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Thanks Ed!

(2) Ansen. We only WISH they had been supplied by Hurst! 😊

Are you talking about R5642 which supposedly had some sort of rear axle upgrade?

Bob Doehler?

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Was it the 'prototype' R4130?

.........the airflow (and thus the fuel flow) in the secondary side of the carb to come in later (ie, at a higher engine rpm).

Seems like he arrived a month after the December board meeting, so I'll say January.

Wish I could say it's sitting in my basement 😲........but unfortunately, no idea.

I couldn't remember if they were the ones that swapped the R4 for the big Olds V8 or not. Unfortunately I don't have a copy of that Peterson engine swap book. In my avatar, that is a crop of one of the photos from the Peterson engine swap book, showing the R4 sitting next to the Avanti.

Didn't they do engine swaps into Avantis.........putting higher horsepower non-Studebaker engines into them?

Good story Ed!

Cool video Ed! For others to view, here is the direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv2FlMc7eU So.........is this YOUR Avanti now?? 😛

Merry Christmas to all the Avanti Trivia participants!! Anyone get a 'new-to-them' Avanti for Christmas?

False, the hot idle compensator opens when the engine is hot. On a cold engine, it should be closed.

I'm going to say that for the 400s in the era you specify, #2 is correct -- 3 core plugs per side for a total of six. The disclaimer is that I am not a Chevy engine expert, but did help friends with their Chevys 'back in the day'.

The steering wheel had Duntov's signature on it. (Honestly, I have never figured out WHY his signature was put on these steering wheels, unless it had some correlation to the engine used in these cars.......❓

I know this car.......I fact, I've ridden in this car. The owner is a very active member of our NC Chapter SDC.

I always figured they were somehow used to locate/support the block during the machining process.

Memory says this was a group of designers at Ford's Continental division that owned '53/'54 C/K cars and drove them to work, parked together in the Ford/Continental parking lot, etc. Think Fred Fox wrote about his in Turning Wheels years ago.

The twentieth anniversary of the forming of what was to become Molded Fiber Glass company?

Well, this one sent me to google. Here is a link to some info on the sale: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-01-fi-750-story.html I guess based on this, I'll say your answer #3 comes the closest.

Well I thought it was the drive element set too. So, I'll hazard a guess and say the oiling system. I base this on the fact that they brought out the direct oiling version, dipstick oil coolers, etc to try to improve the oiling system.

How about Vince?

Ed, after Regnalbob posted his original answer that I quoted, it looks like he dug into some other sources (see his response less than an hour ago quoted above) and found some additional interesting information.