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Topic starter
02/08/2024 9:09 am
'60 Studebaker or Thunderbird?
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John Bono
North Jersey
02/08/2024 9:20 am
I wanted to be contrarian and vote for the Studebaker, but the Thunderbird is so much more modern. I voted for it.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
02/08/2024 9:42 am
Grand Turismo Hawk would be different, but in this case, I'm going with the Square Bird.
Topic starter
02/08/2024 9:53 am
Grand Turismo Hawk would be different, but in this case, I'm going with the Square Bird.
Sorry, was not available for 1960, only '62-'64.
John Bono
North Jersey
John Kuvakas and Tony Perrone reacted
02/08/2024 10:05 am
Studebaker for me, it has great styling. Never liked the 58-60 square birds. They are called that for a reason. They are square and dull IMHO.
02/08/2024 10:06 am
Grand Turismo Hawk would be different, but in this case, I'm going with the Square Bird.
Sorry, was not available for 1960, only '62-'64.
Yes John, you are right. That was my point, if the later year Turismo, I'd vote for it over the same year T-Bird. 
John Kuvakas and John Bono reacted
02/08/2024 10:16 am
Back in the day I would have voted for the T-Bird but I have come to appreciate the look of the Studebaker more in recent years, so it gets the nod by a slim margin. The square bird design is nice enough but is my least favorite of T-Birds built 1955 thru '63.
Topic starter
02/08/2024 10:16 am
Grand Turismo Hawk would be different, but in this case, I'm going with the Square Bird.
Sorry, was not available for 1960, only '62-'64.
Yes John, you are right. That was my point, if the later year Turismo, I'd vote for it over the same year T-Bird.
My point is we are looking at 1960, not 1962... 
John Bono
North Jersey
John Kuvakas reacted
02/08/2024 10:46 am
Grand Turismo Hawk would be different, but in this case, I'm going with the Square Bird.
Sorry, was not available for 1960, only '62-'64.
Yes John, you are right. That was my point, if the later year Turismo, I'd vote for it over the same year T-Bird.
My point is we are looking at 1960, not 1962...
Got ya! I'm sticking with my 60 T-Bird vote.
John Kuvakas and John Bono reacted
02/08/2024 11:15 am
I wanted to be contrarian and vote for the Studebaker, but the Thunderbird is so much more modern. I voted for it.
My thought exactly!!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
02/08/2024 11:18 am
By the picture I prefer the Studebaker, the T- bird picture is at a not very flattering angle. But I know what the rear view of the Studebaker's fins I do not like and I do like the T-bird quite a bit especially if in a different pose.
I'm voting the car I like not the pictures, Thunderbird please.
02/08/2024 2:13 pm
John B;
I am wondering if your pic of the black Studebaker is not a 1960 vintage but possibly earlier as it has no B pillar?? All I can find regarding the pillarless HT is that it was offered on the Hawk between 1956 thru '58; after that only as a coupe with the B pillar. I may be interpreting the information I found incorrectly though....not sure. If we are talking only with a B pillar for 1960 then my vote would go to the Thunderbird in this comparison.
Topic starter
02/08/2024 2:24 pm
@jack-dodds Jack, anything is possible. I've come upon many images that are miss-labeled. Some I catch and some get beyond me.
John Bono
North Jersey
John Kuvakas and Tony Perrone reacted
02/08/2024 2:49 pm
I like the Tbird , square birds are cool too. 😎👍
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
02/08/2024 5:21 pm
Despite its 1953 ancestry, I still love and prefer the lines of the Studebaker.
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