"Jedidiah" (4barrel4speeddualexhaust)
02/07/2015 at 19:09 • Filed to: None
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"Jedidiah" (4barrel4speeddualexhaust)
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4 speed, 289 ci V8, looks awesome. How much do you think something like this would sell for? I'm Genuinely curious. There's nothing I love more than awesome looking coupes from dead American brands.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> Jedidiah
02/07/2015 at 19:12 |
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That's totally cool. All it's missing is a paxton supercharger
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Jedidiah
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
02/07/2015 at 19:14 |
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Then it'd be worth a fortune.
It would be cool to add one, but finding all the neccessary stuff is probably like mining unobtanium.
Someone needs to reproduce that stuff as studebaker speed parts.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> Jedidiah
02/07/2015 at 19:15 |
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True. But still cool and the 4 speed is super rare
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Jedidiah
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
02/07/2015 at 19:20 |
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I think it's just a Borg Warner T10.
It'd be cool to find a project status Hawk and swap in a T10 and then supercharge it.
Problem is finding one.
f86sabre
> Jedidiah
02/07/2015 at 19:52 |
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I like the finned Hawks better, but that is still a good looking car up there...
ranwhenparked
> Jedidiah
02/07/2015 at 20:09 |
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Really nice GT Hawks seem to hover around $30-35k tops, presentable drivers can go for around $20k. A 4spd is worth a bit more than a comparable auto.
These are possibly my favorite personal luxury coupes, maybe even more so than the '63 Rivera. Amazing to think that the body shell was barely changed from the early '50s Loewy coupes. A few tweaks here and there and a more formal, squared-off roofline, and they managed to look right in step with early '60s fashions.
Very few, probably no, other American cars could have pulled off looking so contemporary for so long back then, given how quickly fashion moved in the '50s and '60s.