No a friend of mine had a 56 Golden Hawk and it had the 352 Packard. He blew the doors off a brand new 57 Chevy with the power pack much to the dismay of the Chevy owner. I always thought the Silver Hawk had the 289 but this article doesn’t mention it, only the Sky Hawk that I’m not familiar with. 1956 saw a four-model Hawk range launched, of which the lower three shared engines with Studebaker's three model levels; the two coupes; the Flight Hawk had the Champion's obsolete and underpowered flathead straight-6 enlarged to 185.6"; the Power Hawk used Studebaker's OHV 259" with either 180 hp (130 kW) 2-bbl or 195 hp (145 kW) with a 4-bbl in (4.7 L) V8 from the Commander; the two hardtops; Sky Hawk shared the larger OHV 289 in³ V8 and luxury trim with the Studebaker President and Studebaker Golden Hawk, however, stood at the top of the range. The Golden Hawk, fitted with Packard's powerful big-block 352 cubic inch 275 hp (5.8 L) V8, was the best all-around high performance car of 1956. Some feel by installing the largest V8 in the smallest lightest body, Studebaker created the first muscle car eight years before the GTO. It had the second highest power-to-weight ratio of any American production car. Contemporary road tests verified the Golden Hawk was faster/quicker in the 1/4 mile than the Corvette, Thunderbird and Chrysler 300B. In top speed, only the Chrysler 300B could equal it. From: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dodger7998@xxxxxxx am thinking it was the 58 packard hawk you might be referring to,,,,,,,the 56 golden hawk however did come with a supercharger, but was the studes. 289 engine, both of course were way cool rides In a message dated 2/13/2014 11:04:35 A.M. Central Standard Time, mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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