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Gound wires in the car are white, so you need to check and see if the ground is good. It is possible that the motor is bad also.

Try a test light on the 12v wire to see if it’s getting power. If not then you need to find out why.

Mark, Could you share the name of that starter shop in Asheville? I'd like to find one closer, but I'm up that way pretty often. Thanks!

How about dual 4s AND supercharged?

I ran power as directed, and get nothing. I ran 12+ straight to the black (fan wire) and nothing. Does anyone know where on the box it is grounded? I have the dash out, but don't see any ground wires. If it's grounded somewhere, I may have a dead blower motor? I can't begin to imagine what it will take to get that thing out!

You might check with him and see if he has any rear glass. Mike

Thank you!

One should be +12v (red) and hot when the ign key is on, it goes to the main power terminal of the fan switch. The next one (green) should go straight to the A/C temperature switch on the same panel (the other wire on the temp switch goes to the compressor. The last one (black) goes to the blower motor.

The wires for my AC unit were cut by the previous moron who was "restoring" my car. The are 3 wires going to the AC fan switch. There's a red one, a black and a green wire. Does anyone know where these should go? Also the compressor was removed and there's a blu wire hanging in the area where the compressor would mount. I hope that is for the clutch. Can anyone verify this? Thank-you!

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Doing some research, I went to the Nostalgic Motor Cars website to see if Dan Booth is advertising any Avanti II cars for sale. He's currently selling a 1982 and a 1983. Both have defroster elements on the rear window. That partially answers one of my questions. Now I just need to find a source, if any are available.

Thanks MFG.. ronmanfredi I intend to use stainless steel lines for the fuel lines & continuous positive & ground wire in the troughs so there shouldn't need to be any maintenance..

Doing this would eliminate the ability to service those.

I replaced the rear window in a 1983 Avanti about seven years ago. At the time, the heated rear windows with integral defroster wires were readily available, however the earlier non- heated windows were (at the time) very hard to find. (that situation may have changed)

My questions below are relevant to the Avanti II. I need to replace the rear window seal in my 1963 Avanti. The window is also scratched in multiple places, so while I have the window out, I'd like to just go ahead and replace the glass. I'm not doing this soon, but I'd like to get it done in the next two years. Questions: What years, if any, did the Avanti II have a rear window defroster (wires or surface elements) in or on the glass? (I'm not concerned about originality. I want to make this car a three-season driver, and I'd like to have a functional defroster). If this glass is still available, what is the part number? Thank you.

Since you’re fitting new troughs, I think running fuel & battery lines through them is an interesting concept… Never heard of anyone doing that before, and it seems, to me, an excellent idea! Please keep us posted on this.

I'm getting ready to fit new hog toughs to RBQ2434... Why can't I run the battery cables within the right side (battery is in the trunk) & the fuel lines within the left side???

as you can see from the production order further up in the feed the car's destination was Milan, Italy. So, i would assume that it was really delivered to Italy, but I have no idea what happened then until it was registered in 1966/67. Some people proposed it could have been used for a film set, but I have no indication for this. Maybe the orginial buyer just stepped back and it took time to find a new buyer as the company was going out of business back then ...

Yes.. exactly… probably about 22… and I will never forget that deep air sound! But the sound a wound up Paxton makes on my Avanti has much more of an ‘angry’ sound.. at least to my old ears!!

Or the car was not import to Milan by the buyer's order. The distributor (Compagnia Generale Auto) has ordered two cars and the sale of the grey one has taken time.

When younger I rebuilt models and spent long hours making them the way i wanted. You did a LOT of work, well beyond my talents and I like your finished car. great job.

Man your going to make a totally new car out of that thing. Another excellent write up and finished job.

You did a great job on the addition of the spoiler. Thanks for showing us your work.

Thanks!

thanks for the info, Leo! - The first one, 4641 in grey is mine. 🙂 However, the car was delivered in 1963, but was then only registered in Milano by the first owner in 1966/67. It would be interesting to know why the car was not used for three years at the beginning. Could that maybe be connected to Studebakers going out of business?