The Red Bug.
And yes, that is a Road Atlanta track pass on the top center of the windshield. Car was a regular Walter Mitty Rally participant.
Posted on 12/30/2013 11:32:59 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
He was a nice-looking big chestnut, looked more like a TB than a QH (he was 7/8 TB, racing QH) not exactly big in the brains department but a good mover.
We were at a show in a crowded warmup ring one time and were about to get jammed in a corner - I lifted the reins and told him to 'get on' in no uncertain terms and gave him a pretty hard boot - and discovered he had a gear I didn't know he had. We breezed past the traffic jam like they were all standing still, fortunately I do (or did) a lot of situps so my upper body caught up to him after a sec.
Gave me a lot of respect for that dumb old boy.
The Red Bug.
And yes, that is a Road Atlanta track pass on the top center of the windshield. Car was a regular Walter Mitty Rally participant.
So we sold it to a couple in CA who were going to restore it as their 'classic driver'. (They already had a '47 Stude pickup, but they had turned it into a concours car so they were afraid to drive it anywhere, it went to shows in its own trailer and was rolled out for the judges to hem and haw over.)
They sent a car hauler, we met him at the truck stop, put the Red Bug aboard and bid her a fond farewell. But she was going to a better home!
In 1975 my dad bought an auto machine shop from an old guy retiring so he could start an engine rebuild business.
The place came with shelves and shelves of Studabaker parts. Sold them all for a pretty good sum.
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