Brought home a 1962 GT Hawk, help needed

[San Diego Ron]

My wife followed me home as I drove the Studebaker about 30 miles without any problems but later she said the right rear wheel was wobbling. The rear quarter panel was smashed behind wheel opening and I wonder if the wheel had come off at one time. The owner had said he had a tire blow that caused the damage and there is wheel with blown tire in trunk. Not sure how to check this out, the wheel on there now is not loose.
Pretty well flattened

Working on getting the kinks out
Not bad but going to get a lot better

[studegary]

Check for a bent rim and/or a bent axle.
You state that the wheel is not loose, so I take it to mean that not only the lug nuts are tight, but that there isn't play in the wheel bearing.

[San Diego Ron]

Haven't raised wheel off ground yet so probably is a bearing issue, using all my play time getting that one dent on car banged out...pounding on that fender is like beating on a 1/2" steel plate, not like the recycled beer can cars being made now.

[dpson]

I had a 1962 GT Hawk that I bought on eBay from California that had an obvious wobble in the rear wheel when it was delivered. It turned out to be a bent rear axle. Not a huge deal to replace, but a bit of a PIA due to being a twin-traction. Jack it up and give it a spin to see what's going on back there.

[57pack]

Had a rear wheel wobble on my 1962-63 GT Hawk.
It turned out to be the rear wheel hub had come loose, rear axle nut worked loose allowing the hub to wear on the axle key.
Trip to the local salvage yard (we had them then) obtained a used hub, nut, axle, and drum. No more wobble.