When we lived at our old house, we'd often drive by the Kmart/Target shopping center on Saturday nights and look at the all of the cars displayed. Sometimes, we'd even take a walk through and see who had pulled in that night. I don't think we ever thought that we'd be taking our own vehicle and pulling out the lawn chairs...
Well, what do you know? It's our '55 Studebaker truck on the freeway, headed to the old Kmart parking lot. (Hmm...I'll bet if you looked a little closer you'd see some chairs in the back, too!)
We pulled in to the lot at about 6:30 PM, John driving the truck and Tracy and the kids following in the Tahoe (no, she did not park it at the show!) There were all kinds of vehicles present, from fully retored beauties all the way to the primer gray ugly ducklings (and everything else in-between). With people pulling in and out all evening, we got to see a little bit of everything and visited with all types of people imaginable.
The kids had a blast demonstrating the versatility of our truck. How many other cars at the show had two kids dancing in them? This truck gets to LIVE! It's fun to have a vehicle that can be part of the party and not just a pretty decoration.
John and Tracy showing off our Studebaker. We have even more fun with this truck than we ever imagined we would. It's such a great family project.
Thayer and Jilly love the truck, too. They think that cruise nights are fun!
It's hard to say what's the most fulfilling part of these events...the fact that people are starting to recognize us and welcome us into "the scene" or just meeting so many people who have fun Studebaker stories and memories to share. It's easy to see how this can be addictive!
1 comment:
Cool, i am glad to see you all have so much fun with this thing.
i think it would be cool of you started a studebaker story diary.
Write down who from where had what experience (good or bad) with what kind of Studebaker.
Keep er rolling and keep it funs.
GD
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