 TO 11 (UNDER 3 IS FREE) PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS BY SUNDAY, MAY 10 BY CALLING Ray or Catherine OR Rex MEET AT HERITAGE SQUARE Parking Lot BETWEEN 9:30AM 10:00AM DEPART AT 10:00AM CARAVAN TO MT. VERNON ARRIVE AT MT. VERNON AT 10:30AM BRUNCH AT 11:00AM DRIVE YOUR STUDEBAKER or AVANTI!! It is the 163-year anniversary of Studebaker (1852). It will be Conestoga s 47th birthday celebration (1968) and our 19th annual brunch at MVCC. Members of the Rocky Mountain Avanti Chapter and other SDC and AOIA Chapters are welcome! The chapter meeting will be at Ray & Catherine Petros house after the Brunch. As is tradition, a cake will feature a Stude theme on it and there will be drinks and ice cream too. Ray s Studebaker model car collection will also be on display.

10 Western Outlook April 2015 Page 10 Wanted, a grill for a 1937 President. Please contact Jim Harkins with price and condition at or at jecahark@aol.com Free, Complete Planar front axle and Rear differential for a 1937 President. Very rusty. Pick up only. Glenn Shull or g.shull@juno.com I have spare tire carrier for 1926 big six. Its for a wooden spoked wheel. Also have good chrome spoked wheel for 1934 Dictator. The price is right on these. Come and get them! Cleaning out my shed. Gerald Berry April Birthday s Jackie Floren 1 Jackie Meyers 21 Conrad Cerise 9 Sandy Doerschlag 25 Jackie Cappo 13 Dallas Whiting 26 Carey Dietz 18

11 Western Outlook April 2015 Page 11 Pikes Peak Chapter: President: Fred Cappo Vice Pres: Marcia White Secretary: Trish Harness Treasurer: Jim Harness Tour Master: Marcia White CCCC: Roger Zaner Conestoga Chapter: President: Christof Kheim Vice Pres: Rex Osborn Secretary: Lori Sander Treasurer: Shelia Rink Sunshine Fund: Kay Murray CCCC: Shirley Zaner Events: Rex Osborn Wyoming Chapter: President: Connie Thompson Vice Pres: Bill Nieman Editor: Rick Hawkins Website: Secretary: Bruce Berst Treasurer: Jim Rapp Tour Master: Jim Harkins Western Wheels Chapter: President: Dallas Whiting Vice Pres: Mary Miller Secretary: Stuart Tritt Treasurer: Perry Meyers Tour Master: Betty Steinwart The Western Outlook is the newsletter of the Conestoga, Pikes Peak, Western Wheels and the Wyoming Chapters of the Studebaker Drivers Club. Please submit any corrections, suggestions or ideas to the editor at:

12 THE WESTERN OUTLOOK Rick Hawkins, Editor 7381 View Pointe Circle Wellington, CO Studebakers Are First Class