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Old 12-29-2015, 11:10 AM
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Thanks guys!

I went walkabout sunday and yesterday with my Brother and visited the Studebaker museum on Sunday then drove to Auburn, stayed in the Comfort Suites and visited the flathead ford Museum and then the Truck and transportation museum.

This morning I did an inventory of my haul of goodies from their gift shops.....T shirt, Mug for my buddy Homer, Baseball cap with headlights built into the bill, Stude license plate, a set of dvd's of classic car shows, and a 1/18th scale of an early Ferrari barchetta which I bought for a bargain price of $20 at the truck museum. (Prolly not too many F car enthusiasts visiting the truck museum.

The truck museum is behind the Auburn cord deusenberg museum and is well worth a visit as it has a very wide variety of stuff on wheels including a Motorama, Busses, cars, tractors and an amazing International truck with fairings etc which ran 232 mph at Bonneville. The driver must have balls of iron as it sits 10' tall.

He had a blowout at 230 mph and nearly capsized! Before it came to rest it had shed nearly all the body parts as the exploding tire tore a hole in the side and the pressure eventually blew it all apart.

The kids are coming in tonight for dinner.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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