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Studebaker Conestoga station wagons were built on the company’s 116.5” wheelbase platform. The vehicles were two-door wagons and had a two piece tailgate/liftgate configuration for accessing the cargo area.
The Conestoga was also available, interestingly, as an ambulance, which Studebaker called the Ambulet. It included a stretcher, red cross decals, and other ambulance features. The Ambulet was promoted primarily for police and fire departments as well as for small-town funeral homes, many of which provided ambulance services at the time.
Studebaker discontinued the Conestoga nameplate at the end of the 1955 model year, although the basic body would be continued through several styling changes -- and even built as a Lark compact -- through 1961.
References
Maloney, James H. (1994). Studebaker Cars. Crestline Books. ISBN 087938-884-6.
Langworth, Richard (1979). Studebaker, the Postwar Years. Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-87938-058-6.
Gunnell, John, Editor (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Kraus Publications. ISBN 0-87341-096-3.
Studebaker's cash position was far worse than it led Packard to believe and in 1956 the nearly bankrupt automaker brought in a management team from aircraft maker Curtiss-Wright to help get it back on its feet.
Studebaker's proving grounds were acquired by its former supplier Bendix Corporation, which later donated the grounds for use as a park to the St.
Studebaker was acquired by Wagner Electric in 1967.
The Studebaker National Museum is a museum in South Bend, Indiana, USA that displays a variety of automobiles, wagons, carriages, and military vehicles related to the Studebaker Corporation and other aspects of American history.
The Studebaker National Museum is connected to and shares an entrance with the Northern Indiana Center for History.
The main level displays Studebaker history and vehicles from the 1800s to 1934.
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