SECTION 3 - INTERIOR
WINDSHIELD GARNISH MOULDING
Windows - Power (Electric Lifts)
A total of 488 Golden Hawks came from the factory
equipped with Power Windows, 398 from South Bend
and 90 from Los Angeles.
There was a double switch on the driver side door which
allowed the driver to operate both front door windows.
A single switch was
on the passenger
side door. There
was no power
w i n d o w o p t i o n
available for the
rear quarter windows.
There is also an electric window lifts relay switch located
on the driver's side of the firewall behind the battery.
This same relay also supplies power to the power seat.
Reference Source:
1956 Golden Hawk Production orders.
1956 Passenger Car Shop Manual, Body section, page 21-26 Fig 68.
Windshield and Back Window Opening Garnish Mouldings
The windshield interior mouldings (4 pieces including
the mirror bracket) were changed from stainless steel
to black painted mouldings some time late in the
production run. The parts manual states that this
occurred after approximately 4925 cars. This total
must include the 1956 Sky Hawk Hardtop, and the
rare 1956 Flight Hawk Hardtop.
Since there were only 4071 (4073 minus the two that
were scrapped) 1956 Golden Hawks, it isn't possible to pin this change to a particular serial
number. In our survey, the change appears to have occurred around serial number 6032791 (4-
20-56). The Los Angeles counterpart would be approximately serial number 6800527 (5-1-56).
The 4 piece back window garnish moulding
and clip group was stainless steel. The parts
catalog shows no sign that the back window
garnish moulding was changed to the black
painted surface (as were the windshield
opening garnish mouldings described
above). A few survey members indicated the
rear mouldings on their car were painted, but
were not sure if they were original.
Reference Source:
1953 - 1958 Body Parts Catalog, pages 334-335 & 360-361.
Hot Rod Magazine dated April 1956, page 54.
Survey results.
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