I am 91 Had a 53 Stude "Lowey" Coupe in 1954 - LOVED IT Cars are SO Boring Today - Companies are Afraid to be different ! Go the Safe route - Good Production thankyou

I was around when these 1st came out. I've only seen (1) on the streets since. Haven't seen them for sale either. Did folks buy them up & hide them? Seems like it. You don't even see them at shows. It's too bizarre. A very cool car.

TOO MANY ADDS!!!!!!!

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The Hawks were and are very special in my heart

What HAPPENED? Parents had one in early 50's, then ???? Were they NOT a success? Mechanical troubles???

1964 was the first year of the GTO, not 1966.

Excellent informative video on the ‘56 and ‘57 Studebaker Hawk. Enjoyed this video very much!

Wonderful and helpful information on the Studebaker Golden Hawk. Enjoyed this video very much!

Ugly! Hellen Keller could have come up with a better design

Mine is a GH57, but Shane a los oficiales info... thanks for your work... all effort to preserve our fantastics Golden Hawks are more tan welcome!

At first glace that white car sitting on the side of the road at 5:31 looked like a cop car. Good thing it wasn't!

In the books, James Bond's CIA buddy, Felix Leiter drove a Studellac - a Studebaker with a supercharged Cadillac engine. I don't think Ian Fleming ever said which model, but I always thought it was a Hawk.

Real style and sporty too!! Bring them back!

Always way ahead of their time! By leaps and bounds!

Beautiful car I wish I had one today !

My Mothers car, would do 0 to 60 mph in six seconds! Had a 352 Packard engine ! , with 300 HP !

It was the '64 Pontiac GTO that started the horsepower war, not the '66!.⁹

I heard the automatic transmission were too week for that engine

That %^&$$#&&**@#$ car is not a Packard!😝😝

One of the first muscle cars. Not given enough credit.

Love studebakers, but I never understood why they didn't put the 56 Caribbean 374 cubic inche engine with 2 four barrel carbs in the 56 golden hawk. If you are building a factory hot rod give it all you got

i had always loved the hawks.. 20 years ahead of its time.. look at a 1975 camaro

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I'll never understand why they glued the parking lights on top of the fenders. Wrecked the sweep of the body line. Finally fixed it later.

The Studebaker was heavy or heavier than Packed

Nice very informative. My first encounter was after church on a Wednesday night. He floored it broke the tires loose he out of there. At that time an old fellow has the 1st GTO IN Fort Scott and went to the same church. One of interesting encounters. Thanks for all this well prepared information. I will probably never get to own one . However I’m a Studebaker Fan I did own a 53 pillared Coupe ! Thanks so much for this . I’m 70 now in Fort Scott Kansas. I surely hope you have Salvation ! Is the only thing that matters! Is The Lord Jesus Christ! Yes and Amen!

Years ahead of the Mustang. I had used 1956 Power Hawk. Wonderful car.

After the takeover of Packard by Studebaker, the later tailfin models were decked out with (even more) chrome and nameplates saying "Packard Hawk". About 1960, one Packard Hawk model had a blown V8 - Rootes type unit - sold right off the showroom floor. My granddad had one.

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The Twin Ultramatic Transmission is a 2 speed automatic. D right range simply engages a lockup torque converter giving the false impression that there's a 3rd gear. The shift quadrant with 3 positions also give a false impression of being a 3 speed automatic when in fact it's a 2 speed automatic transmission like Powerglide and Chrysler's Powerflight transmissions.

I graduated from high school in 1963. I remember driving home from my first full time job, and listening to the radio. The news at 4:00 stated that Studebaker, had officially closed the plant in South Bend Indiana, putting thousands out of work there. It really was a blue Monday for all those workers that December 9th, I still remember to this day, like it was only yesterday, so sad. I live only 45 minutes from South Bend. Last fall on a trip to the Studebaker Museum, nothing is left standing anymore of all the assembly and production plants, what a shame.

Note that Mercedes went on to use the body styling.

Dad loved Studebakers. We had four during my teenage years. I learned to drive on a 53 Commander V8 stick shift. Never forgot that car. He even let me cool it up. 3" lowering blocks, spun aluminum Bonneville moon hubcaps, glasspac duel exhaust, 3 on the floor and of course the Black DiceI in the windshield.I only had my learners permit at the time, but boy that car was fun. I still have those Dice...wish I had the car to put them in. The last Stude I remember was a 56 Golden Hawk with the Packard V/8 that he bought for 'Mom'. My brother and I new better though, the grin on his face when he brought it home gave him away. Aluminum engine turned dash with Stewart Warner gauges, Golden & Cream two-tone paint, it was one cool ride.It was just time for me to be the head of the "crew." Me with my 200ft one wheel burnouts. I still consider to be it the first muscle car, that ride was a HOOT.

Thank's for the memories....😎 Dad loved Studebakers. We had four during my teenage years. I learned to drive on a 53 Commander V8 stick shift. Never forgot that car. He even let me cool it up. 3" lowering blocks, spun aluminum Bonneville moon hubcaps, glasspac duel exhaust, 3 on the floor and of course the Black DiceI in the windshield.I only had my learners permit at the time, but boy that car was fun. The last Stude I remember was a 56 Golden Hawk with the Packard V/8 that he bought for 'Mom'. My brother and I new better though, the grin on his face when he brought it home gave him away. It was just time for me to be the head of the "crew." Me with my 200ft one wheel burnouts.👍 I still consider to be it the first muscle car, that ride was a HOOT. Aluminum engine turned dash with Stewart Warner gauges, Golden & Cream two-tone paint, it was one cool ride. I still have those Dice...wish I had the car to put them in.🥲

These were terrible cars. Build quality was almost non-existent, and they rode like lumber wagons. They were really holes in the road you dumped money down.

Actually the first GTO was not built a full decade after the 56 hawk. The first GTO was built in 1964 so that would be 8 years after the hawk. A full decade is 10 years.

Absolutely beautiful and stunning design and styling

@4:00 what's a Golen Hawk - is that from Lord of the Rings? But seriously, a beautiful design - maybe one day soon, car makers will base their designs on this. I'd buy one.

A beautiful vehicle Raymond Loewy designed.Too bad the firm didnt think far enough ahead to develop a real strong sales network, or to build image. Owned a 54 President- I wish I had kept it,Another note- that was a Borg Warner 3 speed automatic- a very well constructed piece of machinery- used in other places, too.I read someone elses story about hitting 140 and still acellerating.I had that experience once with an engine my brother an I had built- who knows how fast it would go? We never knew.I remember the oil filter was the same on mine,too

3360 lbs. With that engine and the cast iron automatic is very impressive.

The comments below are very informative. However I am still a little confused about the transmission By both video and the comments. It sounds like the simple way to describe it is that it is a 3 speed automatic transmission with a lockup converter. Is that correct?

Good looking cars. Too bad they didn’t survive.

This was used in the 61 Ford large car more commonly known as the borg Warner cast iron Cruze o magic

My brother's first car was a '57 Golden Hawk with the Supercharged 289. I loved that car! I'd like to own one today.

Sad that such an industry has ended ,,, distinctive, beautiful and practical design !!!

In my opinion, the Studebaker Hawks will never go out of style! I loved them in the 50's & still do.

Sad that such an industry has ended ,,, distinctive, beautiful and practical design !!

Currently in “ Lockdown” due to Covid restrictions. This really cheered me up. Thank you. 😊