http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/2010/01/studebaker-silver-hawk-an-early-mustang/ The car life style and the people, the activities and the cars that make the legends we remember. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:04:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/2010/01/studebaker-silver-hawk-an-early-mustang/comment-page-1/#comment-11218 rfleener Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:42:21 +0000 http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/?p=5316#comment-11218 Mike, your story of the Police officer reminds me of one of my earlier Blogs; check this one out: http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/2008/07/03/390-ford-galaxy-and-a-rambler-meet-the-sheriff/ Mike, your story of the Police officer reminds me of one of my earlier Blogs; check this one out: http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/2008/07/03/390-ford-galaxy-and-a-rambler-meet-the-sheriff/

]]> http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/2010/01/studebaker-silver-hawk-an-early-mustang/comment-page-1/#comment-11217 Mustang Mike Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:40:25 +0000 http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/?p=5316#comment-11217 Oh how I remember that day. My Granddad went with me to look for a car. The local Studebaker dealer had some good ones in my price range. One was a 55 President Speedster w/a 289 (or so I thought) and the second one I liked was a 57 Golden Hawk coupe. Both with leather, similar miles (probably set back odometers.) Granddad thought the 57 was a better deal, but I liked the 55 besides, it had a tach!! The 55 was $350 and the 57 was $500. I was sooo in love, I never thought to ask if they would take less for either!! So I drove away with the '55. Yeah, they laughed at me, too. But NO ONE could beat me on the highway! Drag racing on the street was big. My car was not. I got stopped once for an illegal left hand turn and the cop said I was lucky he didn't catch me drag racing because he would have "thrown the book at me." I was drag racing but the car was so slow off the line that he couldn't tell!! Ha! I had the car for about 15 years. Gave it away for $500. Sad day.....I hope that car survived. Later, I found out it was one of five built as the predecessor to the Golden Hawk. It had a 352 V8. I still remember the smell of that car..... Oh how I remember that day. My Granddad went with me to look for a car. The local Studebaker dealer had some good ones in my price range. One was a 55 President Speedster w/a 289 (or so I thought) and the second one I liked was a 57 Golden Hawk coupe. Both with leather, similar miles (probably set back odometers.) Granddad thought the 57 was a better deal, but I liked the 55 besides, it had a tach!! The 55 was $350 and the 57 was $500. I was sooo in love, I never thought to ask if they would take less for either!! So I drove away with the ‘55. Yeah, they laughed at me, too. But NO ONE could beat me on the highway! Drag racing on the street was big. My car was not. I got stopped once for an illegal left hand turn and the cop said I was lucky he didn’t catch me drag racing because he would have “thrown the book at me.” I was drag racing but the car was so slow off the line that he couldn’t tell!! Ha! I had the car for about 15 years. Gave it away for $500. Sad day…..I hope that car survived. Later, I found out it was one of five built as the predecessor to the Golden Hawk. It had a 352 V8. I still remember the smell of that car…..

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