I saw an article on these cars bulkt in 58 in Hemming classic car. I figured I'd share. These are awesome. They ran a supercharged 289 putting out 275 hp. Here's a link to the webpage http://www.packardhawk.com/
I like 'em for some sick reason...I like the catfish mouth too - kinda a cartoonish early Tbird nose...just my twisted mind I 'spose! Parts are mostly available - the unique fiberglass parts are challenging to find (from what I understand) - the Stude parts are relatively easy to find by comparison...neat car & the end of the Packard line.
I knew one purist would pipe up. I think it is no uglier than any radical customs of the 50's and 60's.
Talk about bringing back a long dead post...gezz......i did have a packard hawk for about 72hrs back in 04-05 time frame. Sold it to a private collector in UT off of the packard owners site. I didn't even get a chance to wash it, price was to go to pass up and the buyer tracked me down after a post on here.
If you lower it in the front and put a blower on it you can also clean the streets as you drive. Hell on the motor though.
A very rare car. After S-P killed off the last real Packards at the end of the 1956 model run, closing the Detroit plant and moving production to the Studebaker plant in South Bend and switching to using re-trimmed Studebaker bodies and mechanical, they could hardly even give the '57 and '58 ersatz "Packards" away. To make matters worse, the Packard Hawk was priced at 700 dollars more than even the top-of-the-line Studebaker Golden Hawk, upon which it was based. The 58's are the rarest of the final two Packard model years too, with only 588 Packard Hawks produced in 1958. Mart3406 ==============
The '56 Stude Hawk used the 352 Packard motor. '57 saw the introduction of the Stude 289 with Paxton supercharger on the Golden Hawk.
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