The late 1950’s Golden Hawk with the supercharged 289 was indeed fast. It was not quite as fast off the line as most Corvettes, but it blew by all of them on the top end.
The speedometer was printed to 140 mph but that wasn’t the end of it. And, with its aerodynamic design it would hug the ground all the way up. Unfortunately, (or perhaps fortunately) the one I am familiar with came with a three-speed gear stick on the steering column.
I seem to remember the Hawk doing 149mph, on the salt flats.
It's a wonder we never ripped it right out of the car in the "after school speed trials".
” It was not quite as fast off the line as most Corvettes, but it blew by all of them on the top end.”
I doubt that, the 57 Corvette that we won every SCCA race we entered in 57 was clocked at 154 in the back straight at Riverside Raceway.