Thread: Farewell 1963 Studebaker Gran Turismo "Hawk"

Thanks for the ride down memory lane. I was still in service about '60. '57 Silver Hawk owned by a lady friend got us where we needed to go. Only complaint was a cooked leg from the exhaust routing.
Thanks again, someone is getting a winner!
~Richard

Wow, I was getting ready to graduate from high school when that came out. Quite a car!

My dad always owned Studebakers. They were great cars with some features being advertised these days as advanced.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

My dad always owned Studebakers. They were great cars with some features being advertised these days as advanced.

This one came with the famous "Hill Holder" feature. My favorite Stude and one I will never sell.

Pretty cars.did not some of those come super charged??

Great looking cars. As a kid watching the TV show Happy Days, I couldn't figure out and still can't as to why when Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C would refer to his Studebaker it seemed like other characters regarded the car as being un-hip.........

Chrisl

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Great looking cars. As a kid watching the TV show Happy Days, I couldn't figure out and still can't as to why when Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C would refer to his Studebaker it seemed like other characters regarded the car as being un-hip.........

Chrisl

And how did the Fonz get around in the winter?

This is the only model I ever drove, and the only Studebaker I remember. Back in '62 or '63 when I was 14, a friend who was 18 owned a beat up version of this one. Probably a hundred dollar car at that time. He let me drive it. I always remembered those for the unusual front hood.

I'm sure that letting that beautiful car go is heartbreaking.

They don't make cars to 'last' these days. They are just 'disposable' like so much of our society.

Today there are Nash car clubs, Lincoln car clubs, Hudson car clubs, Studebaker clubs etc all that will share anything needed to restore another members car including the loaning of parts for duplication, manuals etc.

50 years from now who's going to have access to some deteriorating plastic parts for today's cars? Better yet, who's going to want to 'restore' one?

If anyone is interested, there is a Magazine out there called Auto Restorer, it's pricey but there aren't any ads and the articles are usually by Pros who do what they are showing for a living.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Pretty cars.did not some of those come super charged??

The later Golden Hawk by Studebaker-Packard had a Paxton centrifugal super charger in one model. And, yes, If it didn't blow the Packard engine it was about the fastest thing on the road for its day and would blow the doors off a Jag 140.