Seeing the G.T. Hawk with its roof crushed in a recent SDC Forum thread reminded me of a pipe dream I have had for years: Converting a '62 Hawk into, essentially, a '56 Sky Hawk look-alike. Rationale: (1) Some of us consider the Sky Hawk to be the prettiest of all Hawks, (2) '62 Hawks seem to be much more common today than '56Hs (9335 '62s produced vs. 3610 '56s), and (3) I like the idea of playing "Studebaker stylist." I realize that replacing the G.T. roof with the earlier HT roof is no small matter, but all the body parts would be available on the donor car, so it is just a matter of labor hours/dollars. Can anyone make a WAG (wild-ass guess) of the number of hours required to accomplish the roof removal and installation? Where would one cut the A pillars?
-Dwight
-Dwight
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