Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[rowan]

Google is a wonderful thing....

[BobPalma]

Tricresyl phosphate

You got it, Rowan.

Send me a PM with your address and I'll send you that brochure. BP

[Alan]

No, it is Tom Cat P. Oh, well you know the rest.

[r1lark]

So.......was this photo taken at Molded Fiber Glass (MFG) or at the Studebaker factory?

[SN-60]

So.......was this photo taken at Molded Fiber Glass (MFG) or at the Studebaker factory?

I believe this picture was taken after Avanti body production went into full swing at South Bend.....There were others taken at the same time, which are occasionally published

( Good AVANTI TRIVIA question! )

[SN-60]

You got it, Rowan.

Send me a PM with your address and I'll send you that brochure. BP

UNFAIR!!...UNFAIR!!....This product wasn't 'marketed ' on the east coast!

[Studedude]

[Bob Bryant]

I toured the Avanti II plant 2-3 time while I lived in Niles. I will guess South Bend on the Avanti body production photo!

[Studedude]

[tstoj38]

'56 hawk....

[Studedude]

Kerr Motors of Lubbock, Tx. was awarded this fleet sale for the local police department...

[Greenstude]

8560 -- The poor Hawk probably felt like crawling into a crusher after getting '59 Cadillac fins and two sets of Dodge front bits tackyed on.

[8E45E]

8560 -- The poor Hawk probably felt like crawling into a crusher after getting '59 Cadillac fins and two sets of Dodge front bits tackyed on.

That makes a '58 Packard look like a Museum of Modern Art candidate!

Craig

[S2Deluxe]

8560 -- The poor Hawk probably felt like crawling into a crusher after getting '59 Cadillac fins and two sets of Dodge front bits tackyed on.

Looks like it started out as a C body, either a Power Hawk or a Flight Hawk? Looks like a Plymouth emblem on the trunk. Looks like an incredible amount of time, money and effort was spent only to distort any semblance of tasteful styling! I guess there's no accounting for the tastes of others, but maybe, sometimes, people just make mistakes? What does the article say about the engine in it, was it as radically altered as the rest of it?

Mark

[Studedude]