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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of my neighborhood friends growing up was a
Studebaker nut, a passion (or perhaps a genetic trait) no doubt inherited from
his dad. They would work into the night in the carport on one or another of
their cars, droplights providing a weary glow. The cars, which as I recall
ranged from a 1950 convertible, painted red with a white top, to a sleek Silver
Hawk with a 289 and glass packs, always seemed exotic in an atypical American
sort of way. A buddy of theirs had what they referred to as
'the Studebaker farm', which was actually a small dairy farm<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>, the main pasture of which was lined with over
100 Studebakers that had been hauled in from all over the countryside and
carefully placed side by side around the perimeter, providing an endless
supply of parts and projects. Martin was a somewhat laconic fellow who carpeted
his cars with an array of carpet "chucks" gleaned from a local flooring company.
He also was the first in our group of carpoolers to drive his own car to school.
Some wild rides down narrow curving residential streets are emblazoned in my
memory. One striking characteristic of the cars was the overdrives, activated by
a little toggle switch always placed inconspicuously under the dash.
Another was their propensity for burning oil, which meant that the dipstick
became a familiar friend. Which leads me to the point. Whether a
result of unintentional poor' design or intentional daily abuse, cans of
STP were always kept in the trunks of the cars, along with quarts of
inexpensive motor oil, giving true meaning to the term, "Studebaker Tested
Products"!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>STeve P. ----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=edwardbarnard@prodigy.net
href="mailto:edwardbarnard@prodigy.net">EDWARD BARNARD</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ehusmann53@yahoo.com
href="mailto:ehusmann53@yahoo.com">ehusmann53@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=dkettler@tcbi.com href="mailto:dkettler@tcbi.com">dkettler@tcbi.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=fot@autox.team.net
href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">FOT</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:44
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Non-LBC group
question</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks again to the list!</DIV>
<DIV> -Ed-<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 9/30/08, David
<SPAN>Kettler</SPAN> <I><dkettler@tcbi.com></I></B>
wrote:<BR></DIV>
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David Kettler <dkettler@tcbi.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Fot] Non-LBC
group question<BR>To: ehusmann53@yahoo.com<BR>Cc: "FOT"
<fot@autox.team.net>, edwardbarnard@prodigy.net<BR>Date:
Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 9:52 PM<BR><BR><PRE>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@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>Ed:
>
>From STP's web page: STP = Scientifically Treated Petroleum--- On
Tue, 9/30/08, EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net> wrote:
>From: EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>Subject: [Fot] Non-
LBC group questionTo: "FOT" <fot@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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