Blackhawk61 - Ken Byrd - 1961 HAWK

[blackhawk61]

Original Shell station in Winston Salem,NC Feb 2011
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Spencer Shops NCSDC Meet....April 2010

Tri-State Studebaker Event 2009
1st place

Hooters Car Show July 11 2009
Top ten (Judged by Hooters Girls)


Germanton Park 2008.......BEST ORPHAN !


1961 Hawk.Original(except for Chrysler WIRE wheels)289 4bc;Oil-bath Air Filter;4-speed;Twin Traction;Reclining buckets;Push-button radio;rear speaker;dual rear antennas;Back-up lights;Clock;Tach;Windshield washer;Hill Holder .

February 2008.....Turning Wheels.....Rear cover !

Here is the 1/18 scale I made from a 1957 Golden Hawk model since 1961 model was not available.

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?8158-Blackhawk61-Jr.-(1-18-scale)-Final-Pics-!

More pics here ...... http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg72/blackhawk61/
Ken Byrd
Lewisville,NC

[StudeDave57]

Opps~ Got suckered into it AGAIN!!! [V] [B)]

It's a nice car and all, but one of these days I'm hoping this post will be up at the top because the picture actually changed... [?] [:0] [)]



StudeDave [8D]

[aucyrano]

Has this car been in any magazines? Just has a familiar look.

1961 Studebaker Lark VIII. 6x,xxx miles from the factory. Daily driven.

[blackhawk61]

quote:Originally posted by aucyrano

Has this car been in any magazines? Just has a familiar look.

1961 Studebaker Lark VIII. 6x,xxx miles from the factory. Daily driven.

Feb 2008 Turning Wheels.

1961 Hawk 4BC,4-SPEED,TT

Ken Byrd
Lewisville,NC

[jim nichols]

Beautiful "61" I wish my Black "60" looked as good. Mine is almost all original paint. I have Wire wheels that are from a "55" Chrysler 300 (Kelsey Hayes)I'm told. Wire wheels compliment both of our cars I believe. Did you have yours re-plated or anything? Mine are showing signs of age as expected and I have thought about doing something with them. Perhaps stripped and powder coated. I'm told to re-chrome is very expensive and means completely disassembling the entire wheel. Supposedly that much effort is not required when they are powder coated and that certainly would cut down on labor cost. I've been told that they have refined the powder coating process to where most people would think it's chrome. Do you have any thoughts on that? Another interesting observation is that I have a (60 Hawk) GA tag on mine.
Mine is pretty stock as well except for the engine. It has number matching 289, but is bored 60k over with dish low compression pistons. Crank 10k under with all heavy duty bearings etc. Solid lifters. R-1 Avanti ground cam. 500 CFM Edelbrock carb. Hot coil. Petronix Ignitor ignition. Flight -O - Matic tranny. TT rear end. 3.07 ratio. Not a tire burner off the line and I have never reached top end, anything over 100 scares me at my age.

Jim Nichols - Blue Ridge GA - nickjc@etcmail.com


























































































Jim Nichols- Blue Ridge GA nickjc@etcmail.com

[DEEPNHOCK]

I saw Ken and his two toy cars (1:18 and 1:1) up in Charlotte last month....
Sweet machines, for sure!
Jeff

[Nelsen Motorsports]

Just the stance, I love that stance, especially with the wire wheels.[8D]


Alex Nelsen, 15 year old Studebaker nut.
1954 Champion Coupe
Lizella, GA

[blackhawk61]

I keep getting asked where did I purchase the wire wheels on my Hawk ....Here is the link

http://www.cadillacworld.net/chryslerkelseyhayeswheels.html

There is even a picture of my car in this ad.

[blackhawk61]

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At Show sponsored by Ronald McDonald house

[blackhawk61]

At Cruise-inn Sponsored by AARF (Animal Rescue group)
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[r1lark]

Hmmm........Ken, you look kinda familiar. Have we met before?

[studegary]

At Cruise-inn Sponsored by AARF
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My curiosity has gotten to me. What is "AARF"?

[studegary]

I saw Ken and his two toy cars (1:18 and 1:1) up in Charlotte last month....
Sweet machines, for sure!
Jeff

I remember it at Charlotte. Isn't that where the guy that was restoring it brought it unfinished and was wondering/complaining why people weren't volunteering to help finish the car that he was paid to restore before that?

[blackhawk61]

I remember it at Charlotte. Isn't that where the guy that was restoring it brought it unfinished and was wondering/complaining why people weren't volunteering to help finish the car that he was paid to restore before that?

???????..........Was not me !

[studegary]

???????..........Was not me !

Sorry! I guess that this means that there was another 1961 Hawk there that was restored in NC.