Now the rest of the world may not care BUT...



I FINALLY got to see a 58 Packard Hawk up close and personal. There were only 500 some odd of them made, they're rare as hell and one of the coolest looking cars of that era as far as I'm concerned.



It's also the last of the Packards and of the Studebakers for that matter, last gasp of the company.



If anyone cares I'll post the pictures of it.



Also saw a bunch of other lovely street rods......

 

sweet post some pics!!!!

I finally saw a dusenburg or however ya spell it this weekend!!!

 

There are more dusenbergs out now then when they were made



Kinda like Cords.

 

RE Packard... yes, the 58 was the last of the Packards... it came with a 352ci engine that had good torque...however.. the car to have was the 57 Golden Hawk (IMHO)... 289 ci. mine came with a automatic(fordomatic) only lasted for 3 weeks.. then went to a 3speed with OD.. lasted 2 weeks, installed a t-10... this car would run right with the NEW !!! "63 vett stingray... up to bout 127....mph.. The Dusenburg Bros concieved and mfg the car that carried their name... inthe 30;s ..over 100MPH in 2nd gear...big with a super charger.. The Cord as well as the Auburn also had superchargers..oh yes... my '57 Golden Hawk also had a s/c.. of the paxton / Mc coullagh variety.. However, the Avanti by Studebaker also came with the same blower on the 3 mod...just the rambling of a ollld man..... however, several mths ago .... while i was recovering from crashing my Kawa ZL1...(hi 10's, low 11's thru i/4 mile..Ammm... i flew to Orange County and bought a 94 Mazda RX7 Silverstone... over the Grapevine... cruzn on #5 at proxx 105, came upon a white Supra TT... we ran 3 times, from 100 up to over 155mph...AYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAY i could.t pull him . Nor could he get away from me... be careful of us olllld gray hair guys.... WE STILL LIKE TO PLAY!!!! If you have read this far you are maturing well yourself ..... wishing youall the best "Keep em Spinning" Sincerly, Carter........ PS this TT is just a little slow thus, the ARC box, PFS purple, RX7Fashion SSdp with the reliabality mods and Eibach springs, Bilstien shocks etc, etc , etc.... it nevvvver ends......................

 

I like the golden hawks, but I don't like the eggrate grill as much as the swoop nose. As I recall that supercharger was too much for the stude motor and would blow it?



I'm on a quest to get a Stude pickup

 

Pic of that hawk



He DID cut the top out of it. *sighs* Ah well still a nice car.

 

I'm supprised anyone would respond at all.. ok... if you liked the swoop of the nose.. check out the 1953 to 1955 Stude coupe.. they still runum at Bonnieville... no the blower was not tooo much for the engines...i always drove the **** out of me... it was brillant black with chrome Dayton wir wheels...The Granetilli Bros ran a Avante R3 with 2 bloweres at B.ville.. world records... However still not as fast as my lincolin...181 mph @ B'ville....mmmmmmmmmmm[CODE]

 

mmmm... man I love those old cars....



Still want to get a Pantera....

 

Yeah they had a few out there as well. Real popular car to beef up at the rod shows.



Also had a stude commader (bullet nose) that was pushing 400 rwhp

 

I saw a pantera in an old Issue of Hot Rod magazine I think... but it had a Modular 4.6 DOHC V8 from a mustang in it and was pushing like 400hp+ sweet car! Exotic look!