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This question I’d be interested in learning the answer to………. During the ‘63 Studebaker Bonneville speed runs, Avanti #9 is shown with a curious 2-3” hose protruding from the rear radio speaker grill into a clear plastic tube which then connects to a solid black rubber hose which in turn loops down into the trunk, passing through the trunk access hatch…. (access lid removed) What’s was the purpose of that contraption?.. And did the removed back up lights on deck lid have something to do with it?

I saw this Avanti at South Bend Int. Meet in ‘07…. Beautiful color combo…. Of course, that was in ‘07……. A thorough in person evaluation should be performed on this vehicle… which would probably give very positive results.

Hello Shoovel …. I believe best way to adjust valve clearance is with the engine warmed up & idling ( messy though!) They should be set at .025….. The left valve cover will clear the booster without moving it.

Yep!…. You got it Gun!!

What mid sixties Ford vehicle was built with and displayed the name ‘Studebaker’?

That may have happened… In my opinion though, Studebaker should not have identified their supercharged cars with exterior ‘badges’…. That’s my ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ mentality!!

Probably not… Although it would have fit in a G.T.Hawk, it would not have cleared the more forward (on frame) engine placement of Avanti or Lark type vehicles. (dictated by the 10.5 inch shorter wheelbases of the later)

Yes!……Definitely Avanti headliners are the easiest

Yes… possibly optional?…. However, not the answer here!

If one needed to replace a headliner in a 1963 Studebaker, the easiest one to do would be on an…..?…… 1) Avanti…..2) GT Hawk…..3) Lark Custom….or….4) Champ Pickup

Didn’t know that about the real early Stude V8 oil pumps.

You workmanship is awesome Brad.

Geoff….. 63R1025 has the ‘R3’ type access plate covering the mixture screws… doesn’t it?

Agreed…..Ugh!!!!!!!

The ‘53-‘55 Stude V8 C/K engine oil pan might be a nice addition on later 8 cylinder Hawks for anyone looking to increase engine oil capacity…. However, on ‘R’ engined GT Hawks, the interior baffling of the pan would need to be reconfigured.

Gunslinger felt we were only speaking of a full flow engine leaving the factory inside a vehicle (without an oil filter)… which was not the questions intent.

I see the answer as YES…. Unless one considers the ‘R3’ plate on the air chamber cover as a mechanical item.. which would be ruled out by the question’s text… However, that really wasn’t the intent of the language!

I’d guess Studebaker shipped some 289 replacement ‘full flow’ short block engines with the filter block off plate for owners of earlier V8 Studebaker’s whose original engine either never had an oil filter, or gave the customer the option of continuing to use the by-pass type of oil filter at top of engine (if so equipped)

Yes… however peeking at dashboard was ruled out in text of this question.

That clue was ruled out in the text of the original question Dwight…”body mod”

P.S. Gunslinger…. If you had stopped at “Of course it’s possible”…. you would have had the correct answer!!

Who says you never get trivia questions right?? YOU NAILED IT ! And I once owned such a Studebaker Avanti!… Originally an R2, the factory installed short block was changed out with a factory replacement ‘full flow’ 289 engine long before I purchased the car…… The new short block had no serial number on the machined pad… and whoever installed it neglected to remove the factory oil filter block off plate from the side of the block! ( a situation which I later corrected) So the answer to this trivia question is YES… it is possible to find a ‘64 (or a ‘63) Avanti with a full flow 289 under its hood and no oil filter!

Getting close!!

Thoughts?

A tough game for tough guys.