by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
The number of Packard Hawks which were equipped with the no-cost, optional Borg-Warner T85 three-speed manual transmission with overdrive at the factory was 26. A Hawk that was originally fitted with the Flightomatic, would be better if installed with 1958 T85 with...
by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
The dashboard was thickly padded and within it was the same engine-turned instrument panel found on the Golden Hawk fitted with Stewart Warner gauges. Beneath the hood was the ‘Jet Stream Supercharged’289 cubic inch V-8 borrowed from the 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk,...
by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Designer of this car was Duncan McRae who later added the Lark to his resume, and his task was to create this car for Hurley’s personal use. The project was not economically prudent to be involved in for a company that could not actually build a new line of...
by Brandon McCloskey | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Packard Hawk was the fastest car the company ever produced though it was the final year of production. The Packard plant located in Detroit, Michigan had been leased to Curtiss-Wright and was later sold to them and all Packard models were rebadged and retrimmed...
by Brandon McCloskey | May 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was a luxury car produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1951-1955. The car was introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show in April 1951; it was powered by a single overhead camshaft inline six-cylinder M180 engine and was offered as a saloon coupe and, Cabriolet with 220 model...
