{"id":860878,"date":"2024-09-17T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=73798"},"modified":"2024-12-02T03:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:39:55","slug":"just-gorgeous-1955-studebaker-president-speedster-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/just-gorgeous-1955-studebaker-president-speedster-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1955 Studebaker President Speedster &#8211; Just Gorgeous!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>The Studebaker Corporation built some significant and beautiful vehicles during its more than a century in business. Their horse drawn vehicles, from Conestogas to hearses, were known for their quality and durability. The automobiles built with the Studebaker name on them ranged from buggy-like electrics to some of the prettiest American cars ever built.<\/p>\n<p>There were several high points in Studebaker design in the 1930s and the 1950s. Some say the Avanti was the prettiest Studebaker ever built, and it was unique and stunning, but, in my humble opinion, no other Studebaker, in fact no other American car nor most European cars, can hold a candle to the 1955 President Speedster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content > :last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"cs-paywall\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__card\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__top\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__label\">Members only<\/span><span class=\"cs-paywall__price\">$29 <em>\/ year<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"cs-paywall__title\">Keep going. <span>This is where it gets good.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cs-paywall__lead\">Supercars.net Membership is for people who&#x27;d rather know the spec sheet by heart than skim ten headlines. 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