Floor-shifted 57 Silver Hawk

[bams50]

Happened to look at this Hawk and noticed the unusual trans. I assume it's a truck trans., correct? Or could it be stock?

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Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

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[BobPalma]

Probably the same conversion Dick Steinkamp has in the now-famous Ute, Bob. It was a common way of getting a low-cost floor shift. It's the same shifter setup Ted Harbit used for The Chicken Hawk during the earliest years of its campaign. Not as speedy as a Hurst but a whole lot less money and tough as nails! BP

[bams50]

So, T-85 truck tranny?

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

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[r1lark]

quote:Originally posted by bams50

So, T-85 truck tranny?

[brown]Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

Probably a T-90 trans top shifter mated to a T-86. That would be my guess.....

The T-85 won't accept the T-90 top shifter, since the T-85 does not have the removable top cover.

Paul
Winston-Salem, NC
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[BobPalma]

What Paul said, Bams. BP