Postwar Studebakers

texases · October 3

Of all the '50s-era domestic cars, that one remains one of the most 'modern' to my eyes.

thebean · October 3

Packard Hawk? Or a custom, like @ab348 said?

uplanderguy · October 4

That car started life as a '53 Studebaker, but of course has some custom touches. The Bonneville record-breaking cars were much later. The '53 Stude body was a favorite as it was fairly aerodynamic especially for the time period. Much-bigger engines were used at Bonneville in these cars though.

Studebaker set a slew of speed records at Bonneville in October 1963 with factory-powered cars.

ab348 · October 5

The Halibrand-style wheels were what made me think Bonneville, plus the body changes. A very cool car.

uplanderguy · October 31

Posted the bottom photo recently, but pairing it with a pic of the same car on Labor Day weekend 1964, in Yellowstone, courtesy of the original owners.

uplanderguy · October 31

Pretty ‘57 Packard Country Sedan

imidazol97 · October 31

The Packard is good looking.

thebean · October 31

It is, but I just can’t let myself call it a Packard.

fintail · October 31

I forgot Packard used the Country Sedan name.

uplanderguy · November 1

That's a good angle of that Clipper I think. Other than a Caribbean or Four-Hundred, I prefer it to earlier '50's Packards, as it isn't chunky. It's pretty svelte by '50's standards IMHO.

uplanderguy · November 15

My friend Ed passed about three weeks ago, during heart surgery. He was a very young 86 and a real Studebaker man. When young, he worked at Mack Auto Sales in Akron, the city's oldest Studebaker dealer.

He had a few trucks, a '52 convertible, the below '64 convertible, and a gorgeous '64 Gran Turismo Hawk with the complete 'Super' package.

At his service, his roommate asked if I wanted the below photo. I took it.

I found out for Ed, that his '64 convertible was the only black-with-blue interior '64 convertible built in the shortened '64 model year (out of 484 South Bend '64 convertibles). He was tickled with that.

The convertible was built 11/27/63, one day before Thanksgiving and five days after JFK's assassination, and his Hawk was built 11/25/63, the day of JFK's funeral.

He's much-missed in our club already.

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