Studebaker Speedster
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Studebaker Speedster was an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana during the 1955 model year. The vehicle was considered Studebaker's halo model for the 1955 season.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Studebaker had previously used the Speedster name in the early 1920s, and was a marketing strategy revival of the President during that time.
Description
The Speedster was a member of the President series, and was based on President hardtop coupe. For 1955, the company heavily restyled its models to incorporate a larger front bumper and a massive chrome grille more in keeping with American cars of the era.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
An initial run of twenty Speedsters was made to be displayed at car shows for the 1955 model year.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Reaction to the show cars caused Studebaker's management to put the car into production mid-year and offer it for the rest of the model year,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". after which it was replaced by the previously planned Hawk series.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It allowed the company to offer a competitor to the Ford Thunderbird and Chrysler 300.
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Features
The Speedster's list price started at $3,346,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ($Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in Template:Inflation-year dollars Template:Inflation-fn) or about $800 more than a base 1955 President State hardtop. The reason was the 1955 President Speedster was loaded with standard equipment including: choice of Studebaker Automatic Drive or overdrive transmissions, power steering, power brakes, four-barrel carburetor, dual exhaust, "Shoemaker-stitched" diamond-quilted genuine top-grain leather seating, carpeting front and rear, a map pocket (but no glove box) an eight-tube push-button radio, a machine turned instrument panel with a Stewart-Warner Script error: No such module "convert". speedometer and an 8,000 rpm tachometer, turn signals, electric clock, tinted glass, cigarette lighter, oil filter and oil bath air cleaner, dual backup lamps, triple horns, two-speed electric wipers,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". tubeless whitewall tires, simulated wire wheel coversScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and fog-light bumperettes.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1]
There was also Speedster-specific trim including a hood-length hood ornament,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". stainless roof band,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Speedster nameplates and checkered emblems as well as chrome-plated ashtrays, rear-view mirror, moldings and tailpipe extensions.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". They also came in 2- and 3-tone paint jobs,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the most famous of which was Hialeah Green & Sun Valley Yellow, called "lemon/lime" by the public.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The green was a gold flake metallic.
Studebaker produced 2,215 Speedsters during the 1955 model year.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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