Studebaker for sale
One of the great truly great American classic for sale companies, Studebaker started out as a blacksmith shop in 1852 in South Bend, Indiana. Run by five brothers, it grew into one of the largest and most successful makers of horse drawn carriages and buggies, and even supplied the North with horse drawn vehicles during the Civil War.It was not until 1902 that the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, as it came to be known, released its first classic for sale automobile - an electric powered car. Inventor Thomas Edison was one of the first people to purchase the electric Studebaker. At the time, John M. Studebaker, the brother overseeing the company, reportedly thought gasoline cars were smelly, and that electric was the way to go. But he was finally persuaded by his son-in-law, Fred Fish, to move forward with a gas model in 1904. Fish later took over the company and run it until 1915, when Albert Erskine became Studebaker's president.
The early years saw a number of popular, medium-priced classic for sale vehicles, including the legendary Studebaker Light, Studebaker Special and Studebaker Big Six. The company stopped making electric vehicles in 1912 and stopped making horse drawn carriages in 1920. During World War I, Studebaker got its share of government contracts and remained profitable, but even Studebaker could not weather the storm of the Great Depression and briefly entered receivership in 1933, emerging successfully however.
A turning point for Studebaker classic for sale came with the hiring of industrial designer Raymond Loewy, considered one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. He designed the Coca-Cola dispensing machine, JFK’s Air Force One interior, and some of the most legendary Studebakers ever made. His credits include many of Studebaker’s icons: the Champion (1939), the Starlight Coupe (1947), the Commander (1951), the President Speedster (1955), the Golden Hawk (1957) and the Avanti (1963). Through the 50s, Studebaker classics for sale were known for their design via the airplane-like “bullet nose” front end and for their heavy duty V8 engines.
While the 50s represented a style heyday of sorts for Studebaker, the company also faced very stiff competition within the American market from the big three: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Studebaker sales fell, leading to a merger with Packard Motor Car Company in 1954. Packard engines powered the Studebakers of the late 1950s, but the Studebaker-Packard combination still could not bring about a strong enough rebound. The Avanti, designed by Loewy, was widely acclaimed for its sporty good looks, but labor issues and troubles with production ultimately made it the last Studebaker classic for sale ever manufactured.
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