I thought maybe it was time to show-n-tell about our ‘59 Silver Hawk Kathy and I are building. This car we bought from a nice fellow name Al Duble in Arizona. It had been involved in an accident that fortunately didn’t hurt him, but didn’t do the car any good (I have no idea why this is upside down, it’s not how it was in my library)Here’s a poor shot of it on our way back from Arizona to Seattle, where I took 2of my grandsons on a road trip to get it. The car is a typical totally rust-free Arizona car, just amazing. A complete bolt-on nose was what was required to fix it... aft of the engine the car was excellent. It’s a 259 stick with O.D. And... air conditioning.
After fitting the nose parts I found here in Seattle,I took it on a road test to a local gas station and found that it ran and drove beautifully so I then disassembled it for a complete high quality paint job. I chose a new color— 1955 Mercedes Benz Graphite Grey. I am sort of tired of seeing white Hawks— seems like Studebaker must have gotten a deal on white paint, because from ‘59-‘63 there just seems to be PILES of white ones— and I thought with the red and black interior this non-metallic color would really “pop”.What do you think? I’m now in the process of reassembling it. Will post more pic’s soon.
I wish I knew why my pictures are so small— what am I doing differently than some of you?
After fitting the nose parts I found here in Seattle,I took it on a road test to a local gas station and found that it ran and drove beautifully so I then disassembled it for a complete high quality paint job. I chose a new color— 1955 Mercedes Benz Graphite Grey. I am sort of tired of seeing white Hawks— seems like Studebaker must have gotten a deal on white paint, because from ‘59-‘63 there just seems to be PILES of white ones— and I thought with the red and black interior this non-metallic color would really “pop”.What do you think? I’m now in the process of reassembling it. Will post more pic’s soon.
I wish I knew why my pictures are so small— what am I doing differently than some of you?
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