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03/08/2023 9:39 pm
Frugal Studebaker got a lot of mileage out of their 1953 Starlite coupe body shell. Here are three generations stretching up to a 1962 Grand Turismo Hawk by GLM. The gold circa 1957 is by Road Signatures, an inexpensive but quite nice diecast and finally the launch of this body shell the 1953 Starlite coupe by Franklin Mint which features an opening bonnet showing its 232 CID V8 that ultimately grew to 289 CID in the later 50s and 60s. French and English Dinky and Corgi did versions of this generation of coupe as well. A Packard version was also offered for a year or so after the Studebaker Packard merger and they managed to squeeze the big 352 CID Packard V8 into the Studebaker Golden Hawk for a period, before reverting to Paxton supercharged Studebaker 289 V8s that matched the Packard power. Frobly did models of the Packard Hawk in 1:43.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
04/08/2023 8:20 am
Nice pictures and write up John. I have always been a Studebaker fan beginning with my first car, a 1937 Studebaker Dictator sedan. Several years ago, John Roberts built me a model of the car using a combination of the Brooklins Dictator coupe and a 37 Buick sedan. I love your posts of your various builds.
04/08/2023 10:24 am
In recent years I have been exposed to much Forum info and conversation regarding the Studebaker and have come to like it much more.
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04/08/2023 12:00 pm
Nice pictures and write up John. I have always been a Studebaker fan beginning with my first car, a 1937 Studebaker Dictator sedan. Several years ago, John Roberts built me a model of the car using a combination of the Brooklins Dictator coupe and a 37 Buick sedan. I love your posts of your various builds.
And John Roberts does some Studebaker Lark convertibles, available on Ebay. Too rich for my blood so did one my self. Not on the lookout for an inexpensive/damaged/mising parts Lark to convert into a four door sedan to complete my line up. Here's my Lark convertible top up or top down.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
04/08/2023 11:54 pm
Like the Porsche 911, Studebaker built a beautiful car that, with a few modifications, would look good today. It's too bad they were so short sighted they never built a 4 door or a convertible.
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