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Tracey Smith, an executive vice president at the automotive company Carroll Shelby International, from San Pedro, Calif., on her 1950 Studebaker Champion, as told to A.J. Baime.
I used to have a bad habit of staying up late and playing around on eBay. One night in 2006, I put in a bid for a Studebaker. It was midnight, and my bid was low ($3,000), so I did not think I would win. I woke up the next morning and the car was mine. I…