So as the title states I am pretty happy about the 1963 GT hawk parts car I picked up last weekend. 6-8-19
I have mentioned the car in another post in the tech posts but I'm just here to share this Studebaker's story a bit.
My brother in-law spotted the car a few weeks ago and sent me a picture of a 1963 hawk behind a service station becoming one with the earth again.
It looked SHOT.
I however could not ignore a Hawk so I went down to check the thing out.
It had a 1984 Arkansas registration on the front window, and looks to have been sitting since then.
The owner of the car and the service station said he thinks he remembers driving it back in 1991.
Either way that's 28 to 35 years this car has sat.
I told the old timer I was interested in the car still not knowing anything about the car.
The guy said he needed a couple of day's to think it over. He then called me and we made a deal.
I went down last week with my trailer and scooped it up.
When I got it home I discovered that the car is a 63 GT hawk with a full flow 4-bbl 289 with a 4 speed stick.
Having been neglected yet not molested I got to getting the thing running.
So after soaking the cylinders in Krol oil for a couple of days I changed the oil and filter, put in new plugs, a condenser and solenoid plus it needed a water pump.
I had to clean out the carb and file the points.
So today I gave it a shot of starting fluid and turned the key. AND IT STARTED!!! With barley a kick over it started easy and stayed running.
It idled down and sat at 50 psi oil pressure and saw a max of 70 with a rev.
This is a testament to the quality of the Studebaker and echoes the article by Bob Palma in Hemmings March 2015 " Americas best V8 engine" on how tough the Studebaker V8 really is
I am a happy camper
I have mentioned the car in another post in the tech posts but I'm just here to share this Studebaker's story a bit.
My brother in-law spotted the car a few weeks ago and sent me a picture of a 1963 hawk behind a service station becoming one with the earth again.
It looked SHOT.
I however could not ignore a Hawk so I went down to check the thing out.
It had a 1984 Arkansas registration on the front window, and looks to have been sitting since then.
The owner of the car and the service station said he thinks he remembers driving it back in 1991.
Either way that's 28 to 35 years this car has sat.
I told the old timer I was interested in the car still not knowing anything about the car.
The guy said he needed a couple of day's to think it over. He then called me and we made a deal.
I went down last week with my trailer and scooped it up.
When I got it home I discovered that the car is a 63 GT hawk with a full flow 4-bbl 289 with a 4 speed stick.
Having been neglected yet not molested I got to getting the thing running.
So after soaking the cylinders in Krol oil for a couple of days I changed the oil and filter, put in new plugs, a condenser and solenoid plus it needed a water pump.
I had to clean out the carb and file the points.
So today I gave it a shot of starting fluid and turned the key. AND IT STARTED!!! With barley a kick over it started easy and stayed running.
It idled down and sat at 50 psi oil pressure and saw a max of 70 with a rev.
This is a testament to the quality of the Studebaker and echoes the article by Bob Palma in Hemmings March 2015 " Americas best V8 engine" on how tough the Studebaker V8 really is
I am a happy camper
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