Pantera? Of course! Any lover of the Superhawk would like this beast as well.

 

GregW,
Very sweet looking Healey!

 

I actually sold my '85 5.0L GT (5 speed with T-tops) that I owned for 13 years to buy my Hawk.... the one thing they both share is an awesome sound... both are a pleasure to listen to... you don't necessarily get that with a Grand National.

J.

 

Austin Healey 3000 is pretty hot, but there were a few of those running around Orange County back in the '60s with Chevy small blocks under the hood.

Now there's a torque machine!

 

Oh they still do it. There is a website dedicated to the conversions. They call 'em Nasty Boys.
Here is one firing up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSgE6HpxxFA

 

Yeah it is, but it isn't mine. I'm still welding mine together. Slooooow process.

 

I don't think cars really compare to bikes, at least not performance wise. But if I wanted to play along...

I think that Buick Grand National would be more like a Yamaha V-Star 650 than a VTR.

Gregw has the best answer so far. That Austin Healey Mk. III is the only "foreign" car I lusted after as a kid. I've never driven one, but I've driven its ill fated successor, a friend's MG-C. Not a drag racer or a rever, but gobs of the low end grunt for its size and weight that I love in vehicles.

 

i was riding into work this morning thinking about this thread and this is exactly what i was thinking. i guess they would be easier to compare to the SHawk if it had an american motor in an italian chassis but i think in just about all other respects this would be my choice

 

Yeah its not a 1 to 1 comparison but its the closest thing I can think of. Even the minimal lines on the car make me think of the Shawk. Not to mention that the pantera was sold in red, yellow, black, blue and silver.

 

Lotus come on! Seriously

I like the GN analogy, but I was thinking more along the lines of a 1966 MB gulwing coupe. Pretty sleek and fast for the day, handles nice, and has a cultlike following.

 

I've been talking about just this line with a friend of mine. I tried to say that the 'Hawk was a Porsche 928 (sporty with V8 torque) but since I'm loving the engine but spending over a grand to rework the lame-ish suspension, I've switched to calling it a V8 Mustang.

 

Superhawk are alot like the Fox Mustang (I own both). Both are never going to win a top speed shootout, but man playing with that torque is so much fun. GN and GNX I think are more like the Vmax: quarter mile vehicles that can't turn.

 

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