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Hello all,
This is our 62 Studebaker GT Hawk. A long, low V8 cruiser.
We pulled it out of the proverbial Wisconsin barn in Spring 2010 where it had sat for over 30 years. (Didn't believe those "barn find" stories until we found one.) It drove out of the barn onto the transporter - albeit with a non-existent exhaust and 35 year-old tires.
289 Studebaker Full Flow V8, factory four barrel, T10 four speed, Twin Trak (Stude positraction). Originally a Florida car (still has the 1974 inspection sticker) 80,000 miles.
Our sons helped me pull the interior, remove the evidence of mice, and paint the floors. We buffed it per the instructions in a PHR article.
Installed seat belts, disk brakes and dual master cylinder, rear brakes, hoses and gaskets, bright third eye brake light, electronic ignition, Edelbrock carburetor, alternator conversion, clutch, repaired the Studebaker AM radio, and spent last weekend installing an old school column tachometer.
She's lowered a couple inches by gravity and failing springs and she definitely has a Barn find/Survivor look with some rust around the front fender vents.
Nothing against the beautifully done Mustangs and Camaros, but this car always draws a group of people because it is uncommon.
Bought this old crate as a gift to self during chemo. It is loud, smelly, leaky and rattles.
Needless to say, we love it.
This is our 62 Studebaker GT Hawk. A long, low V8 cruiser.
We pulled it out of the proverbial Wisconsin barn in Spring 2010 where it had sat for over 30 years. (Didn't believe those "barn find" stories until we found one.) It drove out of the barn onto the transporter - albeit with a non-existent exhaust and 35 year-old tires.
289 Studebaker Full Flow V8, factory four barrel, T10 four speed, Twin Trak (Stude positraction). Originally a Florida car (still has the 1974 inspection sticker) 80,000 miles.
Our sons helped me pull the interior, remove the evidence of mice, and paint the floors. We buffed it per the instructions in a PHR article.
Installed seat belts, disk brakes and dual master cylinder, rear brakes, hoses and gaskets, bright third eye brake light, electronic ignition, Edelbrock carburetor, alternator conversion, clutch, repaired the Studebaker AM radio, and spent last weekend installing an old school column tachometer.
She's lowered a couple inches by gravity and failing springs and she definitely has a Barn find/Survivor look with some rust around the front fender vents.
Nothing against the beautifully done Mustangs and Camaros, but this car always draws a group of people because it is uncommon.
Bought this old crate as a gift to self during chemo. It is loud, smelly, leaky and rattles.
Needless to say, we love it.
