Yes Nels, A physician who lived in Newburyport, Mass ordered the car in late ‘55… The purchase order notes ‘special order’, monochromatic velvet black, overdrive, power steering, and delete hood and fender top ornaments.
Also, there’s a Speedster streamer attached at the body tag so, I guess, folks on production line would understand what was going on.
The car was driven to 130K, then in 1965 its 259 engine spun a bearing and the car was put into storage for years.
I purchased it in 1990, and gave it a fairly nice restoration, including complete rebuild of the original engine, repaint, new leather interior, etc.
Back in 1990 I really wasn’t looking to purchase a Speedster, as I had owned one previously, and had moved on to Avantis, however, I felt this one was an oddity I couldn’t pass up.
PS…. At local Stude meets I made up a little sign I place in front of this Stude… l refer to it as…’THE DOCTOR’S CAR’!