[Fot] Non-LBC group question

[EDWARD BARNARD]

Lister's: Thank you to all that answered my question about STP. A call to their H.Q. public relations office this morning has revealed what we should assume is the truth. The STP does stand for Scientifically Treated Petroleum. The Wiki reference to it standing for Studebaker Tested Products is in fact true. The company did tie their name to the product for a short time until Andy G. took over. But, the Wiki reference to King Richard no longer being a spokeperson for the company is false. According to the P.R. department, they have the longest commercial endorse in history. 
Thanks again to the list!
 -Ed-

--- On Tue, 9/30/08, David Kettler <dkettler at tcbi.com> wrote:

From: David Kettler <dkettler at tcbi.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Non-LBC group question
To: ehusmann53 at yahoo.com
Cc: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>, edwardbarnard at prodigy.net
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 9:52 PM

I recall when I was a kid collecting STP stickers at gas stations.
I always understood it to be Scientifically Tested Products.

Dave Kettler

At Tuesday, 30 September 2008, Ernest Husmann <ehusmann53 at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

>Ed:
> 
>From STP's web page: STP = Scientifically Treated Petroleum--- On 
Tue, 9/30/08, EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net> wrote:
>From: EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net>Subject: [Fot] Non-
LBC group questionTo: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>Date: Tuesday,
September 
30, 2008, 11:06 AM
>
>Lister's: I'm writing a magazine article about Indy roadsters
(Kurtis',
Novi', etc) and am examining the Studebaker/Packard powered cars.
In 1963 Studebaker purchased from three gentlemen a little known 
company named Chemical Compounds, which had an oil additive product 
they were selling from the trunks of their cars. Studebaker gave 
Andy Granatelli, then head engineer and chief test driver for Studebaker 
the position of CEO of the newly acquired company which he then renamed 
STP. Now my question...does anyone know for certain the meaning of 
STP? I am getting mixed answers from The Racing History Group. Most 
say it stands for Specially Treated Petroleum, while a few are saying 
it stands for Studebaker Test Products. Do any of the FOTers know 
the "true" side of the story? 
>BTW, later I will relate this past Saturday spent with three great 
guys, Johnny Rutherford, Lloyd Ruby,  and Jim McElreath, at a car 
show we had. 
>Thanks - Ed - _______________________________________________
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