I purchased the Hawk just as it sat in the salesroom with the exception of the antenna that was added after purchase, I believe so that the owner could decide where he or she wanted the antenna placed. There appear to be very few photographs of the Hawk in its early days because we didn't waste film and film processing on car pictures. We have here a few of the best we could find; the earliest is one from about 1962 of my sister Linda standing beside the car. At this time, I was in Germany helping the U. S. Army guard Fulda Gap in case the Soviet bloc military decided to invade. I left the Hawk with my parents for my dad and sisters to drive, and, although my dad was not overly fond of the car at first, he said that he fell in love with it during the time he was driving it. It was great to drive, and it got attention even then.
I returned from the army in December 1963 and resumed driving the Hawk myself. While I was at the University of Tennessee for a year finishing up my undergraduate degree, I drove it periodically between Henry County, TN, and Knoxville, and, sometimes, around the campus area. The second photo of the Hawk with my nephews polishing the hood is from about June 1965, when they came to Knoxvile with their parents for my graduation.
