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I have no documentation to support this, but I recall seeing early round light Studebaker Avanti‘s with a gold ‘S’ on the hood, and silver ‘S’s’ on the cars earmuffs!

The mounting holes were on all of them. My early serial # 63 has the holes but never had a grille.

Somewhere during the '63 model run the grille was made standard. --Dwight

It depends on your car's serial number. Earlier '63 Avantis came with a gold "S" and later '63s came with a silver one. I don't know the serial number at which Studebaker changed from gold to silver, but someone does. --Dwight

https://midwestbooster.com/ here is where i've bought my rebuild kit , item code 2502303 k

So , i'm gone take a look to my rebuild kit invoice

Does anyone know where I can get this? Do you have one you can sell me? I can't find it anywhere. "Things the Shop Manual Never Told You" by Stan Gundry

Mopar ‘B’ body….. A 1969 Dodge Charger for example.

The mounting holes are there where one was in place

Hello RQA025, NAPA could not find the number NBB5473603. Further, he did not know Mopar B Body. Do you, or does anyone, have any other replacement suggestion(s)? Thanks

I have a 63 Avanti. I have two sets of Lazy S's. One set is silver and the other is gold letters, Which is correct for the 63 Avanti?

One thing to look out for regarding the front shocks. The shocks I bought, and all others that I looked at, had the same problem. The lower flange was 3" from end to end.....the center of the mounting holes on the lower A-arm are 3.5" apart. I eventually solved my issue by extending each side of the lower flange with 3/16 stock flat iron, carving out an slot for the carriage bolt slots on the welded extensions. I posted pictures of the extensions in a post last year

Here are a few more pictures.

GOOD MORNING JIM I HAVE A SET OF REAR SHOCKS RECENTLY REMOVED FROM RQB3263/81 HERE IN NORTH FLORIDA ALONG WITH OTHER STUFF ...give me a call 386-466-6434 bill gregg .....thanks

Bought mine from our old friend Dave Thibeault…Always on top of Avanti specific items!

What’s a car show unless you can dissect the car! Here are some pictures of mine showing stages of how it evolved. I bought my 4-door from Jim Baize in San Diego in IIRC 2001. I drove it for years while only maintaining it. When the original 305 started showing signs of wear, I decided to build a 383 SBC for it. On the dyno, it showed a 405hp and about 440 Ft Lbs of torque. As you could imagine, with that increase in HP bad things started happening - transmission needed rebuilt (which I did to Buick Grand National specs and same torque coverter and a HD crossover member). Then the rear end weakened, so I installed a Eaton locker and had special HD axles made and a HD aluminum driveline. One thing lead to another…HD Impala SS control arms up front with 5/8” ball joints, Global West rear Suspension with a hand fabricated lower control arm; Hotchkis Impala SS Springs front & rear with Hotchkis front & rear sway arms; Corvette Z06 brake kit, removed the hand emergency brake and installed a hydraulic push button E-brake; all new front wiring along either F.A.S.T. Ezi-2.0 self learning ECU; 4” cold air intake. Removed the stock seat belts and fabricated upper & lower plates for new seat belts, rebuilt the power seat controls and used 6 specially dyed and tanned cow skins to recover new front seats (with much better bolsters), door skins, console; 4 layers of sound deadening inside and underneath, padding, new blue carpet; built a special woofer box under the rear package tray; installed the battery in the trunk, all new JBL speakers and two amps, new head unit with bluetooth, custom fabricated steering wheel (from a Cadillac CTS-V with matching wood grain and blue leather with an “Avanti” logo sewn in (and on the seats); removed the rear RV and hooked up the speakers in the rear console; ceramic coated inside & outside headers; custom dual exhaust with “x” crossover and mufflers hooked up the accelerator (past 1/2 throttle, a bypass is opened for direct exhaust). Oh yeah, had the car sanded; wheel flares similar to the original clay model of Lowey”s design fabricated; painted with House of Kolors “Celestial White” with Blue Pearlesence and Crushed Glass in the clearcoat. I installed Lorenza 20 inch 5-spoke wheels with the spokes painted in Celestial While with the Blue Pearlesence. I guess when you get started trying to make the car you want, one can get carried away and spend way more than the car will ever be worth. I remember taking the OEM car to the autocross track and embarrassing myself on the course. I literally slid from one side to the other and tried to keep the rear end from coming around. It was pathetic; but with the modifications, I found the car is now setup better for the Drifting Course than Autocross (although I did run it through the Autocross!). The car currently has 200,000 miles. I feel like I’ve touched every part on this car a time or two. Cheers, Rich

Anybody found a crossover part for the radiator to automatic transmission flexible cooler lines?

John Hulls 1987 Coupe.

If you rummage thru here, you can find your fit https://studebaker-info.org/rjtechjan2026p2.html#shock

Meet "Big Red". She is a South Bend baby. Born in 1980. "An Avanti is not just a car. It's a member of the family!

1984 Touring Coupe one of the 15 Silver ones of the 50 Total Touring Coupes

There where no gotchas once I realized that the "nose" could come off the case.

The heat/defrost diverter is inside the heater box itself.