| 词条 | Studebaker Speedster |
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| name = Studebaker Speedster | image = Green Studebaker Speedster.jpg | caption = | manufacturer = Studebaker | aka = | production = | model_years = 1955 | assembly = South Bend, IN US | designer = | class = | body_style = coupé | layout = | platform = Studebaker President | related = Studebaker President | engine = {{convert|259|cuin|L|0|abbr=on|disp=flip}} V8{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=90}}{{Sfn|Ebert|2013|p=25}} | transmission = {{Unbulleted list | 3-speed manual or | 3-speed automatic}}{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=90}} | wheelbase = {{convert|120.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on|disp=flip}}{{Sfn|Koch|2006}}
}}The Studebaker Speedster was an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana during the 1955 model year. The vehicle is considered Studebaker’s halo model for the 1955 season.{{Sfn|Ebert|2013|p=25}} Studebaker had previously used the Speedster name in the early 1920s. The Speedster was a member of the Studebaker President series, and was based on Studebaker’s 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.{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=89}} An initial run of twenty Speedsters was made to be displayed at car shows for the 1955 model year.{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=89}}{{Sfn|Bonsall|2000|p=293}} 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,{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=89}} after which it was replaced by the previously planned Hawk series.{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=90}}{{Sfn|Ebert|2013|p=25}} The Speedster's list price started at $3,346,{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=90}} 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, an engine-turned dashboard with a Stewart-Warner {{convert|160|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} 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,{{Sfn|Koch|2006}} tubeless whitewall tires, simulated wire wheel covers{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=89}}{{Sfn|Koch|2006}} and fog-light bumperettes.{{Sfn|Koch|2006}} There was also Speedster-specific trim including a hood-length hood ornament,{{Sfn|Koch|2006}} stainless roof band,{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=90}} Speedster nameplates and checkered emblems as well as chrome-plated ashtrays, rear-view mirror, moldings and tailpipe extensions.{{Sfn|Koch|2006}} They also came in 2- and 3-tone paint jobs,{{Sfn|Bonsall|2000|p=293}} the most famous of which was Hialeah Green & Sun Valley Yellow,{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}} called "lemon/lime" by the public.{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=89}}{{Sfn|Bonsall|2000|p=293}} The green was a gold flake metallic. Studebaker produced 2,215 Speedsters during the 1955 model year.{{Sfn|Lyons|2005|p=90}}{{Sfn|Koch|2006}} NotesReferences
|last=Bonsall |first1=Thomas E. |year=2000 |chapter=The Packard Operation |chapterurl={{Google books|w67Uhn6bpnsC|More Than They Promised: The Studebaker Story|page=293|plainurl=yes}} |title=More Than They Promised: The Studebaker Story |url={{Google books|w67Uhn6bpnsC|More Than They Promised: The Studebaker Story|plainurl=yes}} |location=Stanford, CA US |publisher=Stanford University Press |publication-date= |pages=277–312 |isbn=0-8047-3586-7 |lccn=00-063564 |accessdate=2014-11-23 |quote= |ref=harv }}
|last= Ebert |first= Roger R. |title= Champion of the Lark: Harold E. Churchill and the Presidency of Studebaker-Packard, 1956-1961 |year= 2013 |location= Jefferson, NC US |publisher= McFarland |chapter= 2. Erskines, Rocknes, Champions, Weasels and Merger |isbn= 978-0-7864-7420-2 |page= 25 |url={{Google books|RSmXAAAAQBAJ|Champion of the Lark: Harold Churchill and the Presidency of Studebaker-Packard, 1956-1961|page=25|plainurl=yes}} |accessdate=2014-11-23 |ref= harv }}
| url = http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2006/03/01/hmn_feature24.html | title = 1955 Studebaker President Speedster | last1 = Koch | first1 = Jeff | date = March 2006 | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | website = Hemmings | publisher = American City Business Journals | doi = | doi-broken-date= | issn = | oclc = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729152023/http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2006/03/01/hmn_feature24.html | archivedate = 29 July 2012 | deadurl = no | accessdate = 23 November 2014 | quote = | ref = harv }}
|last=Lyons |first=Dan |year=2005 |chapter=1955 Studebaker President Speedster |chapterurl={{Google books|E3ffDZeLOQsC|Cars of the Fantastic '50s|page=89|plainurl=yes}} |editor-last=Collins |editor-first=Tom |display-editors=0 |title=Cars of the Fantastic '50s |url={{Google books|E3ffDZeLOQsC|Cars of the Fantastic '50s|plainurl=yes}} |edition= |location=Iola, WI US |publisher=KP Books |pages=89–91 |isbn=0873499263 |lccn=2004116450 |accessdate= |quote= |ref=harv }}{{Studebaker}}{{Classicpow-auto-stub}} 4 : Studebaker vehicles|Coupés|Cars introduced in 1955|1950s cars |
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