Pacific Southwest Zone Meet - 2014

There was an excellent turnout for the 2014 Studebaker Drivers Club Pacific Southwest Zone Meet, hosted by the Karel Staple Chapter. More photos are in Hawk Talks, the chapter's newsletter.

Studebaker - Karel Staple Chapter Calendar - 2014

We've been busy assembling the 2014 Club calendar. Here's a peek at the collage pages.

3R Truck on the Cover

We made the cover of Hawk Talks!

Read all about it here.

New Karel Staple Chapter Website

The Karel Staple Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club has a new website. Check out the newsletter and calendar of events, and feel free to join us anytime.

Questions? Just fill out the short form on the home page. http://www.hawktalks.com

Studebaker - Karel Staple Chapter February Meet-Up

We had a good turnout at the February Karel Staple Studebaker Drivers Club meet-up. Here are a few photos from our get together.

Valve Cover Races - 2011

We had a great first annual Karel Staple Chapter Valve Cover Race today in Fair Oaks, CA. "Doc Junior" won "Best Boy's Car." I think we had the sympathy vote ... or we won based on the two little helpers I brought with me, ages seven and three.

Elk's Lodge - Studebaker Meet-Up

We had a great turnout at the Elk's Lodge #6 in Sacramento, CA, today. Here are a few new pics:

1951 Studebaker Champion - Turning Wheels

Congratulations to Karel Staple Chapter member and newsletter EIC Jon Stalnaker on the inclusion of his 1951 Studebaker Champion 4-door in the May 2011 issue of Turning Wheels. In the article, Jon details his '51's journey from rust to radical.

Here are a few pics.

Studebaker Meet - April 2011 - Sacramento

There was a great crowd at the April '11 Karel Staple Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club group meet. Here are a few pics:

Studebaker Meet - April 2011 - More Photography

More pics from today's meet.

Pink Bullet-Nose Studebaker Champion Golf Cart

Below are a couple of fun photographs that came to me via the SDC Karel Staple Chapter email list. The workmanship on the cart is very nice. Would it rate a "4" or "5" at judging? It certainly would qualify as a modified Studebaker.

1950 Studebaker Champion at the California Automobile Museum

Our club (by membership), the Karel Staple Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, asked us to exhibit our 1950 Studebaker Champion at the California Automobile Museum through February 3rd. What an honor!

Here's a link to our car on the SDC Forum.

Learn more about the California Automobile Museum.

Photo by Jon Stalnaker.

2010 California Automobile Museum - Holiday Decorating

We drove our 1950 Studebaker Champion to the California Automobile Museum to view the Karel Staple Chapter xmas tree. I must admit to walking up just as they snapped the group picture, and can't take credit for any of the decorating.

Anyway, here are a few photographs from the event, including a few photos of a gorgeous 1923 Studebaker Model EL Special Six 5 Passenger Sedan. I'm told that much of the paint on the EL is original!

Photographs from Vintage Ford of Sacramento

Additional photographs taken at the Karel Staple Studebaker Drivers Club meeting today in Rancho Cordova, CA.