Thursday, June 4, 2020

Speedy Speedster


6 comments:

  1. My granddad, who we called "Pappy," had one of those. I thought it was the coolest car ever! That "cockpit-style instrument panel" made me think I was in an airplane.

    Pappy didn't treat it well though- he owned a feed store & carried big sacks of animal feed in the trunk, finally broke the rear springs. I could have cried! He just kept driving it, and (without the sacks of grain) it took off like a rocket, even with broken springs! You sure felt the bumps in the road, though.

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  2. High school days, late 1950's, was a passenger in a supercharged Studebaker. To this day might be the fastest I've been in a passenger car. That 180 mph speedometer was pegged!

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  3. My Mom drove one of those in the 50's. It was a deep burgundy and white.

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  4. Stephan WilkinsonJune 5, 2020 at 6:25 AM

    Actually that speedo read to 160, not 180, But 160 mph on 175 hp is more than hard to believe.

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  5. I bought one of these...my first car, when in High School in 1964. Paid $50, had a half a tank of gas when purchased.

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