It was spring of 1962 in Barrie Ontario, near camp Borden that I found a beauty on a used car lot. It was a 1958 Studebaker Silver Hawk (the photo is a Goldenhawk). it was extremely fast but at the time I wanted drag race power and this V8 automatic equipped car would not smoke the tires. And it was a different color, not red or black but Black Cherry and Beige, just a little too classy for a 19 year old RCAF photographer. So 10 days later I traded it back in even for a RED & BLACK 1957 Oldsmobile with a 371 cubic inch Rocket J2 V8 and 4 speed hydromatic transmission. it would smoke the tires anytime and pass everything but a gas station. (It was not one of my wisest choices but that's what kids do.) |
mine was not convertible |
Hey Pierce, I knew you when you raced on the Queensway west end strip in Ottawa, 1963. I remember your brown and white 58 plymouth 4door cleaning up from the rich boys. Did you put the hemi in it?
ReplyDeleteI will call you when i'm back in BC.
GTO JOE