One of my early automotive memories involved my dad " really not a car guy , totally an engineer
"thinking he would like to buy our neighbor , Mr. Stewarts 1957 golden hawk. Looking back I'm thinking my Dad was interested because he is an aerodynamasis engineer who started out designing superchargers in england and quickly moved on to turbochargers. I remember walking down the street to Mr.Stewarts house and looking inside the small one car garage with a large gold car inside, really big chrome grill and tail fins.Mr Stewart lifted the hood and I remember my dad and Mr stewart talking about the supercharger.My Dad and I took the car for a test drive it was at night and I remember the dash and Stewart warner gauges
. We drove the car around the neighborhood for 15-20 minutes and I remember my dad rolling on the throttle a couple of times seemed to really pull, then sadly the car died . My dad told me later the points had failed. Can't help but think had that not happened my pops would have bought it. No matter for a 10 year old boy it was an awesome adventure and defiantly helped start my hot rod - automotive addiction
"thinking he would like to buy our neighbor , Mr. Stewarts 1957 golden hawk. Looking back I'm thinking my Dad was interested because he is an aerodynamasis engineer who started out designing superchargers in england and quickly moved on to turbochargers. I remember walking down the street to Mr.Stewarts house and looking inside the small one car garage with a large gold car inside, really big chrome grill and tail fins.Mr Stewart lifted the hood and I remember my dad and Mr stewart talking about the supercharger.My Dad and I took the car for a test drive it was at night and I remember the dash and Stewart warner gauges. We drove the car around the neighborhood for 15-20 minutes and I remember my dad rolling on the throttle a couple of times seemed to really pull, then sadly the car died . My dad told me later the points had failed. Can't help but think had that not happened my pops would have bought it. No matter for a 10 year old boy it was an awesome adventure and defiantly helped start my hot rod - automotive addiction
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