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  1. Remarkable… very nicely done!
  2. mfg

    R3 Numbers!

    I would imagine the rare R3-R4 type cylinder heads would bolt right on to the prototype 340… without the needed cylinder chamfering found in the smaller 305 CI blocks.
  3. mfg

    R3 Numbers!

    I wonder if the one or two experimental 340 CI Studebaker engine blocks, that made it out of the factory, had any type of numbering I.D. on them?
  4. The Avanti factory installed a proportioning valve on their 1983 models… However, (I think) they used it because the rear drum brakes on the ‘83’s, although the same size as the rear brakes on Studebaker Avantis, were self-energizing and had more stopping power.
  5. Those plugs are ‘oldies but goodies’….NICE!
  6. Ha ha!!!!!!!!!!
  7. 45 lbs?….Whoa!!!!!
  8. Paul, I have Magnums like yours on my Avanti…. however my center caps are much deeper, (or one could say ‘taller’ than yours) Too bad you can’t find a set of caps like mine, as they are retained by a cone shaped inner bracket, with two 1/4” short bolts passing through the cone and into the back of the center cap…. Bulletproof, and very easy to remove & install. ( sorry my comment doesn’t really help with your issue!)
  9. A really good grease job on the front suspension may help some… paying particular attention to make sure the grease comes out both the bottom & top of the king pins… sometimes it’s a struggle to get the grease to come out the top around the needle bearing.. but it’s a MUST that it does.. rotating that needle bearing with vise grips will help to work the grease into it. Also… I wouldn’t mount a tire any wider than a 205 on an Avanti with manual steering.
  10. It served a purpose… but truly was a monstrosity!!
  11. Looks like 63R4223 went to an excellent home!!
  12. Absolutely beautiful engine & installation!! Can you please post info on the aluminum radiator which you purchased?
  13. Ditto….Great photo!
  14. Fasten seat belt light used on earlier Avsntis, and then discontinued by ‘84 and left in harness?
  15. mfg

    Production Orders!

    Is there any supercharger bracketry still on the engine?
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