Joe Kresse is a former CPA and current investment adviser who lives in Redwood City with his wife Barbara. They have two married sons and five grandchildren, all of whom live in the Bay Area. I bought ...

This story actually starts back in the '60s when a young lady by the name of Carolyn was promised a sporty red convertible if she would keep her grades up, not get "in trouble," and not run off with ...

Before the age of muscle cars, big coupes and pillared two-door sedans reigned supreme. Among them, the likes of the Studebaker Starlight Coupe stood out thanks to its hood-like trunk cover, with ...

The second offering was a very nice 1966 Mustang coupe in Ivy Green with a parchment pony interior. The car looked very good, but the drive train was less than exciting — six-cylinder, automatic. But ...

Every Sunday in the Driving Section, The Plain Dealer features a My First Car story from one of our readers. I purchased this car in 1959 for $150. I wanted to move up from building model cars to the ...

This classic ad may technically be for Studebaker's entire 1953 lineup, but it's the automaker's halo car -- the Raymond Loewy-penned Commander Starliner hardtop -- that's front-and-center. The ad's ...

I’ve got to hand it to Studebaker for making cars as long as they did, while having to compete with the likes of General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. That’s right, they weren’t owned by any of the ...

Designed by Bob BourkeIn 1951, Studebaker boss Harold Vance had Raymond Loewy's studio work up a two-door, four-seat show car. Vance showed a keen interest in the coupe and green-lighted the car for ...

After falling for the slippery lines of the '53 Studebaker, Clare Morrison, wife of Craig Morrison of Art Morrison Enterprises Inc., was able to find one of these classics not too far from their ...

It’s with a tear in my eye that I tell you the sad story of a once great company that lasted 114 years before disappearing in 1966. It’s especially sad to me as Studebaker Corp. was the first ...

It was 1959, and I was in my senior year at St. Petersburg High School when I saw this little jewel sitting on the used car lot at Grant Ford on Ninth Street S in St. Petersburg. It was a two-door ...