Studebaker Light Six

The Studebaker Light Six was a car built by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, from 1918 to 1927. It came out in 1918 and shared its wheelbase and standard equipment with the Studebaker Light Four. In August 1924 it was renamed the Standard Six, and while in production it was Studebaker's least expensive six-cylinder model, listed at 1,045 dollars and offered in a full array of body styles. The Model EM Light Six had an L-head six of 207.1 cubic inches making 40 horsepower at 2,000 rpm, a 112 inch wheelbase with wood wheels and a three-speed selective-sliding gearbox. A 1926 data sheet for the Standard Six Coach describes a five-seat car in Belgian blue with a 113 inch wheelbase, balloon tires, a gasoline vacuum-fed fuel system, rear-wheel drive through a spiral bevel differential and worm-and-wheel steering, with hydraulic four-wheel brakes available at extra charge. In 1927 it became the Standard Six Dictator, and from the 1928 model year it was known as the Studebaker Dictator.