Kustom

[Noxnabaker]

Reminds me about a 4-door -62 Dodge Dart 440 that I saw when I was about 10 years old, still original with dual 4-barrel 413... In the 70's it became a drag-racer & had its rear wheel-openings widened out to the outer edge of the fins & a gap behind the rear wheels, hard to explain here but it looked WILD & sure had a cutom look to it!
It was always red with black roof, just different shades.
In c.a. -87 it was for sale & had a 440 with tunnel rise but I didn't buy it, in c.a. -97 it had been in a garage fire & the interior was burned out, then I bought it for almost nothing & me & Sonja sanded it bare & painted it red again.
I don't remember why, but we sold it before it was completed & later on I heard someone had cut it up to sell different part from...
Such a pity on such a seriously cultural car!
These were allmost as rare in Sweden as a Studebaker.
Sorry for the off topic...
Somewhere I have photos of it.

[Cultural_infidel]

Looking at the door and vent window, in the one picture, it looks like it started life as a totaled '56 C body, Flight Hawk or Power Hawk, not a K body, Sky Hawk or Golden Hawk.

Mark

That is what the owner of the car said it was in 1960 when he built it

[studegary]

That is what the owner of the car said it was in 1960 when he built it

To some (non-Studebaker) people all Hawks, especially of this era, are Golden Hawks (doubly so if they are gold in color).

The door swoops do not look correct for a 1956 K body (Golden Hawk), but do look correct for a 1956 C body.

In the late-'50s - early-'60s, I went to a lot of custom car shows in Connecticut, particularly the big one at the Hartford Armory. This car may have been there and I do not remember it. I do remember a custom Studebaker called the "Golden Rod", that I believe was out of New Jersey. I took a picture of that in Hartford and tried to buy it much later.

[t walgamuth]

Actually if you squint the proportions are kindof cool. The details though are way tacky.

[DougHolverson]

I wonder if this custom is in such a disastrous state is because it was on fire. Some metal panels look kind of wrapped that way.

[Cultural_infidel]

I wonder if this custom is in such a disastrous state is because it was on fire. Some metal panels look kind of wrapped that way.

Was wondering the same thing... looks like the drivers side fin is collapsing inwards.

[TWChamp]

HOLY COW! That's a LOT of work to cover up the Stude sheetmetal. Quite a mix, too - Ford, MoPar and GM, anything else?

http://kustomkingdom.blogspot.com/20...olynesian.html

I agree...............it would have made a good Batmobile though.

[Captain Billy]

I posted this a while back and believe it was "copied" from the car crafter article....and is still for sale

[t walgamuth]

I posted this a while back and believe it was "copied" from the car crafter article....and is still for sale

I bet it would be cool to see the rear of it and the nose.

[52-fan]

Nice doors and not much else for me.

Interesting, because the doors with the scoops look out of place with the lack of a line in the front fender.

[studegary]

I posted this a while back and believe it was "copied" from the car crafter article....and is still for sale

The doors on this car do appear to be correct for a 1956 K body (hardtop).