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  1. The battery bracket sold by SI was not standard equipment for an Avanti as far as I ever saw. It's an aftermarket base and bracket designed to support the battery rather than the fiberglass shelf of the inner fender. It's possible the later Blake era cars received them...possible early Kelly vehicles.
  2. A number of times I've received emails from Bob Palma...who passed away over a year ago. Apparently someone has hacked the SDC servers and those of the AOAI and is doing mischief with emails.
  3. I don’t have a photo of the ‘02 I owned but it didn’t say Studebaker and was assembled in 12/01…so as I said before either Mike Kelly hadn’t yet secured the rights to the Studebaker name or was using up door tags without the name when mine was built.
  4. My '02 did have the door plate...it just didn't say Studebaker on it. It had all the other information though. I'm guessing either Mike Kelly hadn't secured the rights to the Studebaker name at that point or if he had...the plates hadn't been changed yet to reflect it.
  5. Some…but not all…2001-2007 Avantis had the name Studebaker on the door tag. My ‘02 did not so it must have been after Dec. 2001 when my car was assembled that the name was added. Avanti Motors also built one demonstrator “Studebaker XUV” intending to market it as a Hummer type vehicle. I believe it was built on a Ford Super Duty chassis. Whether the prototype XUV was functional beyond a display demonstrator seems an open question. So…at some point Mike Kelly must have obtained the rights to the Studebaker name.
  6. You might consider a new Edelbrock 500 cfm carburetor depending on price difference. You would have to get a new air filter base for the larger diameter but they're available through the vendors and you can still use the same top. An original Carter can certainly be rebuilt but it all depends on the dollars and whether the orange is worth the squeeze.
  7. Look for a shop that has experience working on older Corvettes. That shows fiberglass experience. Maybe a local Corvette club can point you in the right direction.
  8. If there was a blown head gasket or cracked cylinder head there should be coolant in the crankcase oil. Smell the dipstick and see if it smells like anti-freeze…the exhaust would have a similar smell. If that’s the case…don’t drive the car…ethylene glycol and engine bearings do not get along.
  9. You can Google Delco plus the part number and may get some hits. Failing that…take it to a GM dealer parts department. They can plug the Delco number into their computer and see not only if the part is still available but what…if any…dealers in the country may have any sitting in inventory. That’s assuming GM hasn’t changed their numbering system.
  10. Just because a Mopar part fits doesn't mean its right. Due to the weight of a different car the master cylinder can have a different bore diameter. That can give a harder or softer pedal feel. That also doesn't mean it won't work...just may change the braking characteristics of the Avanti. Just something to keep in mind when swapping master cylinders just because it fits the bolt pattern. The same goes for wheel cylinders for the rear brakes...I found that out the hard way.
  11. Whatever records still exist are probably in Mexico.
  12. No idea where Avanti Motors might have placed the paint code on the car after they discontinued the vanity mirror. By '83 Steve Blake had bought the company and changed many things. The build sheet would probably have the color but possibly not the color code. Most Avanti colors weren't custom to them...they were standard colors available to any auto maker. The '70 I owned was painted 1970 Cadillac brown when new though it was silver when I purchased it and had it repainted Hyundai White Mica when it was rebuilt.
  13. Look on the bottom of the slide-out vanity tray in the glove box…or the back of the mirror itself. Avanti Motors usually put a sticker under there with the factory color and code. The big “if” is that if the sticker is still there or has fallen off over the years. If there it may not be readable anymore.
  14. Many…if not most…certifications would have piggybacked on the GM compliance certifications. As a small manufacturer Avanti Motors was likely exempt from other safety requirements such as crash tests.
  15. Not being publicly held…Avanti Motors wasn’t obligated to publish such records though they must have existed internally. To be classified as a small producer…or whatever term the government uses…a car company cannot produce over a certain number annually…so Avanti Motors must have had the documentation to report to the government. They just wouldn’t have been obligated to report such numbers publicly. Whatever happened to the records after the company shut down is anybody’s guess. Since Avanti Motors was headquartered in Mexico at the time of shutdown it’s a good guess those records are still located there if they exist at all.
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