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SDC forum administrator still saying… ”WE WILL BE RETURN SHORTLY!!!

Primer is a possibility….Several Lark types were exported that way.

A lower rear end ratio would help. (As ‘Murder’ said!)

I wouldn’t doubt Ian Fleming’s ‘63 Avanti is stored away under blankets in some obscure garage or barn somewhere in the United Kingdom… It’s amazing what comes to light occasionally! In the morning I’m going to look at a two owner 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk (for sale) that has been in storage for 45+ years… Original paint… and sitting inside the same garage, strapped to it’s Utica shipping pallet, is a NOS 1956 Packard 352 V8 engine the seller purchased all those years ago, but never installed….. Pretty amazing!

Like the SDC forum administrator says… ”We will be return shortly” !!

Yes, that’s the connection…. Fleming’s Avanti was serial # 63R1728, and as far as I know it has been lost to history. (If anyone has new info about this Avanti, it would be nice to hear it)

Sorry no, Budd isn’t the connection

Sorry no… that isn’t the connection!

In the fall of 1962, what was the connection between the United States Line steamer “American Chief” and Studebaker’s new Avanti?

email sent Tim

One of our Stude venders showed me a pair of R3 type exhaust headers cast in aluminum…. Not sure how that worked out.

OK Tim…. I’ll snap a couple photos and send them along today…. Right now clearing driveway… 6” snow fell overnight!

Not sure, but I’d guess you own the real McCoy… Amazing how, after all these years, rare parts like these still turn up !

Pretty easy… drain battery acid, then slice case open near the top. (mine had seam about 1” down from top ) Then slide out and properly dispose of internals, (saving top posts) Then wash out case thoroughly, put top back in place and install a couple of ‘dummy’ battery cables, routed down the side of the now empty battery. You’ve removed about 35 lbs of weight from over the left front wheel and put it where it’s needed… over the rear wheels! I frequently open the hood of my Avanti at car shows, and no one has ever ‘caught on’ to this!

Removing the up to date Turner disc brake system and re-installing the now archaic Dunlop’s??… R5408 best be headed for a nice warm museum!!