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Solved TGF-427: Studebaker Polinesian by John Hychko, 1960
« on: October 21, 2014, 07:27:22 AM »
Can you correctly identify this car?
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2014, 06:15:49 PM »
Up.
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2014, 09:53:36 AM »
1959 Cadillac-based custom ?
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2014, 12:31:11 PM »
It seems that tail fins are the only parts coming from a Caddy.
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2014, 12:40:05 PM »
Some Lincoln parts in the mix ?
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2014, 01:53:45 PM »
Perhaps, but not mainly.
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2014, 01:56:59 PM »
Based on an American car ?
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2014, 04:24:02 AM »
Yes.
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2014, 04:29:03 AM »
Based on a Chevrolet ?
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2014, 06:27:17 AM »
Not based on a Chevy.
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2014, 07:06:57 AM »
1956 Studebaker Polynesian by John Hychko
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Re: TGF-427
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2014, 04:06:29 PM »
An amazing car...and an amazing answer, even if the year is wrong! The car is not from 1956 (it couldn't have had '59 Caddy's tail fins in '56). The base is a '53 Stude, with two Dodge '57 fronts, Ford's mechanics. This car has been recently found in a junkyard. Anyway well done.
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Re: Solved TGF-427: Studebaker Polinesian by John Hitchko, 1960
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2014, 05:44:35 PM »
Thanks for the point !

As far as the date is concerned, this scan from Custom Cars magazine (November 1959 issue) describes the car as being based on a 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk and built by John Hychko, not Hitchko. The Golden Hawk was indeed introduced in 1956.
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