'Ran across these 1964 photographs of cousin George D. Krem (age 22; bow tie) and Yours Truly (age 18). They were snapped by my Uncle, his Father George Krem (no middle name) circa February-May 1964. The location is a school parking lot behind their home in Roselle IL (a western Chicago suburb) on a deserted Sunday Morning.
I had driven my newly "restored" (such as a 16-year old would do it in 1963) 1955 Champion Regal Coupe up from Indianapolis for a visit.
Uncle George had his new (purchased January 29, 1964) 1964 R2/Powershift Super Hawk:
Cousin George owned the 1957 Silver Hawk in the middle. He had purchased the car used, in Indianapolis, on July 16, 1963, from Snider Auto Service, an authorized Studebaker dealer.
George did not know it at the time, but the 1957 Silver Hawk had been ordered new by none other than the famous Ted Harbit! Ted had traded the Silver Hawk to Snider Studebaker for one of the few (and since documented as such) 1957 Golden Hawk 400s. The 400 was a so-called "demo," having been driven by Virgil Snider's wife.
It was Ted's first new Studebaker after graduating from college. Small world, and it accounted for what George felt was an unusually-good clutch. Ted had ordered a heavy-duty clutch, but the provenance and clutch option were unknown to George when he bought the car.
For the record, George Dale and I are cousins because his Mother is my Father's older Sister.
Having different last names and not living in the same town, or even the same state, has served us well. We can interact with people, supporting each other's position on all matters Studebaker, and the recipient doesn't know he/she has been exposed to two monkeys swinging from different branches of the same [modestly unstable] automotive family tree.
We don't know what became of the Silver Hawk after George Dale traded it toward his new, now-famous Bermuda Brown 1964 Challenger V8 2-door in July of that year.
The Super Hawk was used up and rusted in two in normal suburban Chicago commuter use. However, its Serial Number plate, body tag, and title survive. It was a full-package Super Studebaker, but Uncle George had removed the grille badge because he thought it looked too "busy," like people remove the heavy lower grille emblem from 1958 Hawks. (EDIT: George discusses the Super Hawk further in Post #19, below.)
The Champion Regal Coupe survives in poor condition. It's still powered by the 1962 OHV Skybolt Six I put in it late in 1970. It's in a barn near Sheridan Indiana and has probably not run in 20+ years. I know the owner but have not seen the car since about 1972.
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I had driven my newly "restored" (such as a 16-year old would do it in 1963) 1955 Champion Regal Coupe up from Indianapolis for a visit.
Uncle George had his new (purchased January 29, 1964) 1964 R2/Powershift Super Hawk:
Cousin George owned the 1957 Silver Hawk in the middle. He had purchased the car used, in Indianapolis, on July 16, 1963, from Snider Auto Service, an authorized Studebaker dealer.
George did not know it at the time, but the 1957 Silver Hawk had been ordered new by none other than the famous Ted Harbit! Ted had traded the Silver Hawk to Snider Studebaker for one of the few (and since documented as such) 1957 Golden Hawk 400s. The 400 was a so-called "demo," having been driven by Virgil Snider's wife.
It was Ted's first new Studebaker after graduating from college. Small world, and it accounted for what George felt was an unusually-good clutch. Ted had ordered a heavy-duty clutch, but the provenance and clutch option were unknown to George when he bought the car.
For the record, George Dale and I are cousins because his Mother is my Father's older Sister.
Having different last names and not living in the same town, or even the same state, has served us well. We can interact with people, supporting each other's position on all matters Studebaker, and the recipient doesn't know he/she has been exposed to two monkeys swinging from different branches of the same [modestly unstable] automotive family tree.
We don't know what became of the Silver Hawk after George Dale traded it toward his new, now-famous Bermuda Brown 1964 Challenger V8 2-door in July of that year.
The Super Hawk was used up and rusted in two in normal suburban Chicago commuter use. However, its Serial Number plate, body tag, and title survive. It was a full-package Super Studebaker, but Uncle George had removed the grille badge because he thought it looked too "busy," like people remove the heavy lower grille emblem from 1958 Hawks. (EDIT: George discusses the Super Hawk further in Post #19, below.)
The Champion Regal Coupe survives in poor condition. It's still powered by the 1962 OHV Skybolt Six I put in it late in 1970. It's in a barn near Sheridan Indiana and has probably not run in 20+ years. I know the owner but have not seen the car since about 1972.
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