This is the one-off racing car developed by Brooks Stevens in 1963. It was powered by the Studebaker R2 engine and ran at the Pabst 500 at Road America in 1963-64-65. It had a reported top speed of 165 mph. The photo was taken at a meet in Highland Park, Illinois on 8-25-06 where it was being shown by Brooks Stevens' son Tony. As far as I know it is still in the Stevens family.
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Excalibur Hawk by Brooks Stevens
This is the one-off racing car developed by Brooks Stevens in 1963. It was powered by the Studebaker R2 engine and ran at the Pabst 500 at Road America in 1963-64-65. It had a reported top speed of 165 mph. The photo was taken at a meet in Highland Park, Illinois on 8-25-06 where it was being shown by Brooks Stevens' son Tony. As far as I know it is still in the Stevens family.Richard Quinn
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I was expecting one of those Ugly Excaliburs, this car looks sweet. The windshield looks like a rear window out of something. Also notice the GT Hawk red white and blue emblem, and the Sheba wheels <G>.Last edited by clonelark; 06-02-2012, 04:05 AM.101st Airborne Div. 326 Engineers Ft Campbell Ky.
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Originally posted by wcarroll@outrageous.net View PostStudebaker/Brooks Stevens did the borrowing on this one as I'm pretty sure it was built using a modified Corvette chassis.
Regardless, I'd drive the spokes of it!
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Originally posted by clonelark View PostI was expecting one of those Ugly Excaliburs, this car looks sweet. The windshield looks like a rear window out of something. Also notice the GT Hawk red white and blue emblem, and the Sheba wheels <G>.sigpic
Dave Lester
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I never said they used a 3rd Generation Corvette chassis.
I also believe the car was technically built in '62.
We have discussed it here on the forum in he past.
The car has been of interest to me since seeing a picture of it as a kid. Something about the red/white/blue color scheme and the wings. I guess you could say it looks almost Super Hero-ish in a way. I imagined driving it wearing a hawk feathered cape and beaked mask
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To: wcarroll@outrageous.net,---- I was discussing the front end design similarities to the 3rd gen. Corvettes, (in My opinion), not the chassis.
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Originally posted by wcarroll@outrageous.net View PostStudebaker/Brooks Stevens did the borrowing on this one as I'm pretty sure it was built using a modified Corvette chassis.
Regardless, I'd drive the spokes of it!Gary L.
Wappinger, NY
SDC member since 1968
Studebaker enthusiast much longer
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The source of my information could be very well be wrong as there seems to be are a lot of differing descriptions/accounts as to what components were used to build the early Excalibur cars.
I have no interest in getting into a pissing match over the details. I only stated what I read from a published source in response to SN60's statement about "borrowing" from the Corvette.
Here's one of the older discussions we had about it with input from someone who has first hand knowledge of the car. Even he is unsure of the origin of some of the original components.
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