* Updated * Thanks to readers Dr. Fine and TinIndian, we now know that this car was entered in the 1954 Sports Car Speed Trials held on Daytona Beach by NASCAR during Speed Week. The Harden Hawk was entered by Harold Harden and it was powered by a Cadillac engine. It was described in the Feburary 12, 1954, Daytona Morning Journal newspaper as a special custom car built on a Kaiser chassis.

Speed Week at Daytona is only a month away, and Bill McGuire of Mac’s Motor City posted this well-done custom at Motorology that caught our eye. The consensus is that it is a 1951 or 1952 Kaiser DeLuxe two-door sedan. The top has been chopped, and the nose has been changed to accept a Nash grille. There is a name on the front of the hood, but the photo is not clear enough to accurately figure out what it spells. Do any of our readers know more about it, or if it has survived?