Indy to Viva via a Studebaker!

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are heading for Viva Las Vegas Saturday morning! We're excited to set off on the open road with the Studebaker! We are looking forward to having a GREAT time with the Shifters and hanging out with some old friends and meeting tons of new! We are not quite sure where will be stopping, so if you see us on the road be sure to HI!

Vegas, look out, the Road Rockets are on their way!!!!!!!!!!!

 

good luck man, take a camera.

 

Studes rock! Good luck.

 

Be safe. Have fun.

 

Driving to Las Vegas in a G***er Studebaker........all the way from Indianapolis !

The Road Rockets are hard core !

Have a safe trip Yancy, and take a lot of pictures !

Axle

 

awesome! have a safe trip. see you there!

 

Get er done!!!
Nothing like drivin em !!!!
Just for grins "Bubbas Hot Rod Shop ( and trailer park) will send a T shirt to all who post a picture of this car in their state on the way. Pretty easy , right ?? See the car , take a shot post on to this post and send me a pm with address and shirt size.
Kinda like follow the hambster i guess....
Indiana dont count!!

 

When he goes down 80 west he'll be with in about 1/2 mile from where i will be . But standing on a bridge is illeagle .

 

Yancy,
After going to the HCPU and following Lon in his roadster I decided then no one has a good excuse for not driving their car. (sans family reasons).

If you pull this one off you are HARD CORE!!!! No heater/defroster, wipers and open exhaust!!! I'll have to move Lon to number two on my list of hard corer's.

Good luck and you guys take lot's of pictures. This will be a trip the two of you will never forget.

John

 

Good luck Yancy. You guys have a good time and be careful. We will see 'ya when you get back. You hambers be on the lookout for him...'ya can't miss a blue stude g***er!!!

 

Cajones. Big br*** ones. Good luck to ya'all. Call me jealous.

 

Drive cheerfully!

 

you guys can race along the way for extra gas money! haha

 

good luck yancy. i got your back if something happens between here and st. louis. i am sure you will be fine though. most of all, just have fun.

 

DAMN, I'm jealous!!! My Stude is still on jack stands, it's begging for a road trip. Have fun and good luck.-MIKE

 

I'm jealous, I've been working so much OT I haven't done more than start my Stude and pull it out of the garage this year. Are you taking I-74 to I-55 below Peoria, IL and then doin' the Route 66 thing?

 

Guys, lets all stick together and keep an eye/ear out for him. If he needs anything this board will be his best bet.

Axle

 

Geeze, what a great time to do the "mother road" too .. Would love to do route 66. Was raised on it in MO and traveled a lot of it on my Goldwing when I went from FL to CA. What a trip ..

 

I had breakfast with Yancy ( g***edbaker) Brittney and the crew at
west side waffle steak this morning at 7:00.
The report at 10:30 he was on inst 70 p***ing Marshall Illinois. Thats covering some ground! Car was packed to the roll bar..
Hes planning on Tulsa this evening.

Some one catch him in Tulsa and i will throw in a couple extra shirts....


News at 11..................

 

Yancy and Brittney p***ed thru St. Louis at 12:30 today

 

Awesome! Have a great trip. I just finished working on my shoebox. Damn...nothing ike a roadtrip.

 

Road Rocket Update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This morning Yancey and Brittney were met by the sending off party that included MercDeuceMan, GMC Bubba, Flathead31Coupe, VonDust, Naomi (that's me writing) and Tom. After a hearty breakfast at the Waffle & Steak we all gathered at the shop for last minute details and once-overs. At a 8:45 the Studebaker was fired up the she was pulled out into the street and after a good rev of 6000 RPMs, her clutch was side-stepped they was launched towards Vegas, disappearing dramatically into the heavy fog that surrounded Lynhurst drive.
At 1030 they were in Marshell, ILL (as Bubba informed ya'll) and this they arrived safetly in Miami, OK. They were greeted several times over throughout IL & MO by the state troopers of those fine states, they were taking photos and giving ******s.... An OK state trooper was even kind enough to follow them off an exit to informed them that at 2200RPM in 5th gear was 92 MPH! He fortunately saw the humor in life and was nice to just give them a warning... then proceeded to ooooohhhhhhh & aaaaaahhhhhhhh over the g***er.
Now they are bedded down for the night in a hotel where there is a Porsche convention going on, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. So needless to say the Studebaker is sitting in the middle of a bunch of Viner-Schnitzels (spelling????)!!!!
We'll give an update tomorrow night! Thanks to all of your kind words and support! the Road Rockets and Yancey thank you all.
Axle...... he's getting CLOSER!!!!!! Shifters have plenty of High Life ready... the boy is going to need it after this trip!! Enjoy the departure photos!

 

More Photos!

 

thats a bad-a$$ stude have a great time!

 

Go Yancy!! Take care of our Britt.......we love you guys!

 

I am jealous. First of all that you are doing it. And second of all that 92 mph is only 2200 rpm.

Looking forward to the updates...

Note to self: Need overdrive trans or different rear end gears...

 

Just got a text from them. They are at the Oklahoma/Texas state line.

 

Keep the hammer down Yancey!!!!

 

Just talked to Yancy. The are at the Blue Swallow in To***cari, N.M. as I write this. John I remember driving this in my 30 Model A Roadster. I think you could call that hard core as well hahaha. Then again going down the mountain after going through Flaggstaff and having my carbs actually freeze was quite an adventure in itself. Nothing like 2 Stromberg carb bases all cover with ice and making the throttle stick. Anyway Yancey says thiings are going good other than the clutch linkage keeps bending but he just bends it back and keeps going. I know he is having a blast. Look out Las Vegas!!!!

 

Goose,
No disrespect intended. I know you have done more than your fair share of roadstering all over the U.S.

I hope two weeks from now when Yancey and Britt get back home that this trip, it will prove to all the naysayers that a g***er style car IS DRIVABLE.