More Than They Promised

More Than They Promised
Author: Thomas E. Bonsall
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2000
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780804735865

This lavishly illustrated book (86 integrated illustrations) is the complete story of the Studebaker company from its beginnings to its end in 1966.

Studebaker

Studebaker
Author: Patrick R. Foster
Publisher: Crestline Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-04-22
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780785832614

The Studebaker history is a short one, and a sad one at that, but inside Studebaker, you'll find a meticulously crafted history of the early automobile. Studebaker began business as a builder of covered wagons. By 1921 they were the number four automaker in the nation. By 1932 they were bankrupt. And for Studebaker, one of the most remarkable stories in American automotive history, that was only the beginning. Studebaker: America's Most Successful Independent Automaker tells the full and fabulously colorful history of this icon of the American automotive scene. Rife with triumph and tragedy, brilliant moves and boneheaded decisions, Studebaker's decades of building cars makes for a tempestuous saga featuring some of the more interesting characters in the twentieth-century business world. Above all, the story features cars that, for countless Americans, truly defined driving: not just the Champion, which rocketed the company back to the top in 1939, or the 1950s Raymond Loewy-designed Starliner, deemed a "work of art" by the Museum of Modern Art, but also the Hawks and Larks that so many drivers loved. As the book traces Studebaker's fortunes from success to crisis to merger and back, it also dwells with loving photographic attention on the vehicles, from the first electric car to the last Avanti.

The Studebaker National Museum

The Studebaker National Museum
Author: Andrew Beckman
Publisher: M.T. Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Studebaker automobile
ISBN: 9781934729021

This book explores the company's history from the Studebaker family's arrival in America through the company's lasting legacy into the 21st century. The story is told through the vehicles and artifacts in the Studebaker National Museum, and highlighted throughout with images and illustrations from the Museum's vast Archives.--Publisher website.

Ohio is My Dwelling Place

Ohio is My Dwelling Place
Author: Sue Studebaker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2002
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Sue Studebaker documents samplers made by young girls in Ohio prior to 1850, the girls who made them, their families, and the teachers who taught them to stitch. Illustrations of these highly prized works are presented, along with the stories behind their creation.

The Studebaker History Corner

The Studebaker History Corner
Author: Jan Young
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2009-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0557045738

The Studebaker History Corner is a collection of anecdotes and short stories covering the entire span of Studebakerâs history from 1852 through 1966. Including both the famous and the obscure, it provides perspective, adds detail to existing histories, and entertains with facts you havenât heard before, accompanied by authenticated and corrected versions of some of the stories you most likely have heard.For instance, the Studebaker History Corner includes an article on the Studebaker Electrics, setting them in the context of the rest of the electric auto industry. Studebaker, we learn, was an important manufacturer, but neither the largest nor the longest-lived. The book also includes the story of the Selden patent and Studebakerâs place in it, the fascinating story of a theft from the Studebaker administration building, the history of Studebakerâs unionization, an account of the relationship between Studebaker and Trans International Airlines and much more.

Ab & Marvin Jenkins

Ab & Marvin Jenkins
Author: Gordon White
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781583881736

Ab Jenkins drove for Studebaker in speedway and road races during the late 1920's and early 30's, then took a Pierce-Arrow roadster to Bonneville, Utah, for the first-ever timed run on the Salt Flats. His 112 mile an hour record for 24 hours made him world-famous. In 1935 the Duesenberg Company converted one of its supercharged luxury cars into "The Mormon Meteor" for him to race at Bonneville against such men as John Cobb, Malcolm Campbell and Captain George Eyston. Repowered in 1936 with a 1,750 cubic inch Curtiss fighter plane engine, the car was re-named "Meteor II" and returned to the Salt Flats to set more records. In 1937, with sponsorship from major oil, tire and spark plug companies, he built Meteor III, a huge aero-engine monster that carried him to more records on the salt. Ab's son, Marvin, was a racer in his own right, driving one of the Studebakers more than 90 miles an hour in 1931. After the war Marvin was tapped to drive the famed Novi Indianapolis car at Bonneville, where he set Class D records in 1947. In Ab's final drive, he and Marvin teamed up in 1956 to drive a Pontiac to a 24 hour stock car record of more than 118 miles an hour.