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  3. Hello from a new member

    in 1963-64 Avanti

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    Dapy , when I was in Houston a few weeks ago there was a white/orange r2 in a car show there. I was shocked as ive always been told there were only 3 1963 white/orange 4spd r2 made. I probably have a lot of misinfo growing up. The car was in Houston since 1975. when my father moved down there for business. he built half of Houston as he had a commercial construction co. and he was a constable in jersey city and klein forest, We live in northwest Houston in Klein forest . I graduated from Eisenhower high.

    Yes I will be doing the work on the car as I am a mechanic and own a auto repair shop, we service cars, trucks and motorcycles. We do custom work as well as service everything from your average joe's car , hot rods to high end cars, we have built a few custom motorcycles and we have a niche' in the land rover dept. where we service and build some off road discovery's.

  4. Hello from a new member

    in 1963-64 Avanti

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    Thank you for the welcome

    I was told about the Delaware meet by one of my parts drivers he has a 63 hawk gt. he just gave me a catalog of parts. the frame of the car is perfect. not a bit of rust or rot. the body is fantastic. the interior is a bit musty from sitting but complete, somewhere along the line my dad changed the salt and pepper carpet to a dark brown.

    I ordered brakes , cylinders , caliper rebuild kit , master rebuild and pads. im gonna go thu the complete car, brakes to chassis. is there a dual master cylinder for these cars available, I have seen one in a few Avanti's. mine is a single and I am not crazy about that. but for now I will just rebuild the single. I also notice the p/s slave is leaking . im sure I will find more issues as its running , im just happy to have it back running after so long.

    as far as the dealer. it may be merrick. it was along time ago he told me what dealer it was.

    the serial number is r1705. which latch would I have?

    eric

  5. Hello from a new member

    in 1963-64 Avanti

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    Hello.

    My name is Eric. Obviously I just signed up, I just brought home my fathers 63 Avanti r2 from Houston. He passed away nov 5th 13, I finally moved the car back Long island , New York. He was the Original owner, bought it right out of the navy from a valley stream dealer. It is white with orange interior r2 with a 4spd. idrove this car in high school and parked in 87'. the car has not been driven since. I trailered it home got it into my shop. put gas in and a battery and it started right up..

    now the original motor blew a rod back in 1970. My father swapped out the r2 and the 4spd and put in a 70 z28 350 and a glide so my mom could drive it. its not stock , he did rear flares and a pearl paint job with cool pastel spot back in 1973. the car still has the 14 inch mickey thompsen indy profiles and ARE turbine rims he install back in the early 70. to me the car is perfect.but I do need a few things. I need to find the rear quarter glass lock latch.for the passenger side. I would love to find a original r2 and 4spd for it. but I may just swap in a LS^ and 6 spd from a GTO and put on a Paxton.

    if anyone can lead me to the quarter glas latch I would appreciate it.

    thanks , Eric

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