1954 Starliner Paint

[ken-renda]

Did Studebaker paint any two tone 1954 Starliners, or were they all one color? Ken, Deltaville, Va

[Pat Dilling]

Some were two tone with a different color top.

[drew72mgb]

A neighbor - elementary school librarian - drove a 1954 Starliner that was a light yellow (bottom) with a black top - Automobile Quarterly 114 years of Studebaker - there is a picture of that car. They bought the car on a used car lot in 1966, owned it until about 1988/90.

Drew

[ken-renda]

A neighbor - elementary school librarian - drove a 1954 Starliner that was a light yellow (bottom) with a black top - Automobile Quarterly 114 years of Studebaker - there is a picture of that car. They bought the car on a used car lot in 1966, owned it until about 1988/90.

Drew

Thanks, A person (in your neck of the woods) interested in my 54, wanted to know if two tone was proper, and I was not sure; it was all black before restoration and 2 tone red/black after. Ken

[sweetolbob]

Thanks, A person (in your neck of the woods) interested in my 54, wanted to know if two tone was proper, and I was not sure; it was all black before restoration and 2 tone red/black after. Ken

My 54K was originally white with a blue top. There is/was a chrome medallion that seperated the colors at the base of the rear sail panel.

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[studegary]

Thanks, A person (in your neck of the woods) interested in my 54, wanted to know if two tone was proper, and I was not sure; it was all black before restoration and 2 tone red/black after. Ken

Two-tone 1953-1954 Starliners were very common.
If your '54 is a black top over a red body, that is correct (combination no. 1168). I am pretty sure that the opposite color combination would not be correct. You don't mention which way yours is "red/black". There should be a "Studebaker" nameplate on the C-pillar for the paint break line.

[ken-renda]

Two-tone 1953-1954 Starliners were very common.
If your '54 is a black top over a red body, that is correct (combination no. 1168). I am pretty sure that the opposite color combination would not be correct. You don't mention which way yours is "red/black". There should be a "Studebaker" nameplate on the C-pillar for the paint break line.

Gary, very interesting, thanks. It's red body with black top and it does have a "studebaber" script for paint break line. While it was all black when I got it, does the Studebaker script at the paint break mean it was, at one time, two tone, or is that on all of them? Ken

[8E45E]

Gary, very interesting, thanks. It's red body with black top and it does have a "studebaber" script for paint break line. While it was all black when I got it, does the Studebaker script at the paint break mean it was, at one time, two tone, or is that on all of them? Ken

Is your paint sticker still present on the underside of the glove compartment box?

Craig

[53k]

Did Studebaker paint any two tone 1954 Starliners, or were they all one color? Ken, Deltaville, Va

The official word (sorry about the poor quality)

[rockne10]

...does the Studebaker script at the paint break mean it was, at one time, two tone, or is that on all of them?

I am not aware of any single tone examples that included that particular script. There have been posts in the past to demonstrate exactly how the paint break was taped at an angle forward of the script.

[alanmende]

John Bridges' book, Studebaker's Finest, has copies of the available color options for '53 and '54 Starliners. His book even shows at least one example of a single color car with the paint separation script, so I assume there were at least a few cars built that way -- at least in early 1954. Here's a photo of our '54 in Shoshone Red and Sandusky Beige.

[dnevin]

In 53 at least, the Vernon (L.A.) assembled cars had the Studebaker script at the paint break line, even the solid color cars. This was not the case for the cars from South Bend. Not sure if this practice was continued through to 1954.

[ken-renda]

Did Studebaker paint any two tone 1954 Starliners, or were they all one color? Ken, Deltaville, Va

Thanks to all for information. Here is pic of the car showing paint line Notwithstanding it being designed over 61 years ago, as far as I'm concerned, the 53-54 hardtop, looks better than most modern day cars that seem to specialize in "drab". Ken

[studegary]

Ken, Deltaville, Va

Thanks to all for information. Here is pic of the car showing paint line Notwithstanding it being designed over 61 years ago, as far as I'm concerned, the 53-54 hardtop, looks better than most modern day cars that seem to specialize in "drab". Ken

The best that I can tell from that picture, your Starliner looks correct and nice!

[53k]

In 53 at least, the Vernon (L.A.) assembled cars had the Studebaker script at the paint break line, even the solid color cars. This was not the case for the cars from South Bend. Not sure if this practice was continued through to 1954.

My solid color Chippewa Green '53 Starliner, Vernon production, had the script.