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saddletramp

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  1. John,  I think I should have both of your manuals.  I have been fighting a repo manual for about 15 years, with no parts manual, and it seems with clear pics it would be a lot easier to work on these cars.  My email is bssmnbll@aol.com, and my cell is 410-279-4109, if you still have them.  Thanks Bill Nelson

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    Ron, when I got new wheels, I think it was suggested then to use new 15x6" Ford, I think.  They are working fine.  My car is R1855, so yours is really an early number.  LOL, just remember the rear window had a tendency to "suck out" at speeds over  135 mph, on "early models".

  3. Frank, I found my 63 Avanti R1855 in a warehouse in Pendleton, Oregon.  It had been in storage for 28 years, but after cleaning the fuel pump and carb, it fired on the original ignition.  That was 2004, and in the next 5 years I had my hands on EVERY part of that car.  It is a driver with 59000  original miles, and the only thing not stock in the drivetrain is a worldclass Tremec 5 speed which makes the 3.73 rear tolerable on the road.

    Good Luck with your 

    avanti.  Bill Nelson

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