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Yes you are right… but at this point in time the J12Y’s seem to be a reliable, easily found, universal fit…. (If there actually is such a thing!) And, I’m my opinion, this plug also works well on ‘non-R’ Studebaker V8’s!

Sorry, I donated them to the Studebaker Garage at the Harrington WA car show in May as part of their fund raising raffle. I didn’t forsee ever having a 289 again and thought maybe someone else could put them to good use. Mike

AD, were you happy with the tinting? Did it help cool the interior at all? Mike

Thanks for sharing. This might be something that one of our larger Studebaker parts suppliers could manufacture. --Dwight

Fabulous job Pb

Does a racing water pump circulate more water or less water. I would think less water to not use extra HP?

I had my windows tinted without removing them. I had to try a few shops before I found one that was willing to tackle it. It turned out great but I'm sure it was not easy to do the rear window. You may need to spend some time taking the car to different shops and getting estimates - some of them may be ridiculously high in hopes that you'll go elsewhere.

The R2 takes different plugs though. I talked with Jon Meyer the other day and I think he said HR5. Unfortunately the piece of paper I wrote it on got brake cleaner on it and no more writing. I hate to call him back up.

did you sell the plugs

The Champion RJ12-Y’s I installed in my ‘63 R2 seem to go on forever!

No, I’ve never tried that…. but I have used aircraft wing tank ‘sloshing compound’ …which did an effective job encapsulating the rust in an Avanti’s I once owned fuel tank.

Any recommendations for spark plugs for my R1. Some brands seem to perform better than others.

Hi all, I have a gas tank with medium rust inside.... has anyone ever used a product called "Evaporust" to clean out the tank? any comments?

About your defroster breaks, this https://frostfighter.com/ might help you. Maybe even to the point of sheering off the factory ones and installing a whole new stick on grid? They work more effectively shorter [they have min & max lengths] and if you were to re-do the whole backlight, just cut to min. length and measure from the middle outward. We can care less about defrosting outboard of the curves, as the side view mirrors can spot out there anyhow. The tinting issue is another wild animal but one which might still be tamed. mfg's solution to remove the glass and place it upside down on stands (perhaps sawhorses) could work. There are some compound curves to the backlight, though tint like vinyl, can be made to conform using a heat gun. Patience in pushing the excess off the glass (to be cut) would be key. An answer definitely exists to solve this problem.

AG-R3……S I O website?

Ed, I tried to send you a PM, but it wouldn't go. if you would, email me through the S-I-O website. /RJ

Get one for the 06 or 07 Mustang. That should cover 90% of the car.

That indeed is my silver 1985 Avanti, RQB4234, in the above photo…. I probably should have corrected Mr. Johnstone on his ‘AAV’ mistake when I first saw this photo years ago….. As we can now see, errors like this tend to confuse people!……Ed

Excellent solution- well done, MFG. 🫡 I suppose for those without Milling Machines, a series of holes might do, although hardy souls might elongate these with a round file.

Very crafty!

The factory build sheet, available at Nostalgic Motors, will contain both the internal RQB car number… and the VIN number needed to register your 1975 Avanti….(if there is one?) I don’t believe the now common seventeen digit VIN number came into play until 1981.

The internal car number, used at Avanti Motors during the build, began with ‘RQB’ for the 1985 model year Avantis… Not ‘AAV’…… Mr. Johnstone may have used both the ‘AAV’ and the ‘RQB’ prefixes for ‘85’s in his roster, but the Avanti factory didn’t ! Just want to avoid future confusion here.

Hi All, I purchased RQB2273 back last summer and I received a Bill of Sale only,,,,, In S.C. you must have the "12DIGIT" VIN to fill out the proper paperwork for the DMV to proceed... Can anyone out there tell me where I can get the "12 DIGIT" VIM number? bb

Actually Bob's website mentions that both prefixes were used, but the sequence numbers that he has is correct, so it's whatever is on the Avanti VIN plate that counts

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