Studebaker Conestoga

The Studebaker Conestoga was an all-steel station wagon produced in 1954 and 1955 by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana (USA). The company chose the name Conestoga as an homage to its wagon business that company produced from the 1850s into the early 20th century.

Station wagon

1955 Conestoga

The Conestoga station wagons were built on the Studebaker's 116.5 in (2,960 mm) wheelbase platform. One body style was available, a two-door wagon with a two-piece tailgate/liftgate configuration for accessing the cargo area.^[1]

Ambulance

1954 Ambulet

The Conestoga was also available in an ambulance version that Studebaker called the Ambulet. This model 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.

1961 Lark wagon

Lark compact

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

1. Rowsome Jr., Frank (December 1953). "Studebaker joins the wagon train with 1954-model Conestoga". Popular Science. 163 (6): 110–112. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

• Gunnell, John, ed. (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-096-0.
• Langworth, Richard (1979). Studebaker, the Postwar Years. Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-87938-058-6.
• Maloney, James H. (1994). Studebaker Cars. Crestline Books. ISBN 0-87938-884-6.

External links

• Media related to Studebaker Conestoga at Wikimedia Commons