Studebaker Standard Six

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The Studebaker Standard Six was a passenger car manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend, Indiana in the 1925 and 1926 model years. It was the successor to the Light Six model .

The Standard Six - also called Model ER - had a wheelbase of 2,870 mm and was powered by a six-cylinder in-line engine with 3,959 cm³ displacement (bore × stroke = 85.7 mm × 114.3 mm), the 50 bhp (37 kW) at 2,200 rpm. developed. The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a single-disk dry clutch and a three-speed gearbox with a gear lever in the middle of the car. The footbrake worked on drum brakes on the rear wheels.

The Standard Six was Studebaker's cheapest model series at the time. The cars were offered with a wide variety of bodies throughout the entire production period.

In 1927 the car was renamed Standard Six Dictator (Model EU), a transition name to Studebaker Dictator , as it was called from 1928.

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