Studebaker Flight Hawk
The Studebaker Flight Hawk was the most affordable model in the Hawk family , a series of sports cars introduced in 1956 by the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend, Indiana .
styling
The Flight Hawk is based on the 2-door Coupé Champion , which was introduced in the 1953 model year. Like the other 1956 Hawk, the Flight Hawk got a new hood, grille, trunk lid and dashboard. The Flight Hawk had the least amount of chrome trim on the outside and got axle caps, unless large hub caps were ordered as an option.
drive
Contrary to all other Hawks, which were powered exclusively by V8 engines, the Flight Hawk had the 3.0 liter in-line six-cylinder engine of the Champion, which made 101 bhp (75 kW). With this engine there was either a manual three-speed gearbox, a three-speed gearbox with overdrive, or a three-speed automatic (known as Flight-O-Matic ).
Different models
The Flight Hawk was available as a 2-door coupé with B-pillars (model 56G-C3) at a price of US $ 1,986. For Canada and other export markets, Studebaker also supplied a hardtop coupé without B-pillars (model 56G-K7). Only nine of a total of 560 hardtop coupes were sold in the USA , and their original price is not known.
Production numbers
- Coupé, Model 56G-C3: 4,389 pieces in total, spread over the following plants:
- 2,508 pieces from South Bend
- 557 pieces from Los Angeles
- 584 pieces from Hamilton (Ontario)
- 740 pieces export
- Hardtop, Model 56G-K7: 560 pieces in total, spread over the following plants:
- 9 pieces from South Bend
- 52 pieces from Hamilton (Ontario)
- 499 pieces export
Of the four Hawk models available in 1956, the Flight Hawk was the second most popular. The Power Hawk led the sales by far with 7,095 units.
Only a year
Studebaker decided to streamline the Hawk family in 1957. This marked the end of the Flight Hawk, Power Hawk and Sky Hawk models , all of which were replaced by the new Silver Hawk .
Web links
Website about the Golden Hawk with information about the Flight Hawk