[Seven plus One]

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.

[RegulatorCountry]

Yep, still has the original Starlight Coupe hardtop roofline, with the MB grille and just barely sprouting tailfins. Good looking car. I’ve seen one in a sort of metallic grey and off white two tone paint scheme with a tritone red, silver and off white interior that was very striking.