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My father had a Hawk in the mid '60s, which I drove while learning and after passing my test which I did in a Ford Anglia. It had a 2.2 ltr 4 pot engine if I remember correctly and had a 3 speed Borg Warner auto gearbox. I think Humber were in the Rootes Group then.
It was a lovely car, very comfortable, but a bit thirsty for me to borrow too often which I tried to do after father had put some petrol in. Then the loan fee was for me to wash and wax it, quite a big job with the thick wax that needed rubbing in and a lot of polishing. The front bench seat was ideal for courting purposes around the lanes of Cornwall where we lived at the time.
The radio was a work of art. It must have been a valve set as it took a long time to warm up, but it had 5 dials which could be set to individual stations and then selected by choosing the required dial.
I don't remember much more about it, but in the recklessness of my youth I got it up to 100 mph on the road across Goss Moor. Being a very big heavy car, with not very clever brakes by todays standards it was a bit foolish in hindsight.
Edited by ohsoslow on 03/09/2010 at 20:49
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