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Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
> Jamir Quay wrote:
>> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
>>> Jamir Quay wrote:
>>>> Phxbrd wrote:
>>>>> "Grumpy AuContraire" <GrumpyOne@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> wrote in 
>>>>> message news:-9WdnUQcfppgB7TWnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>>>> SMITH29 wrote:
>>>>>>> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
>>>>>>>> SMITH29 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> The only way not to fail IS TO QUIT ( Palin Quote) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Palin@2012.usa wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>  consistent with their time-honored principles.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  Looks like the Death Panel Assembly chose not to review his 
>>>>>>>>>>> case.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> They did and it was a "thumbs down."
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> JT
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> xxxx
>>>>>>>>> Saw ChickenHawk in Carcraft :-(
>>>>>>>>> Do you know how Ted is doing?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ted is "back in the saddle" and raced in the pure stock drags 
>>>>>>>> and as usual pretty well destroyed the competition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wish that I had half his energy level...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> JT
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> xxxx
>>>>>>> At 74 that's doing pretty dang good.
>>>>>>> I still have the 55 black President State sitting in the garage 
>>>>>>> waiting for me to up grade.
>>>>>>> It needs the usual rust in the front fenders repaired but for the 
>>>>>>> rest of the car it's rust free. Grandad had it undercoated and it 
>>>>>>> never sat in the weather.
>>>>>> I have a '56 Power Hawk and am switching out the front fenders 
>>>>>> with good used TX.  Still had to repair a few pin holes but it 
>>>>>> will be good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Ross steering is the first thing to address and still unsure 
>>>>>>> as How to attack that. Was unable to find a Saginaw of that 
>>>>>>> period and wonder if a front clip wouldn't be the answer.....
>>>>>>> Have you had any experience in that area?
>>>>>> The Power Hawk has the usual flat spot and I bought a Saginaw unit 
>>>>>> twenty years ago but it hasn't gotten so bad as to replace it (yet).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should be able to locate one as they were used on Champions 
>>>>>> only. Of course, be sure to get the correct length (c/k vs. sedan).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You Steadybreaker fans are masochists.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Avanti!
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, the car that influenced all modern machinery years before it was 
>>> noticed.
>>>
>>> I had a '63 R-1 for nearly twenty years and sold it about twenty 
>>> years ago.  Now, it is terrorizing the masses somewhere in Australia.
>>>
>>> Twenty-nine world speed records set by various Avanti versions in the 
>>> fall of 1963 at the Utah salt flats, most of which still stand today...
>>>
>>> JT
>>>
>>>
>> You sir are a man of rare taste and discerning nature.
>>
>> I consider Raymond Loewy (father of the Coca Cola bottle) to be 
>> perhaps the greatest American design stylist of all time.
>>
>> Good on you.
>>
> 
> 
> Well, he sure is recognized as the prevailing industrial designer of the 
>  20th century.  BTW, there was not a single breakdown during the two 
> weeks at the salt flats in the fall of '63.  Not one...
> 
> JT
> 

Very cool. Course I am a fan of most things Study, the Hawks were 
awesome too with that McCulloch blower.

http://www.1956goldenhawk.com/superchg.htm

Btw, check this listing out:

http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/378029.html

 From the rear view you can see where Jensen cribbed the Interceptor 
styling from.