Hello: I'm new to the board and Studebaker's in general. I don't own a Studebaker but am interested in Hawks. The local junk yard has a Hawk, but I can't determine the year or type.
The VIN is: 60V-50929. I've tried to find a VIN Decoder that would work, but haven't been able to locate one for this old of a vehicle.
The car is not a GT. It has the turn signal lamps below the headlights vs above the headlights, on top of the fenders. I don't know if that means anything as I've seen photos of 61's with the turn signal lamps at both locations. It has a V8. On the instrument panel, the spot where I assume a tach would go is filled with what looks like a factory supplied blank...so I'm guessing tachs were optional and this car didn't come with one. There is an odd metal contraption in the passenger foot well. I'm assuming it's a heater but couldn't get close enough to it to tell. It's a rectagular box with some chrome parts and is tucked up under the dash and against the fire wall. On the left side of the trunk lid there are 2 letter "T"'s -one slightly above the other-surrounded by circles.
The car itself has rotted our floorboards and rocker panels. One fin has some damage, chrome is not great, and the interior needs complete replacing. All glass is present and in ok shape. The body above the floorboard level isn't too bad, although there is a rust thru spot in the rain gutter above the passenger side door.
I don't know Studebaker's well at all, but I'm assuming this is more of a parts car vs. candidate for restoring. Still though, I thought I'd ask the experts about it. Any information would be helpful. Thanks.
Jon
The VIN is: 60V-50929. I've tried to find a VIN Decoder that would work, but haven't been able to locate one for this old of a vehicle.
The car is not a GT. It has the turn signal lamps below the headlights vs above the headlights, on top of the fenders. I don't know if that means anything as I've seen photos of 61's with the turn signal lamps at both locations. It has a V8. On the instrument panel, the spot where I assume a tach would go is filled with what looks like a factory supplied blank...so I'm guessing tachs were optional and this car didn't come with one. There is an odd metal contraption in the passenger foot well. I'm assuming it's a heater but couldn't get close enough to it to tell. It's a rectagular box with some chrome parts and is tucked up under the dash and against the fire wall. On the left side of the trunk lid there are 2 letter "T"'s -one slightly above the other-surrounded by circles.
The car itself has rotted our floorboards and rocker panels. One fin has some damage, chrome is not great, and the interior needs complete replacing. All glass is present and in ok shape. The body above the floorboard level isn't too bad, although there is a rust thru spot in the rain gutter above the passenger side door.
I don't know Studebaker's well at all, but I'm assuming this is more of a parts car vs. candidate for restoring. Still though, I thought I'd ask the experts about it. Any information would be helpful. Thanks.
Jon
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