In the 1940s and ’50s, the name Speedliner was one of the most recognized in the world of mahogany runabouts. The author recently rehabilitated a Tropicana model, Speedliner No. 226. Sitting in my driveway on its weathered rusty trailer with the treadless tires, Speedliner No. 226 looked a little different from the one I saw through rose-colored glasses in Steve Schomburg’s