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With the Avantis huge rear window, tinting it makes good sense for some sun/heat deflection!

The problem with surveys is that it’s difficult, if not impossible, to get 100% participation.

The survey actually indicated 1.75%… I decided to round it off!!

Sorry no Geoff…..See above.

Looks REALLY good!

Yes, 1962 saw the fewest Studebaker Avanti ‘new car’ sales! Breakdown….. 48% of new Avantis sold in ‘63 44% of new Avantis sold in ‘64 6% of new Avantis sold in ‘65 2% of new Avantis sold in ‘62 The above percentages were taken from a survey sent to purchasers of new Studebaker Avantis in 1966, by the firm of Morrison-Gottlieb. Although the response to this survey was “ Excellent “, not every buyer of a new Avanti responded to it… hence… the above percentages aren’t written in stone!

Thank you for your concise reply Bob. Yes, both my ‘83 and my ‘85’s seventeen digit ‘VIN’ number begin with 12AAV. And, of course, to register my Avantis the VIN number was the only identification number the Mass registry cared about. However, the OP of this thread, Brooks Barnes, asked where he could find an RQB number on his ‘85 Avanti and, lacking a better term, I referred to it as an internal (factory) sequence number, and it could be found on a steel plate affixed to the left ‘A’ pillar on his car. Apparently that plate is missing or obscured on Mr Barnes’s ‘85 Avanti… but I strongly feel that there was RQB4152 placed on that plate when his Avanti left Avanti Motors… as did apparently all other ‘85 Avantis have an RQB+ four digit internal sequence number. When Avantis began to be produced again for the ‘87 model year, the internal ‘RQB’ designation was gone and the seventeen digit VIN number, starting with 12AAV, or sometimes just AAV, began to be commonly used for rosters, etc…. Take care, Ed C

Well, that will help at registration time very much… It’s all that you really need to confirm your car’s “identity”!

Any other thoughts on this question?

I don’t think your Avanti ll has a VIN……because the seventeen digit VIN’s were not applied to American cars until 1981….. Your car has a SERIAL NUMBER (RQB2273), and it should be registered under that number…. unless your State insists on applying a new seventeen digit number to your Avanti… It’s odd that you cannot find the factory metal serial number plate on the driver’s side ‘A’ pillar…. For whatever reason, a previous owner must have removed it….(It was only riveted on)….perhaps during a repaint?

A relatively high number.. and YES… 81% is the correct answer!

Good thinking… but no, not 28%!

Reasonable guess…. but no, not 44%!

Sorry no, not 1965!