Ocean Bay, Massachusetts-Rhode Island Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club

In spite of the weather we had over the last few weekends in October, we had a beautiful fall day for Ocean Bay’s Octoberfest on the lawn of the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline Massachusetts! A little cool if you were in the shade but beautiful in the sun! This year we also had a little change in the Concours Classes with the addition of a Packard Class for the first time which drew in 6 beautiful post war Packards. Packards as well as other makes that were manufactured under the Studebaker name have always been invited to attend Ocean Bay’s Octoberfest but I believe making the effort to personally invite the Packard Club this year made a difference. This is a class that maybe we should continue with for the future, I would like to hear your thoughts on this.

As for Studebakers; Studebaker enthusiasts came from all over New England to make this a great Octoberfest. It is great to see so many old friends drive in at this event each year. This is the 19th consecutive year that Ocean Bay has been meeting on the lawn of the museum. Many old friends and their Studebakers have come and are now gown. There is not a year that goes by that I don’t think of old friends and their Studes that once graced this lawn. It is great to see our tradition continue each fall with so many Studebakers and old friends as well as many new friends get together each October to make this a great end of the year celebration. Such a success is a great testimony to how great Studebaker camaraderie really is! .

This year the event brought in just about 35 cars, which made for a great display of Studebakers on the lawn of the Museum, making this one of our best Concours d’Elegance in a while. We had a pretty even mix of Studes in each class, although I was a little surprised that we didn’t have more pre-war Studebakers. But all in all it was a great day with friends.

The Museum exhibit this year “THE STYLE AND INNOVATION OF THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE “ was a great exhibit which featured a look back at the last 80 years highlighting some of Detroit’s most elegant designs and amazing technological breakthroughs. Cadillac, Nash, Studebaker, Buick, design sketches, period fashion provided by Lasell College, and design concepts which included five great photograph of Raymond Loewy’s Design Studio at Studebaker.

Octoberfest 2009 Gallery