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Originally Posted by Trendseeker
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One of the old blokes i used to work with has a 61 studebaker hawk. I just looked up the rego and yep its still on full rego. He used to take the thing to car shows but apparently people looking at it damaged it, then it only came out 3 times a year. 1 for a trip for fuel, 2nd was for a wash and 3rd was for the rego inspection. So his was an australian delivered 4.2L v8 with the 3 speed auto. He did the swap out the valve body to one from a 6 cylinder hawk thing. With the v8s, as they were a luxury car at the time, in D for go they would always start in 2nd, never kick down to 1st. 1st was only if you selected it with the shifter. The 6 cylinder valve body started in 1st in drive. So that mod gave the v8 models a bit more pep in their step. Another thing nobody cares about is studebaker put their thermostats at the back of the motor, so the hottest part.