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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / October 20041960 Silver Hawk
Just looking over the production order on my 60 Hawk that was built in Hamilton,they called it a "Silver Hawk Coupe",geeze,even Studebaker got confused with their names.If I ever sell it on E-Bay Im going to say"Extremly rare,one of a kind,1960 Silver Hawk" Definitely a rare bird. <g> RB "Robert Black" wrote... > Just looking over the production order on my 60 Hawk that was built in > Hamilton,they called it a "Silver Hawk Coupe",geeze,even Studebaker got > confused with their names.If I ever sell it on E-Bay Im going to > say"Extremly rare,one of a kind,1960 Silver Hawk" Although a 1960 was NOT called a Silver Hawk in the US, it might have been in Canada. Are there any historians with a real knowledge of what the Hamilton plant was doing in 1960? They just about nearly didn't build any Hawks that year--VC2115 was #48 of 220, and production started way late-it was built March 24, 1960. That always intrigued me after I got the production order for that car. Now, I'm just idly wondering why there wasn't one of those small maple leaves on that Hamilton Hawk somewhere. Did they run out? Previous years they did on the dash. Every other car of the era seemed to have one, inside or outside, especially if it was somehow "Canadian" in some way, example. Ford Frontenac, Pontiac Acadian etc Jim Bartley on PEI > Definitely a rare bird. <g> > RB [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups > ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- > Although a 1960 was NOT called a Silver Hawk in the US, it might have been > in Canada. Are there any historians with a real knowledge of what the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > one of those small maple leaves on that Hamilton Hawk somewhere. Did they > run out? 1958 was the final year for the gold maple leaf on the dash for Hamilton built cars. But you got to remember the Frontenac, Acadian, and Meteor were Canadian market-only cars, and never sold in the U.S., so GM and Ford 'patriotized' them with maple leafs inside and out to make it known they were only sold in Canada. Studebaker never had any Canadian-only models. A few body styles and trim levels, like the Silver Hawk hardtops and the Custom Wagonaire were unique to Canada, but never any special model names reserved for Canada only. Craig. Previous years they did on the dash. Every other car of the era > seemed to have one, inside or outside, especially if it was somehow > "Canadian" in some way, example. Ford Frontenac, Pontiac Acadian etc [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Newsgroups >> ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- << wasn't one of those small maple leaves on that Hamilton Hawk somewhere. >> Speaking of those- anyone from Canada have a NOS one, by any chance - that they'd like to get rid of? Was that a pun, or just another chicken joke??? <GGG> Jim in tulsa > Definitely a rare bird. <g> > RB [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups > ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- >Just looking over the production order on my 60 Hawk that was built in >Hamilton,they called it a "Silver Hawk Coupe",geeze,even Studebaker got >confused with their names Was the Silver Hawk by Studebaker or someone that typed up the build sheet copy? Most of what people have gotten as build sheets are versions that are typed up from the production information. Maybe the Studebaker information didn't say Silver, but the typist thought they were "correcting" a mistake. Gary L. Studebaker Drivers Club Director - Northeast Zone 36 year member of Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. Gary I believe the museum sends a photocopy of the microfilm plus the matching freshly typed reproduction copy at least that's what they did recently for me. > >Just looking over the production order on my 60 Hawk that was built in > >Hamilton,they called it a "Silver Hawk Coupe",geeze,even Studebaker got [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Studebaker Drivers Club Director - Northeast Zone > 36 year member of Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. >Gary I believe the museum sends a photocopy of the microfilm plus the >matching >freshly typed reproduction copy at least that's what they did recently for >me. Yes, that is what they are now doing, but for many years someone just typed up a "copy" of the factory material/information. Gary L. Studebaker Drivers Club Director - Northeast Zone 36 year member of Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. Ah,should have read this post first.Its old,looks like genuine 1960 paper. > >Gary I believe the museum sends a photocopy of the microfilm plus the > >matching [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Studebaker Drivers Club Director - Northeast Zone > 36 year member of Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. >Ah,should have read this post first.Its old,looks like genuine 1960 paper. The repro ones that N&A were making were typed on old paper forms. It was not unknown for these re-typed versions to have errors. Was the build sheet from N&A or SNM? You could probably reverify your build sheet info with the SNM. Gary L. Studebaker Drivers Club Director - Northeast Zone 36 year member of Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. I have no way of knowing Gary,how would you tell? > >Just looking over the production order on my 60 Hawk that was built in > >Hamilton,they called it a "Silver Hawk Coupe",geeze,even Studebaker got [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Studebaker Drivers Club Director - Northeast Zone > 36 year member of Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc. Yep, Typo's do occur! My 52 Commander was built in April 1932 Must be a prototype eh? Jim Turner |
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