The GCS Hawke
a Morgan Replica worth a second look
The Hawke was developed in the early 1990’s, by Gary Hutton and Colin Puttock, the founding partners of GCS Cars.
At that time there were very few open-top sports cars provided by the World’s manufacturers and they spotted a market opportunity for an affordable classically styled sports car based upon modern running gear and built relatively easily by do it yourselfers.
The Hawke is a 2 door open-top sports kit car which bears a striking resemblance to the Morgan Plus 8 but, contrary to popular opinion, there are no common parts.
It had a substantial square box frame chassis and a glass-reinforced plastic body with two doors and a soft top.
It used the Ford Cortina and later the Sierra as the donor vehicles and could take a variety of engines from Ford and the Rover V8.