This is an example of a rare version from the very early Corgi catalogue. The Studebaker Golden Hawk with a Mechanical motor came out in February 1958 but these ceased to be made in 1959 so it is one of the short-lived models and didn’t sell that well either in this form.
The white model with a gold flash is always the M version, the freewheeling one being blue. This white colour does show every chip but this one is very good.
This one has blue tinted windows and they’re quite clean but there is a horizontal crack in the front screen. The wheels and tyres are all good but the motor is faulty.
These are scarce now and hard to find in original condition.
This example is also finished in cream rather than the more usual bright, clean white. The shade appears to not be, as I first thought, due to a tobacco-drenched environment as many Corgis were in the 50s and 60s, and is, indeed a separate issue with a distinct shiny grey-green base instead of the usual matt thin grey. This is a particularly scarce shade but without a working motor I cannot ask more than what is already quite a high price.