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The 1957 and 1958 Packard lineup of automobiles were based on Studebaker models: restyled, rebadged, and given more luxurious interiors. After 1956 production, the Packard engine and transmission factory was leased to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation while the assembly plant on Detroit's East Grand Boulevard was sold, ending the line of Packard-built cars.
The Starlight coupe is a unique 2-door body style that was offered by Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana (United States) from 1947 to 1955 on its Champion and Commander model series. It was designed by Virgil Exner , formerly of Raymond Loewy Associates [ 1 ] along the lines of the ponton style that had just gone mainstream after the ...
1939-1958 Champion; 1947-1952 Starlight; 1954-1955 Conestoga; 1955 Speedster; 1956-1964 Hawk series. 1956 Flight Hawk; 1956 Power Hawk; 1956 Sky Hawk; 1956-1958 Golden Hawk; 1957-1959 Silver Hawk; 1960-1961 Hawk; 1962-1964 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk; 1956-1958, 1960-1963 Transtar; 1957 & 1958 Packard; 1957-1958 Scotsman; 1957 Packard Clipper ...
The Scotsman is an automobile series that was produced by the Studebaker Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, during model years 1957 and 1958, and a low-priced series of pickup trucks in 1958 and 1959.
1958 saw a restyled and re-badged luxury version of the Golden Hawk sold as the Packard Hawk. Studebaker sales continued a rapid decline in 1957-58, so for 1959 Studebaker-Packard discontinued the hardtop Golden Hawk, all Packards, and the Studebaker sedans; the Silver Hawk coupe was the only holdover left alongside the new Studebaker Lark range.
The Packard Plant in Detroit, Michigan had been leased to Curtiss-Wright (and would be soon sold to them), and Packard models in this dying-gasp year were all rebadged and retrimmed Studebaker products. The 1958 Packard Hawk was essentially a Studebaker Golden Hawk 400 with a fiberglass front end and
Packard (formerly the Packard Motor Car Company) was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan.The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last Packards were built in South Bend, Indiana, in 1958.
The most distinctive characteristic of Studebaker E-series trucks is the cab, which remained unchanged through the 1959 models. With only two changes - a one-piece windshield in 1954 (for the preceding 3R series) and a larger rear window in 1955 for the first E series – it was essentially the same cab as was introduced on the 2R series in mid-1948 as a 1949 model.