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This is a set of reproduction headers I bought in the late 90’s early 2000. I haven’t cleaned the casting flash up yet. The other parts are a mounting bracket for the generator/ alternator.

I wouldn’t doubt Ian Fleming’s ‘63 Avanti is stored away under blankets in some obscure garage or barn somewhere in the United Kingdom… It’s amazing what comes to light occasionally! In the morning I’m going to look at a two owner 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk (for sale) that has been in storage for 45+ years… Original paint… and sitting inside the same garage, strapped to it’s Utica shipping pallet, is a NOS 1956 Packard 352 V8 engine the seller purchased all those years ago, but never installed….. Pretty amazing!

Like the SDC forum administrator says… ”We will be return shortly” !!

Wimauma is about 20 miles south of Tampa.

RQB3263 .... THANKS FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE .... it actually looks to be in the same cond as mine ... i will keep it in mind ...where is WIMAUMA ... THANKS .... BILL

We've conferred about my '02'' supposing my info is on file?

Yes, that’s the connection…. Fleming’s Avanti was serial # 63R1728, and as far as I know it has been lost to history. (If anyone has new info about this Avanti, it would be nice to hear it)

Sorry no, Budd isn’t the connection

Bill, This looks to be what you need. Don't know about condition, but it spins. Yours if you want it. I am in Wimauma.

RQB3263/81/305 EXISTING/REMOVED P/S PUMP PIC .... EDUCATE ME .... I NEED ONE ..... BILL 386-466-6434 .... THANKS ALL ....BURRRR

I think there are three settings and the wording stamped is sometimes not the same. Something like soft, medium, HD or sometimes export instead of HD. I know you need to collapse the shock completely and rotate the bottom against the top and you will hear or feel the click when it changes position. That sounds pretty cool that you are getting your Avanti out of hibernation after fifty plus years. Especially since you are the original owner. What year and serial number?

RQB3263/81/305 GOOD MORNING ALL FROM FRIGID BUT SUNNY FLORIDA 3263 NEEDS A POWER STEERING PUMP .... AND THEY ARE NOT STANDARD OFF THE SHELF SAGINAW PUMPS .... MY RESERVOIR CAN IS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND LEAKING ..... THE MAIN DIFFERENCE AS BEST I CAN TELL IS THE FLUID RETURN TUBE ON THE CAN IS STRAIGHT AND ACCORDING TO A GURU WAS MODIFIED BY AVANTI .... PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PIC OF MY REMOVED PUMP... ALSO .... I HAVE AN ALMOST COMPLETE A/C SYSTEM WITH NEW ALUMINUM COMPRESSOR AND ALL BRACKETS/BOLT ETC. (EXCEPT FOR EVAPORATOR) AND OEM 305 VALVE COVERS, CAST IRON EXHAUST MANIFOLDS, STARTER, FOR SALE OR REASONABLE TRADE .... SORRY NO SHIPPING ....BILL IN FLORIDA ....386-466-6434 CELL PIC COMING SOON

I’m not certain but StuV may have made the first set and that tooling could have been acquired by Studebaker or it may have been the other way around. I had or probably still have a set that has the name StuV cast into the header.

Ian Fleming's Avanti was shipped to the U.K. on the American Chief.

Budd

Sorry no… that isn’t the connection!

Not sure aluminum is good material for exhaust manifolds. According to sources on the internet, pure Aluminum melts around 1200° with most alloys melting sooner. Exhaust manifolds can reach 1200° - 1800° under hard acceleration, extended high speed driving. Not much room for error.

It is listed as sold, so, hopefully, someone will restore it. One of the fun (Studebaker) episodes in my life was seeing a wrecked '64 Avanti rebuilt properly. In the late 1960s I happened to see a freshly wrecked '64 Avanti indoors at a local wrecking yard. It was Avanti Gold with Claret interior, R2 & 4-spd, and it was torn up worse than the one above. A year or so later I came upon that very same car parked on the street. I looked it over and it looked good to me. This was in the Charlottesville-Harrisonburg, Virginia area. Has anyone seen it? The Claret interior was fairly rare, so someone might remember it for that reason. --Dwight

Dave Thibeault had some cast in aluminum a few years ago. Dave generally does things well. --Dwight

Both were designed by Raymond Loewy? --Dwight

In the fall of 1962, what was the connection between the United States Line steamer “American Chief” and Studebaker’s new Avanti?

Back in the early '60s when Pontiac was a force on the drag strips...the days of their "Swiss cheese frames" to lighten the car...they also had aluminum headers. Supposedly one could always tell when one of these cars made a run due to the molten aluminum drops on the track.

From what I've always understood Lionel Stone's repops showed a lot of flashing and required some work to get them to fit properly.

email sent Tim

One of our Stude venders showed me a pair of R3 type exhaust headers cast in aluminum…. Not sure how that worked out.