Forgotten muscle?

[LU8]

 There are less well known, or underrated examples of American muscle cars out there. The Hurst/Olds is one, what others can you think of?

 


 Hurst/Olds

 


 Turbo 4.9 Bird
 

[mattlea1]

This would definitely have to be in this category

[bonnevista]

Stage I Buick and the Buick Wildcat.

[sms777]

Studebaker Hawk with the factory fitted Paxton supercharger. Around '62-'63?
Must have been pretty quick.

[rattusrex]

Lousy brakes. I remember them from
Bathurst, at the end of Conrod Straight was always interesting for them. Will it or won't it pull up.

[GTA390]

I remember watching Smokey and the Bandit and thought i want one of those Trans Am's one day.
Just don't tell anyone ok

[73Transam]

come on, everyone wanys a Smoket and the Bandit TA...wish i had the spare dollars for one..:mad:

[73Transam]

opps my spellinggg:rol:

[mattlea1]

Come on Dave everyone is a closet Trans Am fan at heart:boxing:

[bonnevista]

Lousy brakes. I remember them from
Bathurst, at the end of Conrod Straight was always interesting for them. Will it or won't it pull up.

They were the Studebaker Lark - sort of boxy 4 door, but the Victorian Police had 2 doors as pursuit cars.

The Hawk came in 3 flavours (from memory).  The Hawk, the Silver Hawk and the all singing all dancing Golden Hawk.  They looked similar, but the Golden and Silver Hawk had bolt on fins at the rear.

http://www.1956goldenhawk.com/pictures/58gh-joe%20parsons.jpg

http://www.automotivehistoryonline.com/1958%20Silver%20Hawk.jpg

http://www.ritzsite.nl/63Stude/1963_Studebaker_Gran_Turismo_Hawk.JPG

http://image59.webshots.com/559/1/12/89/2094112890089697034PWbAGM_ph.jpg

You can clearly see that the Stude took it's styling cues from the Packard Hawk, when the company was called Studebaker Packard after the two companies had merged in 1954.  The last Packard rolled off the line in 1958.