Updated: August 2024 |
Message from the President: Dear Studebaker Enthusiast,
Welcome to our website.
We
hope you will find our content informative and helpful.
We are always pleased to help
anyone in need of parts, advice, resources.
We are a friendly social group
who enjoy, picnics, museums, road trips, car shows and
holiday events.
We sponsor several charities
with our club.
We welcome the
comradery of all those interested in the history and
hobby of our vehicles.
The San Diego County Chapter of the Studebaker
Drivers Club serves greater San Diego County and has
been in existence for 50 years. The
Studebaker
Drivers Club was founded in 1962 by Harry Barns.
At one time the
national club had 12,000 members.
Our San Diego club was founded by a group of
twenty-five members.
In 1970 a meeting was held in the home of Lester
& Ester (Croteau) Schmidt.
A
letter was sent to the zone coordinator. John
Cummings was able to obtain the official charter
in 1972. The chapter’s first president was Les
Schmidt.
His wife Esther held every
office through the years.
Meetings were held in
Spring Valley and various other places. John and Ester
eventually arranged with the Allied Gardens Rec Center
to hold meetings which lasted for several years. John
started the tradition of saying the Pledge of Allegiance
before every meeting.
The early club hosted an International Meet on the
Queen Mary,
Long Beach in 1996.
Les and Esther came to San Diego from Milwaukee,
Wisconsin in a newly purchased 1965 Daytona. Les became
a collector, hobbyist and used parts supplier. At one
time he had 125 Studebakers!
Keith Rider, Roy Heckers, Colin
Fort and John Cummings were early members.
The San Diego County Chapter has hosted the “Cool
Classic Car Show” most recently at Spanish Landing which
is a welcome event for all our friends from the west
coast and Arizona.
As a member of the
Pacific Southwest Zone
which includes California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and
Hawaii, we hosted a Zone Meet in San Diego in 2011 at
the Town and Country Hotel.
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