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Try driving across on an angle.

Steel plates bolted to the pavement over the driveway dip work well in my neighborhood. The neighbor across the street from me added them after he took out the oil pan on his BMW resulting in a $20K engine rebuild. A couple driveways on the street have the plates added.

Summit has some that may be smaller and still look ok. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/svr-xrpt200?seid=srese1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt6mZ4_CEkgMV56taBR0JxhG5EAQYDCABEgJRhPD_BwE

Did you try backing in to the garage from the street? It could be worse but may be worth a try. Depends on the crown in the road. Another option would be to lay a 2x12 in the gutter to lift the car up just before the point of impact. Lastly, buy another condo.

The flattened exhaust deflector in the photo would work OK, however it would definitely change the look of the rear of your Studebaker Avanti, and I’m afraid not for the better….. Beautiful car by the way … ‘Avanti Turquoise’ always gets my vote for best factory color!

I just bought a new condo with a 2-car garage, which is great. But the driveway is sloped and pretty steep up to the garage. When I brought my Avanti over for the first time today, I found that backing out to the street, my tailpipes hit the pavement. I managed to pull out with some minor scraping sounds at the end of the pipe. I tried backing out straight, and at various angles, but it just barely scrapes the ground each time. I’m wondering about replacing the pipe tips with something less round, more narrow. See the attached photo. Or are there other options I'm not thinking about?

there's this.... http://studebaker-info.org/Tech/Qjet/tuneaQjet.pdf

Vintage Air has all kinds of retrofit brackets. Good metal, welds and tight tolerances. Good luck.

I installed a 21-2201HP Pro6TEN from Old Air Products. A perfect match of the old A6.

A black 89 just came up on BAT website. Needs a lot of work.

Hi Ted- I'm very interested in doing the same and I will be keen to hear of your results. I believe that most of these carbs come with a selection of jets and Metering Rods. There is an excellent article by a well respected Rochester rebuilder by name of Lars Grimsrud here.... https://studebaker-info.org/Tech/Qjet/tuneaQjet.pdf . This is a must read IMHO- it is not just a matter of rejetting, but of the CFM range of the carb as well. As I have a 305 engine, I only need a 600CFM range. Many of the carbs offered are 750's for much larger engines. Many years ago he took on a Chicom Quadrajet copy for a customer and went through it in great detail to get it running right. Metering Rod and Jet sizes were covered. The whole topic was covered on line with heaps of photos. This is here.... https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-tech-performance/4523417-new-chinese-q-jet-inspected-evaluated-and-tested-the-complete-results.html I'm pretty sure Alcohol blended fuels will more than likely require slightly larger jetting. Good luck-

I am replacing the original Rochester Quadrajet Carb on my 1969 (Chevy 350 engine) with a Chinese knockoff. What size jets would you recommend I use?

I can only give my experience. Many years back (after discovering my speedo read 10% higher dues to small michelins) I replaced them with 225/70-15 (on Dayton wire wheels) to get the speedo back up to within 1% of an accurate reading. The front tires experienced rubbing from the inner fender well when I did fast sharp corners (is there any other way to take a corner?) I switched the front to 225/60 and the rubbing stopped (plus it added to the rake of the vehicle) Since I replace the front coil springs, the front sits high enough that I could use 225/70 all round. But I had gone back to the original sized tire for the Avanti of 205/75 at my last tire replacement.

Looking to replace older wheels and tires on my '63. Have been running 15 x 6" Magnum 500 rims with P20575R15 tires for many years. Looking to install newer Mag 500 rims either 15 x 6" with a P20575R15 tire or upgrading to a 15 x 7" with a P215? Any comments appreciated about going to a larger rim and tire combo? Thanks.

Have a 1980 and the AC has been removed. If I use a Sanden I'd need a new bracket (which I cannot find) or a PRO5ten Al compressor might fit existing brackets. Anyone have any experience with either?? THX

I’m guessing that Avanti would buy the Magnums as needed and then just put their center caps on. Mine have Magnum 500 center caps, so likely aftermarket. Probably all the same except for some reason apparently some fit the Turners and some don’t. I’ve always liked the look of the Magnums. Hogtrough, yours look good with the raised white letters. Mike

There are a few options in the "For Sale" section that I found interesting.. Take a look , Friends.

See the article I posted here ... probably not that much extra work and you will have A/C too (assuming you don't have it). These units simply hook up to your heater hoses and you have heat.

I have the later Chrysler minivan Turners and my Magnums fit fine

OK…. I found that complete heater housing in good shape… Can't receive PM’s on forum … If you want to post your email, I’ll send a couple pics…. Ed

Jon Myers says he really doesn't have much for Skytop.

An Avanti- ( a veritable hothouse) ---in Florida---and you removed the AC ?????? Do you only drive it on cloudy winter days????

IIRC, when I installed Turner's kit, the instructions said to grind off the high spot on the GM calipers.

I bought my Turners a few years ago, might be the GM version. Don’t want to tie up a lift if my Magnums won’t fit. Mike

There are two different Turner front disc brake kits: 1) the older kit with GM calipers, and 2) the newer kit with Chrysler minivan calipers. Clearance issues would be different between the two. -Dwight