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80 Fiat Spider
63 Lark Regal 4 Dr. sold 2015
60 Hawk sold 2017 in England
56 Golden Hawk
56 Corvette (John Cougar Mellencamp's C1)
68 Volvo P1800S
56 Jaguar XK 140 DHC
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Haven't got pix, but there was a circa-1960 Hillman that carried many tailfin-Hawk styling cues, and a fifties Fiat show car that appeared to have been deliberately copied (at about 5/6 scale) from the '53 Starliner...
EDIT...the "Hillman" was a Sunbeam--was remembering the wrong Rootes Group marque. Sunbeam Rapier, circa 1961. Three-section grille like a blunter Hawk; '53-'58 K-body roofline; '57-8 Silver Hawk-style fins.
The 1966 Stude front end "look" has shown up many a time, including on mid-60s Acadians and late-60s Chevrolet and GMC pickups. There's even a hint of it in modern-day Dodge vehicles, and then there are the Dodge pickups and SUVs that are reminiscent of Stude 3R trucks from head on.
Remember the Chevy LUV light pickup from the 70s? Actually an Isuzu, it looked very like a 9/10-scale Champ minus the early-Lark nose.
The 1970-82 Camaro/Firebird twins carry hints of both the '53 Starliner and the Avanti in their styling. The late-70s Firebird, particularly, echoes the '53 with its narrow twin grilles. There's a hacked-about old Camaro dirt track stocker hereabouts which, if you squint a bit as it barrels around Ohsweken Speedway in the gathering dusk, can pass rather easily for an Avanti! The nose has been flattened out a bit and the rear pillars partly filled in with sheet metal, making the profile at a glance very Avanti-like indeed.
The Jensen has been mentioned already as being rather Avanti-like too. The early Valiant (and Lancer) remind me a bit of my '62 Lark, but excepting the head-on view which is very Lark-like, those Mopars make me think much more of the two Loewy Avanti-theme sedan studies now in the SNM collection. The Valiant/Lancer have always seemed very "French-looking" to my eye...and of course Loewy was French, and Exner worked closely with him for some time, so the link's likely genuine.
Here's an odd one from one of the Hamilton SDCers: anyone else see some of the lines of the AMC Gremlin in the Avanti...? (I think it's the rear quarter window that's similar, but don't see any other resemblance. It'd be funny to put Gremlin X striping and a denim interior on an Avanti though...)
I find it interesting that Brooks Stevens put a Mercedes grille on the '62 Lark--but chose proportions for the grille that wouldn't show up on Benzes until nearly a decade later...how'd he know ahead? An early-60s Benz still has the tall prewaresque "beehive" shape.
And not an overall resemblance in the slightest...but next time you see a GMC Acadia "crossover" SUV, look closely at the taillight lenses. The circular parts appear to have been stolen right off a '63 Lark!
S.Last edited by Steve T; 02-06-2013, 10:54 AM.
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I always thought that the 1976 Cadilac Seville had lines similar to a GT Hawk. Here is one currently on EBAY.
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Boy, that Hillman looks like "Honey I Shrunk The '55 President"...even the paintwork on that one in the pic reminds me of the two-tone on Cliff "2moredoors" Tattersall's '55.
And the Rapier is the car I was thinking of. Yes, Hawk styling cues on a Lark body...that's what it looks like.
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