Hi,
I haven't posted here too often. But I'm stuck at home like most of us, and I'm thinking of cars I'd like to own.
Considering the 1958 Golden Hawk and the 1958 Packard Hawk, these cars are sort of twins - fraternal in some areas, and identical in others. I put together a list of which body parts are common, and which are different. I don't have the parts books. This list is compiled by looking at the outward appearance of the bodies.
Some of the obvious parts that are different between these two cars (GH = 58H-K7, PH = 58L-K9):
--front bumper
--bumper guards (vertical bars on GH; "dagmars" on PH)
--front air deflector (PH-only "catfish mouth")
--air deflector emblem (PH, hawk in circle)
--grille emblem (GH, round emblem at lower end of grille)
--grille
--hood
--hood scoop (fiberglass panel on GH; trim piece on PH)
--headlight bezels (chrome on GH; body-colored on PH)
--wheel covers
--door-mounted mirror(s)
--outside arm rests (PH only)
--mylar fin applique (PH only)
--metal trim in fin cove ("Packard" script + hawk emblem on PH; 4 ribs on GH)
--trunk lid (is the PH trunk lid made from a 1953 C/K trunk lid?)
--trunk lid trim (GH script on right rear lid; faux spare tire with Packard hex, and Packard script, on PH)
Same among GH, PH
--turn signal lamps (fender-mounted)
--front and rear fender wheel opening moldings
--spear trim on fenders and doors
--windshield glass
--windshield molding
--door structure and outer sheet metal
--door windows
--quarter windows
--A pillar molding, molding along the hardtop roofline, and C pillar molding.
--rear fender fins
--rear fender moldings
--rear window
--tail light housings (were they body color on both the GH and PH?)
--rear bumper
Somewhere I think I read the fenders were sort of shared between the two cars - the PH fenders *could* be made from the Studebaker C/K fenders. Or perhaps, PH fenders *were* made from Golden/Silver Hawk fenders? I found no mention of this in the 1958 supplement.
How does this list look? Did I miss much?
Regards
Carl
I haven't posted here too often. But I'm stuck at home like most of us, and I'm thinking of cars I'd like to own.
Considering the 1958 Golden Hawk and the 1958 Packard Hawk, these cars are sort of twins - fraternal in some areas, and identical in others. I put together a list of which body parts are common, and which are different. I don't have the parts books. This list is compiled by looking at the outward appearance of the bodies.
Some of the obvious parts that are different between these two cars (GH = 58H-K7, PH = 58L-K9):
--front bumper
--bumper guards (vertical bars on GH; "dagmars" on PH)
--front air deflector (PH-only "catfish mouth")
--air deflector emblem (PH, hawk in circle)
--grille emblem (GH, round emblem at lower end of grille)
--grille
--hood
--hood scoop (fiberglass panel on GH; trim piece on PH)
--headlight bezels (chrome on GH; body-colored on PH)
--wheel covers
--door-mounted mirror(s)
--outside arm rests (PH only)
--mylar fin applique (PH only)
--metal trim in fin cove ("Packard" script + hawk emblem on PH; 4 ribs on GH)
--trunk lid (is the PH trunk lid made from a 1953 C/K trunk lid?)
--trunk lid trim (GH script on right rear lid; faux spare tire with Packard hex, and Packard script, on PH)
Same among GH, PH
--turn signal lamps (fender-mounted)
--front and rear fender wheel opening moldings
--spear trim on fenders and doors
--windshield glass
--windshield molding
--door structure and outer sheet metal
--door windows
--quarter windows
--A pillar molding, molding along the hardtop roofline, and C pillar molding.
--rear fender fins
--rear fender moldings
--rear window
--tail light housings (were they body color on both the GH and PH?)
--rear bumper
Somewhere I think I read the fenders were sort of shared between the two cars - the PH fenders *could* be made from the Studebaker C/K fenders. Or perhaps, PH fenders *were* made from Golden/Silver Hawk fenders? I found no mention of this in the 1958 supplement.
How does this list look? Did I miss much?
Regards
Carl
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