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Volume 28, Issue 5 May/June 2013 Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc

Tour 2013 Waco, Texas Fred Radle 1928-2013 2 4 EPA Wants to Increase Ethanol Content to 30% 4

Sweethearts and Orphans Car Show Calendar & Future Events 4 5 8 At about 10 a.m.

They have a large selection of roses and plants of all kinds.

At about 12:15 pm we will convoy from there up Hwy 50 to Hwy 60 and head west to Snook and the

1 Volume 28, Issue 5 May/June 2013 Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc NEXT MEETING: JUNE 8, 2013 INDEPENDENCE/SNOOK Inside this issue: President s Corner 2 Spring Tour 2013 Waco, Texas Fred Radle EPA Wants to Increase Ethanol Content to 30% 4 Classifieds 4 Welcome New Members! Sweethearts and Orphans Car Show Calendar & Future Events At about 10 a.m., we will meet at the Antique Rose Emporium in Independence on Hwy 50 north of Brenham. They have a large selection of roses and plants of all kinds. It is very pretty this time of year. At about 12:15 pm we will convoy from there up Hwy 50 to Hwy 60 and head west to Snook and the La Salada Mexican Restaurant for a 1 pm lunch and meeting. We do not have a private meeting room so we may meet on the patio out front. Bring a chair if you would. If you wish, you may meet us at Snook if flowers are not your cup of tea. See you soon! Mark Tech Tips 9

2 Page 2 The Hubcap PRESIDENT S CORNER By Mark Brians Spring is sprung and summer is just around the corner. Time is flying by as it is time for our Saturday, June 8, 2013, meeting and mini tour from Independence to Snook for lunch and our meeting. This is right in the Hollands back yard almost. The spring tour is history and we think everyone who came had a good time. The International Meet is just around the corner, and I hope you have made plans to attend. I have been busy on various projects and fixit jobs as always. I have been to several car shows and it seems there is one every weekend. I hope you can make our June meeting and I look forward to seeing you there. Mark SPRING TOUR 2013 WACO, TEXAS By B.B. Holland Pleasant weather, Texas scenery, beautiful cars and good friends! What more could we ask from our weekend spent in Waco, Texas. For the first time in a long time, all the cars participating in the spring tour were vintage, a total of 20: 18 Studebakers, one Hudson and one Ford. Ross Ball had the distinction of driving three Studebakers on the tour. The head count was 37 Central Texas members and guests representing 17 towns and cities in Texas. We began the weekend with lunch at Rudy s Barbeque on the Circle in Waco. After some good food and a caravan through tricky traffic and an unexpected detour, we all made it to the Cameron Zoo, located near the Brazos River and very pretty scenery. B.B. and I were a couple of wusses who stayed in the parking lot, but we had the definite pleasure of watching the gawkers and answering questions about our cars. Around 4 p.m, we began the trek down IH 35 to the Ramada Inn in Hewitt for check-in, rest, and food in the hospitality room. Thanks to all the contributors of goodies. The recipe for Homemade Butterfingers is in the next issue of The Hubcap. Supper was on your own and a bunch of folks made their way to a nearby Dairy Queen. Then, back to the hospitality for more sweets, coffee and sodas. Saturday morning, the Ramada provided a very good hot breakfast, and at 8:45 a.m, we left for the Texas Ranger Museum. Following the showing of a movie on the history of the Texas Rangers, we spent an educational hour viewing the displays and spending money in the gift shop. Back to our cars in order to provide Wacoians with another unscheduled parade as we traveled to the Dr. Pepper Museum. More history, a nice gift shop and Dr. Pepper floats gave us the strength to make it to Tres Mexican Restaurant on 6th Street for lunch. Following lunch, at which both food and service were good, we provided another parade as we traveled to Baylor University s Mayborn Museum Complex. This is a very interesting museum which featured a great Robots & Us display. We definitely recommend a return visit. At 4:00 p.m., we returned to the Ramada for rest and recuperation before driving down IH 35 to one of our favorite meeting places, Raymond s Southern Kitchen in Lorena. We had the big meeting room, which we needed, and the food was, as usual, plentiful and good. We returned to the motel for tire kickin, conversation and more food. Following the good breakfast Sunday morning, we bid good friends goodbye and headed home.

The Hubcap Page 3 Those attending were: Bill and Diana Osborne 57 Hawk Longville, LA Nick and Sally Dynis 62 Station wagon Flatonia Mark and Lorraine Brians 56 Commander Belton Onnie and Virginia

ooks 49 Pickup Weatherford Joe and Karen Clark Hudson Hornet Cameron B.

3 The Hubcap Page 3 Those attending were: Bill and Diana Osborne 57 Hawk Longville, LA Nick and Sally Dynis 62 Station wagon Flatonia Mark and Lorraine Brians 56 Commander Belton Onnie and Virginia Weaver 64 GT Hawk Wiergate Ken and Estella Smith 66 Commander Hempstead Larry and Alice Brooks 49 Pickup Weatherford Joe and Karen Clark Hudson Hornet Cameron B.B. and Hazel Holland 51 Business coupe College Station Doyle Smith 50 Landcruiser Wiergate Earlene Garner Wiergate Martha Zager Wiergate Morgan and Charlotte Woolens 57 Ford Jasper Ross Ball 2000 Avanti II Lorena 1978 Avanti II 64 Pickup Victor and Sandy Pochobradsky 63 GT Hawk Ennis LaNell Bren Waco John Caldwell 50 Champion Regal Deluxe Dallas Gary and Donna Lowe 63 Avanti Belton John and Donna Brooks 56 President Hamilton Brad Putchat 58 President Leroy Bob & Linda Spessard 53 Starliner Montgomery R.W. and Shirley Thornton 53 Coupe Denton Line up on Spring Tour 2013 Parking Lot at Cameron Zoo

Page 4 The Hubcap FRED RADLE 1928-2013 Fred Radle passed away on May 3, 2013, at Hillcrest Hospital, following a year-long Illness.

4 Page 4 The Hubcap FRED RADLE Fred Radle passed away on May 3, 2013, at Hillcrest Hospital, following a year-long Illness. Fred was born in Waco on March 26, 1928, and spent his life in the Waco area, except for two years in the U.S. Army from 1955 to In 1952, Fred began two long-term commitments: 38 years with the Montgomery Ward Service Dept. and his marriage to Kathleen Scott on August 29. Kathleen died six weeks before their 50th wedding anniversary on July 12, Fred is survived by his daughter, Paula Lightfoot and her husband, Tracy, and two grandsons, Kevin and Keigh Lightfoot. Fred was preceded in death by his brother and long-time CTC member, Curry Radle. Fred was a lifelong member of St. Mark s Lutheran Church, Waco, Texas. EPA WANTS TO INCREASE ETHANOL CONTENT TO 30 PER CENT A recent article in Hemmings Daily reports on the EPA s proposal to increase the current mixture of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline to 30% ethanol/70% gasoline. The New York Times announced that the EPA s suggestion was included in a report on sulfur levels in fuel. The EPA is also urging car manufacturers to increase the compression ratios on new cars in order to better handle ethanol fuel. The article also references the concern of vintage car owners and the damage ethanol can do to our vehicles. There are two bills in Congress introduced this year, House Bill 875 and Senate Bill 344, calling for suspension of the sale of ethanol 15, pending further study. Those bills are in currently in committee. Nick Dynis forwarded the referenced article to your editor and suggests that concerned car collectors might want to write both their federal and state legislators urging them to ban ethanol in our fuel. Note: You can read the entire article dated May 17, 2013, on the Hemmings Daily website. If you are reading this on your computer, click on this link to go directly to the article. ( CLASSIFIEDS CARS & PARTS FOR SALE: Barry Hackney has cars and parts for sale, including several new listings for cars. Check out his website, or call WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Bob and Linda Spessard 59 Wyndemere Montgomery, TX Phone: bob1940@consolidated.net 1953 Commander Coupe

The Hubcap Page 5 The Weatherman s promised rainy weather was not present when we left Flatonia headed for Denton on Thursday morning.

We stayed on the back roads as much as possible where we could enjoy the scenery rather than taking the faster, boring Interstate Highways.

We went straight to the host motel which we found to be very nice and a great value for the price.

5 The Hubcap Page 5 The Weatherman s promised rainy weather was not present when we left Flatonia headed for Denton on Thursday morning. Sally was in her 1961 Hawk and I was driving my trusty 1964 Wagonaire. We were driving up on Thursday to allow us time to visit the swap meet in Decatur on Friday. We stayed on the back roads as much as possible where we could enjoy the scenery rather than taking the faster, boring Interstate Highways. It was a pleasant and uneventful trip until Sally apparently lost her brake light switch just outside of Denton. We went straight to the host motel which we found to be very nice and a great value for the price. Sally and I both enjoy reading so it was natural for us to make visiting an old book store our next activity. I had made a note about a book store in Denton a year or so ago but had never gotten around to visiting it. This was our chance and we were sure glad that we took it. Hidden away in Denton, Texas is one of the nicest used book stores that I have ever visited and I have been in a bunch of old book stores all over the United States and a few foreign countries. We spent the rest of the day enjoying ourselves wandering around inside that great store. SWEETHEARTS AND ORPHANS By Nick Dynis Friday morning continued to be overcast; still no rain, but the temperature had dropped considerably over night. We loaded up in the Wagonaire and took off for Decatur about mid-morning. The meet was well underway when we got there with a huge number of vendors strung out in row after row. Studebaker parts are never really evident in any great quantity at such meets and that, plus the cold wind, soon had us headed back to Denton. Saturday morning was again still overcast and even colder than the day before. The show had requested that the cars be in place in a parking lot just off the downtown square from 9:30a.m. to 3:00p.m. so we left the hotel right after breakfast. On the way to the show we experienced our second minor problem when Sally pulled over saying that the car was making a terrible noise. We switched cars and started out again for the next block where I pulled over and disconnected the speedometer cable in the Hawk. Sally was right, it was making a terrible noise. Luckily the Hawk also has a tachometer so Sally was still able to tell what speed she was driving. The show had a pretty good assortment of Orphans. The last I heard they were saying that they had a little over 60 cars entered. There were at least 11 Studebakers on display, the Hawks being the largest group by model and, according to the North Texas Wheel, tied with the Oldsmobile group for the largest number of cars by manufacturer. Dale Truitt, the President of the North Texas SDC, had done a great job of directing everyone as they arrived so that most of the cars were grouped together by make. I can t remember the last time I saw so many Hudsons all parked next to each other. Con t on next page

Page 6 The Hubcap SWEETHEARTS AND ORPHANS Continued

Motor Buggy and a 1910 Hudson for the earliest in

Both of these were outstanding restorations.

on the Sears that they got stuck all the time and

they were being pulled out of the mud by a horse.

6 Page 6 The Hubcap SWEETHEARTS AND ORPHANS Continued Hudson Pickup Hudson Sedan There was a 1909 Sears Motor Buggy and a 1910 Hudson for the earliest in the show. Both of these were outstanding restorations. The Sears had a holder for, and a buggy whip in it, right at the front of the car. The owner explained that the tires were so narrow on the Sears that they got stuck all the time and most owners just carried the buggy whip to use when they were being pulled out of the mud by a horse Sears Motor Buggy Willys Knight (I didn t get the year) It took a lot of polish to get this 1910 Hudson ready for the show

The Hubcap Page 7 SWEETHEARTS AND ORPHANS Continued The Hudson

The crowd was light for the first three hours or so which

By noon the sun was out and while the temperature might not have

there driving his AMC Matador and enjoying being just a

7 The Hubcap Page 7 SWEETHEARTS AND ORPHANS Continued The Hudson brought his grandson with him and we brought our granddaughters! The crowd was light for the first three hours or so which probably was a result of the cool weather. By noon the sun was out and while the temperature might not have been much warmer, the sun made the rest of the afternoon very nice indeed. Mark Brians, President of the Central Texas SDC chapter, was there driving his AMC Matador and enjoying being just a participant without all the responsibilities he usually has at an event. AMC Matador Mark was incognito in his AMC Matador but he didn t fool us! Con t on next page

Page 8 The Hubcap SWEETHEARTS AND ORPHANS Continued We were lucky enough to be joined by two of our daughters, their husbands, and, of course, our four grandchildren.

8 Page 8 The Hubcap SWEETHEARTS AND ORPHANS Continued We were lucky enough to be joined by two of our daughters, their husbands, and, of course, our four grandchildren. What a great way to top off a very nice car show. The trip home Sunday was as uneventful as the trip up with lots of thumbs up and 30 minute stops for fuel while answering the questions about the cars. It was a good show and great weekend. I am always amazed by the people that say You drove all that way in your Studebaker? Makes me wonder if they thought that people in the 1960s never drove more than 15 miles from home! CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS For additional information call: or June 8 Meet at Antique Rose Emporium, Independence, Texas at 10 am; Lunch & meeting at La Salada Restaurant, Snook, Texas, at 1 pm June 30-July 6 49th International Studebaker Convention in Colorado Springs, Colorado August 10 Meet at Falls County Museum in Marlin at 11 am, get our feet wet at the famous springs, and eat and meet at The Chicken Place at 1 pm. October 12 Annual picnic at the Hollands in College Station November 16 Antique Auto Show chaired by B.B. Holland at 75th Anniversary Celebration of College Station, Texas. No entry fee; come and display your car at the George Bush Presidential Library. More information later. November 22,23,24 Lake Area Cruisers Rod Run, Jasper, Texas December 14 Christmas Party at the Brians Studebaker Ranch in Belton. THE HUBCAP In The Hubcap, our goal is to inform club members about club activities, offer news about Studebakers and Studebaker people, along with ideas and comments concerning both. Contributions are welcome from all club members, although we reserve the right to edit and select on the basis of topicality and general interest. Submit material to "The Hubcap, 6224 Los Robles, College Station, TX We can be reached by telephone at 979/ The Hubcap is published bi-monthly by the Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, but those of the particular authors or editors. President Mark Brians 254/ Vice President Ken Smith 713/ Sec.-Treasurer Hazel Holland 979/ Editor B.B. Holland 979/ Tour master Lorraine Brians 254/

The Hubcap Page 9 TECH TIPS By Mark Brians This time I have a story to tell about what went wrong and lessons learned.

from home. This show is hosted by the North Texas Chapter, Studebaker Drivers Club. I went up I-35 and was about to get off in Italy (Texas, that is) when the engine burped once.

I thought that my mechanical pump could be going bad. The car show was nice and about 3:15 pm, I started home. It ran, but not very well. It seemed to come and go.

9 The Hubcap Page 9 TECH TIPS By Mark Brians This time I have a story to tell about what went wrong and lessons learned. It all started when I decided to drive my 55 Studebaker pickup to the Bluebonnet-Antique American Independent Automobile Car Show, held on April 20 in Ennis, which is a little over a hundred miles from home. This show is hosted by the North Texas Chapter, Studebaker Drivers Club. I went up I-35 and was about to get off in Italy (Texas, that is) when the engine burped once. I thought, What was that about? Going on into Ennis it missed a little and seemed to be running out of gas. I turned on my booster electric fuel pump and it seemed to help. I thought that my mechanical pump could be going bad. The car show was nice and about 3:15 pm, I started home. It ran, but not very well. It seemed to come and go. I made it back to I-35 and got on the interstate. The road is so rough and the truck was running badly at times, making it hard to get over 55 mph. I made it down to Waco and stopped for gas. I raised the hood, looked things over, started it back up and it seemed ok. I got back on I-35 and it ran okay all the way to my exit in Belton. I thought I must have had bad gas. I exited, made a left turn to get on FM 436 and it just died. The starter turned it over but no go and I could see gas squirting from the accelerator pump. A very nice fellow offered to pull me the three miles to the house and I was glad as I was right in the middle of the street. The next morning I pulled the distributor cap and found that the rotor tip was burnt off about a half inch. The PerTronix ignition had failed and that stopped me. The rotor arcing, I think, caused it to fail. This is a Delco distributor and the rotor has a round carbon resistor on it. That it is what failed and the spark was so strong that it continued to jump almost an inch to the cap contacts. This truck had a Per- Tronix flame thrower coil added when the PerTronix electronic ignition was installed, and it is rated at 40,000 volts spark, about twice the stock coil. It did not have a resistor to the coil and PerTronix does not require it, but you can run one. I think that the coil is just too hot for this distributor s rotor without a resistor. I replaced the cap, rotor and PerTronix ignition and connected a resistor to the coil. I plan to keep an eye on the rotor for signs of arcing and may take that super duper coil off. If it causes more problems, I have a set of points and a new rotor in my tool box now. It was one very long trip back from Ennis on I-35 road. Keep them rolling. Mark

10 The Hubcap Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc 6224 Los Robles College Station, Texas Phone: Website: centraltexassdc NEXT MEETING - JUNE 8, 2013 INDEPENDENCE/SNOOK Chapter Membership Application Central Texas Chapter dues are $12.00 per year payable in August of each year. ALL RENEWALS ARE $ The following payment schedule applies to NEW MEMBERS ONLY if joining in any other month. * Covers membership for more than one year. August $12.00 December $8.00 April $4.00 September $11.00 January $7.00 May $3.00 October $10.00 February $6.00 June $14.00* November $9.00 March $5.00 July $13.00* Mail chapter application to : Central Texas Chapter C/O Hazel Holland 6224 Los Robles College Station, Texas New Membership Renewal Name Spouse Mailing Address City State Zip Phone NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP STUDEBAKER DRIVERS CLUB National Officers President - Carl Thomason Vice Pres. - Mimi Halgren Secretary - Nita Ketchum Treasurer - Jane Stinson SDC welcomes anyone with an interest in Studebaker history and Studebaker produced vehicles. Membership is $31.00 per year in the U. S. and includes a subscription to the excellent national magazine Turning Wheels. All chapter members must join the national club. Send renewals, new memberships and changes of address to: Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. P. O. Box 1715 Maple Grove, MN Please List your Studebakers below: Year Model Body Type Serial #

Mark. Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. Volume 28, Issue 4 NEXT MEETING SPRING TOUR - APRIL WACO, TEXAS

Mark. Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. Volume 28, Issue 4 NEXT MEETING SPRING TOUR - APRIL WACO, TEXAS Volume 28, Issue 4 March/April 2013 Central Texas Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc NEXT MEETING SPRING TOUR - APRIL 12-13-14 WACO, TEXAS Inside this issue: President s Corner 2 February Meeting