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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / March 2008Buzz Beckman contributions to TW
I think that the best part of TW is the old letters from the college classmate of Buzz, cheerfully explaining what was happening in SB, aalthough this last was not the best. Maybe this is why I realized how good the others have been. TW, overall, is still the prize-winner we all know and love. AMEN! I have been begging for some of our chapter to write some of their old memories down and share with the others. One is the daughter of an old dealer, another one of the Studebaker family. So far..nothing... Maybe seeing those letters will get them off their duffs. I wish I had saved some of MY old correspondences...(and a few cars and things along the way, too.....) Studebaker George > I think that the best part of TW is the old letters from the college > classmate of Buzz, cheerfully explaining what was happening in SB, > aalthough this last was not the best. > Maybe this is why I realized how good the others have been. > > TW, overall, is still the prize-winner we all know and love. > AMEN! > I have been begging for some of our chapter to write some of their old [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > - Show quoted text - So right. Through the SDC publication, years ago, I tried to convince SB members and others to tape record conversations with ex-Studebaker workers. No result that I heard of. I did an article for a trade magazine on Consulting Engineers. One of them was a former head of maintenance for the Pam Am Clippers. (Pre WWII) I don't remember a damn thing that he said on subject, but remember a lot about that part of his life. We were a generation apart in age, and I can't tell you what he said about consulting, but bits and pieces of his life in the middle of the Pacific pop into my mind from time to time. Scotty C. had quite a life. At SDAM, I relate various car tales, as do the other volunteers there. It make my day at the place something to look forward to. I agree that what amounts to reading a personal diary from Fred Bartz, shares a lot of personal experience from inside Studebaker. While Fred became the victim of Parkinsons disease and passed away a number of years ago, it would be interesting if one could interview him today, to see if forty years changed his outlook. If you read between the lines, I think he certainly saw the handwritting on the wall, as to the eventual outcome of Studebaker. Oddly, in about 1963, Fred left Studebaker and became a dealer for them in Manitowoc, WI. Buzz Beckman found a location for him and they made the best of it. For some reason, when Studebaker pulled the plug, he was still apparently shocked and never really got over it. He harbored a lot of bitterness about his Studebaker experience for a long time and could barely get over it, let alone discuss any portion of it. While Fred and Buzz were loyal friends for many years, before and after the Studebaker experience, there is a part of the story remaining, that we may never hear about. On Mar 1, 5:44 am, keith_kichef...@wed.dresser.com wrote: > I agree that what amounts to reading a personal diary from Fred Bartz, > shares a lot of personal experience from inside Studebaker. While [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > experience, there is a part of the story remaining, that we may never > hear about. Quite often, "the rest of the story" is never let out - perhaps with good reason. I will go on thinking of Fred as the soul writing interestng letters to good friends, one of whose pack-rattedness allowed me to "know" him, also. |
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