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Biffy

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Just thought I would let you know I have just acquired a 1963 Studebaker GT Hawk. It is in pretty good nick - the engine and transmission have been re-built and a lot of other work has been done on it. It still has a long way to go though, which is why my hubby and I bought it. It is a fixer-upper for me. (He has a 1991 Syclone). We are looking forward to starting work on it (as finances allow!!) I am sure I will be asking for help and advice along the way. We will probably take it down to Cruisin' the Coast in October. Perhaps we will see some of you there! Here is a pic of my new "baby"!

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These are really pretty cars. The last Raymond Loewy car design (I think) and the catalyst for the Mustang (in my opinion).
I think there is a Land Speed Record Studebaker that someone still races and holds some records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
When we go down to Summit Point Racetrack (WV) one of the locals often uses his Studey for a pace car. Neat. Here it is:

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That's a really bizzare photo! Looks like something that would have been created in Photoshop because it's too strange to be true!
 
Biffy, congratulations on the new car. Those are really cool little cars. Nial, thats a great picture.
 
Wow, that's a neat picture! I love older cars. They just don't make them like they used to! ((sigh!)). My daily driver is a 1998 Saturn SL1. Not exactly sporty but reliable and cheap on petrol. My husband drives a 1998 Chevvy truck which has a supercharger. It has a few modifications which he has made, including a tonneau cover which is raised and lowered remotely with an actuator. It's pretty neat - quite fast too!
I would have liked a British car but we thought that it might be a bit pricey in comparison and the parts might be more difficult to get hold of. Perhaps next time......!
 
Congrats on the Hawk; one of the cars on my list. Did you by any chance get it from my old buddy Al Raines?
 
We bought it from an enthusiast in Texas. He has so many projects he is working on and something had to go, so we got lucky. He advertised it on e-bay to start with and didn't get any bids, so my H e-mailed him to see if we could go and look at it. We went up there the following weekend and liked what we saw. We agreed a price and that was it. It was an 8 hour drive each way. We rented a car one way, dropped it off and picked up a rented truck/trailer for the return journey. We are not "trailer queens" but we didn't want to drive it such a long way for the first trip and we were glad we didn't - it poured with rain nearly all the way home, and driving through Houston was something else! Now we are looking forward to working on our new project.
 
There is a used car dealer in Chickasha that used to have two hawks on a lot. He also had a Chrysler 300, a Morris Van and a couple Edsels.
 
I don't know what part of La., you are in , but in Lafayette, There is a gentleman who owns a uniform shop & hearing aid specialist named Scotty Hall who has several & I'm sure if you are looking for parts or advice he is way cool!! We are in Abbeville and I try and keep literature and cataloges for enthusiats of all makes & models- I even have a junkyard book that list a classic section for yards across America, with 800 numbers. If I can help you in any way I will be glad to do so!! We have a car show in April in Abbeville for the CAROUSEL OF ARTS on April 17th- If it's running we would love to have you!! Its free, they feed you, there is music all day and a Sauce Piquant cook off. There are Arts and crafts on display & we usually manage to promote a gift bag for all the cars!! CARS ARE ART and its open to anytging from Rod to motorcycle & in between. In progress is not a problem/ it gives people an understanding of all phases of this hobby! Randi /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
 
The Hawk series of coupes were quite nice, IMHO the earlier ones looked a little nicer, but beggars can't be choosers...

Here is a nice 1953 Commander Coupe (kind of early version of Hawk) here in Calgary, tastefully modified, I believe to look like a 1950's style racer

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Very cool. That's a car that hot rodders and purists alike can admire.
 
Thats a very cool car James, I love the wheels on it. Makes me wish I lived somewhere where there are so many cool cars running around.
 
Walt... Just look around you... Calgary is far from the hot spot of classic car activity, and admittedly I attend so many classic car events during the spring/summer/fall that I will run across more vehicles than the average persion will.

I still sometimes crave for the days back in Ontario.. where classic cars were so much more numerous, but also population was higher, I chose to move back to Alberta for other reasons and I love the wide open spaces here you just don't get in Ontario.

I believe that with very few exceptions, every region has a surprising number of neat classic cars, stuff that would totally surprise you. Now some regions have higher numbers than other areas, I know the west coast of both Canada and the States has a very high population of interesting import cars and collectible cars in general, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist elsewhere either.

Sorry for rambling just some perspective and my two cents worth...
 
The problem with where I live is its a military town, and everyone has a ricer grinding pos's, or a newer corvette. There are a few older cars, but sadly I can count them all on one hand. Now if you go to Dallas, which is a mere three hours away you can see classic cars all day long. OKC and Tulsa have a few, but for the most part, Oklahoma stinks as far as old cars go.
 
Walter,"Pate " is coming up in April & it's the time to "steal" a classic-British Babies are few and far between(usually) but American Muscle & Classics in general are to be had a reasonable prices the last Sunday. It's in Dallas-Denton- Texas Motor Speedway! Randi
 
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The problem with where I live is its a military town, and everyone has a ricer grinding pos's, or a newer corvette. There are a few older cars, but sadly I can count them all on one hand. Now if you go to Dallas, which is a mere three hours away you can see classic cars all day long. OKC and Tulsa have a few, but for the most part, Oklahoma stinks as far as old cars go.

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I was in Fort Worth last weekend for their Rod & Custom Show. There was one MGB and one Studebaker among the dozens of street rods, Corvettes, and Camaros. Disappointingly few Mustangs, although Dallas Mustang brought one of their "new" '65-'66 Terlingua Racing Team coupes. Now that would be a fun weekend car!

Although a little farther than D-FW, you can drive from Lawton to Denver in a day. We will have 600 British cars and a few bikes at the Colorado English Motoring Conclave on September 18, 2005. Check out the Website--we love having out-of-state visitors! Or come to the mountains for the MG Club's 52nd Annual Glenwood Springs Ralleye the weekend of June 17-19. A couple of hundred cars and lots of fun events.

Incidentally, I spent a year (actually only two months--it just felt like a year!) at Fort Sill in the summer of 1968. Being from Colorado, the heat and humidity almost did me in. It was really a /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thirsty.gif town.
 
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