Tunes, Trivia, Trophy and Tracy's First Ride!

Today we won our first car show trophy! We won second place in our class at today's show, which was put on by Impala Bob's and the Basha High School Band Boosters. We took this as quite a compliment considering the votes were placed by our fellow car show participants. Since many of these people have shown their cars together in previous shows, they can develop some pretty tight groups that often stick together when it comes to things like this. Considering that about 95% of the vehicles entered in the show have been fully restored, we were expecting mixed feelings about our truck. Instead, we received very positive feedback from everybody and met some really nice people. It seems like everyone out there has had some kind of a run-in (either good or bad!) with a Studebaker.

John receiving the trophy from THE Impala Bob (who knew?).

Here, Tracy tries to decide whether it's unethical to vote for your own car. Any guesses what John told her? ("Come over to the dark side...you're a Smith now...")

Chelsie snapped this picture of us as we left for our car show date day. She and Ramon helped us out by watching the kids. THANK YOU!!!!

Tracy finally gets to go for a ride in the truck!



Here's the Chevy truck that won 1st place. So it's a little shiny...what's the big deal?


After the show, we stopped at Joe's Farm Cafe and had a hot fudge sundae to celebrate!

The ultimate in laziness...driveable coolers! Yes, this is actually a product they had for sale and you had to be at least 18 years old in order to test drive them!

Some of the other cars at the show.

A beautiful green Impala parked behind us.

The kids (and many adults) in the crowd really enjoyed John's shrunken head. One man was excited to share with us that he had one of these growing up and had only just remembered it when he saw ours!

Some of the beautiful Chevys.

An old Indian Scout. This was really cool!

It was nice to have a conversation with and the support from a fellow Studebaker Club member, Dale Saxton. He owns this 25th Anniversary Edition 1988 Avanti. We were fascinated to hear that this vehicle sold for $55,000 in 1988 and was offered with such options as a T.V. and a telephone. It also has a factory-installed 10-disk CD player in the trunk, so it was quite the model of luxury at the time. Awesome car!

This Chevy won Best in Show at another car show last week. It was by far the shiniest vehicle that Tracy has ever seen.

Our neighbor at the show was a gentleman and his 60's Corvette. He was the original owner of the car and we enjoyed hearing him talk about his adventures with his vehicle and the restoration he had done. He also won an award in his class.

This '58 Chevy won Best of Show. It was a beauty!

John trying to keep his feet from getting sunburned (or trying to avoid a bad sandal tan). In retrospect, he should have stayed under there longer. In spite of multiple applications of sunscreen, half of his body is a tad crispy.

These vehicles were owned by a father and son who were also just marvelous to talk to. The father drove his blue car down from Payson and invited us up to a car show there in a few weeks. He shared a "before" picture of his car that made us smile...he's done a lot of work! The red truck was awesome, too, and won an award in its class.

First one to identify this car wins a prize!


The car show was a fundraiser for the Basha High School Band. Here, the jazz band treats us to a performance. The kids were great and very supportive. They even lined the drive and cheered for us as we left the show. What a great feeling!

Proud John shows off all of his hard work! He also looks extra proud after winning the 50's-60's trivia four different times. Who knew the boy possessed such a wealth of knowledge?