Studebaker Innovations - First to use or Develop
1921 Molybdenum steel and produce a car using it
1925 Hydrostatic gas gauge and produce Hardtop body
1927 Mechanical Fuel pump
1928 Ball Bearing spring shackles
1929 Rubber covered steel core steering wheel
1930 Carburator silencer, thin steel-backed main bearings, to use free-wheeling, automatic vacuum spark control advance and helical gears in transmission (high and second).
1933 Heat dam Pistons
1934 Celeron spoke-type camshaft gear
1935 Plane wheel suspension
1936 Automatic Hill-Holder
1937 Hancock rotary door latches, variable ratio steering gear, direct action shock absorbers and install double walled pickup boxes
1940 won 1st place awards in all 3 divisions of the Gilmour economy run
1941 First major production of curved windshield (Sedan- Coupe)
1946 produce post-war automotive styling and use self-adjusting brakes
1948 Truck with enclosed cab step
1950 air-cooled torque converter, automatic transmission anti-creep device and inhibitors for Park in an Automatic Transmission
1951 Polyurethane rear spring liners
1953 To produce a low silhouette car
1954 Self-centering and self-energizing brakes
1956 Finned Brake Drums to minimize Fading and Acoustic sound deadening Headlining
1961 Instrument panel safety padding as standard equipment on all passenger cars
1962 US Automotive manufacturer to offer Disc Brakes on a full-sized car and install seatbelt mountings for four belt installations inevery car
1963 Installed seatbelts in the front of every car and produce a stationwagon with a sliding roof
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