mfg Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 No Avanti powered 1964 Gran Turismo Hawks (or even Hawks powered with standard 289's) were built in Canada because.......?...... 1) Low demand.......2) New Canadian law......3) Increased Lark type vehicle output......or......4) Lack of Hawk chassis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, mfg said: No Avanti powered 1964 Gran Turismo Hawks (or even Hawks powered with standard 289's) were built in Canada because.......?...... 1) Low demand.......2) New Canadian law......3) Increased Lark type vehicle output......or......4) Lack of Hawk chassis I do not think that it is any one of these, it was a combination of things. I will pick no. 3. No. 1 also played a roll. Not no. 4 because C/K (Hawk) models had been built in the Hamilton plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 13 hours ago, studegary said: I do not think that it is any one of these, it was a combination of things. I will pick no. 3. No. 1 also played a roll. Not no. 4 because C/K (Hawk) models had been built in the Hamilton plant. Sorry, neither answer #3 or #1 are the correct answers to this trivia question! Any other thoughts here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight FitzSimons Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 #2 - New Canadian law required increased local content. Or something like that. -Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dwight FitzSimons said: #2 - New Canadian law required increased local content. Or something like that. -Dwight And you are RIGHT ON THE MONEY!......#2 For anyone interested in this, check 'Turning Wheels' issue March, 2020.....Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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