Woman posing with 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk automobile
View of a woman posing with 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk automobile. Label on back: "The Golden Hawk, top model in Studebaker's new complete line of sports-type cars, is the highest powered car in the low-price field for 1956. It will be displayed [date] at [dealership name and address]. The Golden Hawk has a 275 horsepower V8 engine of 352-cubic inch displacement, developing 380 foot pounds of torque at 2800 rpm. The large engine has a compression ration of 9.5-1 and four-barrel carburetion. The first line of sports-type cars to be offered by an American auto manufacturer, the Hawk line has four models covering the low-price field. All are five-passenger models. They are 17 feet long and less than five feet high, bringing a new low silhouette to U.S. roads. From: [dealership name and address]." Handwritten on back: "1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk."
- Resource ID:
- na052243
- Subject:
- Studebaker Hawk automobile
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- Studebaker
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.