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“Paint?” works on this one Mark! Loewy considered two-tone paint schemes to also be ‘applied elegance’.

You’re close enough on this one Mark.. Trunk space had to be sacrificed (or traded) to make what began as a two passenger concept into a four passenger car. (rear seat area) Well done!

I think that author worked in the Studebaker PR department!!!

SECOND HINT….Is an exposed spare tire really that important?

SECOND HINT….. Picasso

Well done!!!

HINT!….. Not Loewy!

HINT… were transporting families sometimes!

Good guess… but no! HINT !…. What can be applied to a new car once the design has been approved and assembled?

You ‘nailed it’ with ‘excess chrome’!, However, the second item wasn’t a grille.… Although we do know that for the Avanti project Loewy did not want to see a conventional grille on the car. Any other thoughts on that second item of ‘applied elegance’ ??

Call Dave Thibeault…his tel # is… 978 897 3158

What are two good examples of what Raymond Loewy considered to be “applied elegance” in car design ? (Styling treatments he strongly disliked)

Concerning the (then) continuing development of the Studebaker Avanti body design, what was Raymond Loewy speaking of when he referred to “space trading” ?

Regarding designing the Studebaker Avanti… Which member of the design team commented about doing this work in the New York office…..”Too many friends reach you too easily in this office… It’s fine, but we had to get the job done” ? 1) John Ebstein….2) Robert Andrews…. 3) Thomas Kellogg…..or…..4) Raymond Loewy

This is a very good deal… I priced a new Hurst Comp Plus shifter & kit for a Studebaker Avanti five years ago, and was told $700-$800 (just for the shifter & kit)

Replace the idler pulley bearing….. BCA#203FF

If the bolt is cinched up tight, there will be no movement between upper pin and the king plan.

Truth is ‘63-‘85 Avanti air conditioning systems really can’t compare with newer vehicles A/C.., mainly because of (I believe) the lack of adjustable vents built into the upper dashboard.

Yes, this is normal for an Avanti.

Good move!… just the tinted glass in the Avanti ll is worth $$$$$

Interesting… looks to be someone’s restoration project which went south… Body looks clean (at least the driver’s side).. and the (possibly solid) windshield posts may indicate a good frame and troughs…..a valuable source of parts if nothing else! The Avanti ll, located behind this ‘63, is also worth a look! I’d like to hear “the rest of the story” behind these two Avanti’s.

Seems to bear out my idea of period Paxton supercharger color somewhat dependent on which pallet they were unpacked from!!

Really too bad it wasn’t in the cards to continue development and production of the Packard V8 engine… which had a very large bore spacing with eventual maximum displacement of up to 500 CI. Studebaker ‘owned’ this quality engine, however, the years ‘53-‘58 were a terrible struggle for Studebaker… and an expensive engine being built in Utica was, at that time, un-affordable. General Motors Chevrolet Division showed interest in purchasing the rights and tooling to continue production of the Packard V8, which GM would have most likely called the ‘Mark lll’ had they purchased it, however, they ultimately decided against the project.

The bearing housing would also need to be redrilled to make the swap between side mount Avanti and top mount Lark… Color might have depended on which shipment (and date) the blowers were delivered to South Bend from Paxton… I once owned a full package, all black, 1964 Daytona R2 hardtop, never altered, and the supercharger was ‘factory black’.

You got it!