mfg

The car indeed does survive and under full restoration (less engine) And yes, it sure would be nice to see this Avanti, and it’s unique engine, reunited!

Sometimes the inner dust shield somehow gets slightly bent and will occasionally scrape at the spinning disc on turns.

The engine is owned by a fellow named Greg Cone, who had the foresight to purchase all the unique R5 engine parts from the Granatellis years ago when they were eliminating their Studebaker inventory….. The block Mr. Cone is using may or may not be the block used at Bonneville (not sure).. and apparently the pistons originally used in the R5 engine at Bonneville now reside in a different (R3) type Stude Avanti engine.

Off topic……...Hi Zedman! … if you happen to know Brian Grenall from Victoria, please tell him ‘mfg’….(Ed) said hello…. Thanks!

Very interesting Dwight!….And thank you for your service to this country!

Geoff… you probably needed to prime 63R1025 after it had been sitting for several days?

Nelson…. I was wondering if the R3, in everyday use, was basically as ‘easy to live with’ as an R2 powered Avanti would have been?…. Good cold start?….. Reasonably smooth idle?….drivability in heavy traffic? The 425/409 or the 426 Hemi were not known for having the best road manners… Was the Avanti R3 more ‘civilized’?…Ed

I’ll defer to the folks who have actually driven R3 Avantis through different weather and temperature conditions!!

There are openings for water drainage on both sides of your Avanti, at bottom of car.. ….pretty much directly in line with the inside vents… Poking with a screwdriver usually opens them, however, if bodywork was done in that area in the past it isn’t unusual for those drain holes to be plugged up or even sealed off.

I hear you… on some ‘modern’ cars the front bumper cover has to be removed to change a headlight bulb!…… However, there’s more to it than just an access problem…. If ( back in the day) an R3 Avanti was actually used for everyday transportation, imagine what a mess that filter assy would be after zipping along slush covered streets… or even after driving through a torrential rain!…. Not to mention that the last thing a Studebaker Avanti needs is a sizable object, like that air cleaner housing, blocking air flow to the radiator….. A proper air cleaner assy on the R3 Avantis, had production continued, would have required a complete rework of the passenger side front fender inner skirt panel.…. Of course, in the latter months of 1963 a better air cleaner location on R3 (and even R2) Avantis was about the last thing Studebaker Corporation was thinking about!…. Ed

That R3 air cleaner location… I realize there probably wasn’t other practical options.. but what a terrible place to locate that filter!!

Yep… you’ve got it right… the open end on overflow tank is just an outlet to ground if the tank itself should fill to capacity… which should never happen if you pay attention to the coolant ‘fill’ indicator line on the plastic tank.

Back in the day the stainless steel grille would need to be removed to service the air filters?

I would think the ‘81 would still be using the Studebaker Avanti type fuel tank… so that would make it’s capacity 21 gallons.

Interesting… I’ve never had an issue mixing Dot 3 & 4 brake fluid.

Note the correct black painted Paxton supercharger in the R2 engine photo.

Perhaps the same Avanti which HRM used forthe R2 engine picture??

Actually… it’s VERY hard to believe those seats aren’t black….Could HRM have substituted a photo of another Avanti’s interior??

Ditto!… In the black & white pics ‘Avanti Red’ seems to me the most likely exterior color… and that interior shot sure looks like a black interior!

Thanks!…. hadn’t seen that article in years!

Very important!… As a former union steward I say BRAVO ERISA!!!!

Thanks for your opinion on the new front springs….Sounds good! Good move on the tire size too… I’ll bet your Avanti will handle/feel much better!

An AOAI Forum member owns that particular Avanti tested by HRM in 1963!

I think that your ‘67 Avanti ll has found a good home… Your research before the ‘attack’ is quite commendable! The door lock issue may be worn parts… Therr is a lot going on in that exterior door handle… but if you indeed end up removing it, I think you’ll be able to figure it out… Typical German assembly… high quality but a bit over complicated!… Good luck with your low mileage ‘67!

One ‘oddity’ I noticed on R4892 was that, on a Studebaker Avanti so loaded with options, (and I forgot to mention it also has power windows) is that it’s not equipped with windshield washers.. The cowl panel has never been drilled for a factory washer nozzle…. Unusual I thought. Not criticizing here… R4892 is definitely one of the very ‘Top Shelf’ Studebaker Avantis!