[NJARC] Anitque Autos

[George B. Shields, Jr.]

The 1957 Golden Hawk is a lovely automobile; a good friend of mine in the 
Studebaker Drivers Club has one and it is very fast.

The 57 Golden Hawk is equipped with the Studebaker 289 CID V8 with 4BBL 
carburetor and McCollough supercharger. The blower plus 4barrel makes the 
engine develop 289BHP at 5100 RPM. That's one horsepower for each cubic inch 
of displacement which was phenominal at the time! The Studebaker V8 was 
light and responsive, and the vehicle itself weighed in at about 2900 lbs, 
so it was a very potent performer!!

A friend of mine in Massachusetts has a 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk. The 56 
Golden Hawk however, was equipped with a Packard 352 CID V8 producing 278 
horsepower. Alas, the Packard engine was a few hundred pounds heavier and 
the result was it compromised handling at speed, although the car was 
certainly peppy enough on the straightaway!

Best wishes,
-George-


>From: John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
>To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: RE: [NJARC] Anitque Autos
>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:43:48 -0400
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>Impressive.
>
>My friend had a Golden Hawk (57?) with a big engine.  We went 150 on the 
>GSP back in 1962 or so. (There weren't too many cars on there back then.)
>
>73, John Dilks
>
>At 10:36 AM 4/27/2006, you wrote:
>>George Shields
>>-63 Studebaker GT Hawk
>>-63 Studebaker 5E (Champ) Pickup
>>-56 Studebaker Skyhawk
>>-50 Packard Super Eight
>>-40 Packard One-Twenty
>
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