About to acquire my first Studebaker, a red 59 Hawk!

[pbrown]

[evilhawk]

I hope you end up with it! I think 59 is the best looking year for the Hawk. Does it have the original running gear?

[PackardV8]

We're hoping along with you. Any Hawk will raise the blood pressure and sometimes even get the wife excited.

Print out a copy of this, put it on the calendar and get back to us in a year. It could happen.

jack vines

[GThawkwind]

Awesome!! What trans does it have? Can't wait for pics.

[Studedude]

It's not just Hawks that get my wife excited. Every Stude I bring home seems to render her speechless for weeks at a time.

I think it's about time for me to find another. (Stude.)

[rockne10]

Now that there's funny, Dave! You've discovered the way to find some peace and quiet!

[pbrown]

I've looked at so many, I've obviously been overwhelmed - because I even put the wrong year in the title...It's actually a 60 Hawk. Although it appears that 59 and 60 are most identical?

[pbrown]

[GThawkwind]

It's easiest for me to upload to photo bucket, then copy and paste em'. Sounds like just the right car for your needs, maybe a ways down the line you could switch it to floor shift just for kicks.

[evilhawk]

Its a 1960 with a 259? In 1959 the 259 was the only available v8 option. In 1960 the 289 was standard so its not the original engine, but with a 4 barrel and dual exhaust it should make decent power. 1960 and 59 have some differences in the trim and interior. I would like to see pictures. It sounds like a nice car.

[pbrown]

maybe a ways down the line you could switch it to floor shift just for kicks.

That would be cool, but with bench seats, wouldn't I need to replace them as well to make room for the shifter?

[52hawk]

Another slight difference,the '59 would be a "Silver Hawk" in '60 & '61 they dropped the "Silver" so they are just "Hawks" since they no longer built a "Golden Hawk"[k-body] there was no need to use the" Silver" designation... Either that,or they just ran out of "Silver" name plates!!

[pbrown]

Well, the local guy got the Red 60 Hawk!

But I have a line on another Hawk, a 59 Silver Hawk in Tahiti Coral. So maybe my mistake in the title of this thread wasn't really a mistake, just me being psychic!

[BobPalma]

It's not just Hawks that get my wife excited. Every Stude I bring home seems to render her speechless for weeks at a time.

I think it's about time for me to find another. (Stude.)

Now that's funny, Dave. BP

[GThawkwind]

Here's a couple decent ones. First has a 302/C4 floor shift. Not for the purist but looks like alot of fun. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/4004266346.html
More pure if you would like http://youngstown.craigslist.org/cto/3997832212.html