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If you want a factory type intake hose, try Dan Booth at Nostalgic Avanti.

Great story!!..,As far as the overheating….Your Avanti sat for quite awhile, so I think I’d start by flushing out the radiator/engine block … and also install a new 160’ thermostat…. Many Avantis tend to run warm in the summer, but if the coolant is boiling, there probably is a restriction somewhere in the cooling system… Best wishes.. Your grandpa would be proud of you!! PS… if your ‘84 has factory electric radiator fans, several ‘84’s had the electric fans changed out for engine driven mechanical viscous fans, as the electrics did not cool down the engine as well.

A Studebaker Avanti shop manual reprint from SI might be a good investment for you.

Wow… that’s a very fair price!

You got it! (Did one of the original Operation Airlift Avantis lack windshield wipers?)

Always good for us when celebrities like/ own Avantis!

No problem… I don’t think that could be done even if someone wanted to, with the leaf spring center bolt pointing down!

Just two days ago I received two Thrush glass pack mufflers ordered from Summit. These will be installed on the ‘56 Stude Golden Hawk I’m restoring. I run these same mufflers on my ‘55 Speedster, my ‘63 Avanti, and my ‘83 everyday driver Avanti. I think they produce a nice mellow sound.. and other folks have also given the exhaust tone a ‘thumbs up’ ! Their casing seems to hold up a long time, they are relatively inexpensive ($26), and stand up well with a stainless exhaust system.

I wonder why Studebaker engineers felt the need to use a 3EE battery in the first place? …. They had no problem fitting a common Group 24 type battery into the later ‘square light’ Avanti models!

For those of you that have a copy of the latest Avanti Magazine (#207) there seems to be something missing from the gold ‘63 Avanti being unloaded from the cargo plane… Can anyone spot ‘it’??

I thought this was an interesting question…. John Meyer has more on this topic in the latest Avanti Magazine!

Good information… could you give me a ‘ballpark’ idea of what Power Brake Exchange charges for a brake booster rebuild? (less shipping!)

Just trying to be compassionate to an obviously troubled man… Good luck Bob

Best not answer any more of my trivia questions Bob…. Perhaps you could take up knitting?

I feel bad about thinking you’re whacked, when It’s become pretty obvious you’re having trouble understanding questions… probably the onset of dementia.

Just looking for model year here… not other info… this highlights that you’re having trouble understanding questions. Sad!

Whacko!!!!!

And regnalbob…. When you quote someone at least try to get the quote right… OK?

Exactly correct!!

QUOTE…..The replacement manual antenna, AC3330R, $25, sticks up about 2” above the top of the quarter panel and can be extended out to 16 1/2” length like the original AC3330….. This quote is from Dan Booth’s recent antenna article in Avanti Magazine # 207. regnalbob…. As you seem to enjoy correcting people, perhaps you should take up this question with Mr. Booth?

No thoughts on this Avanti Trivia question?

Hi Dwight…. Two ‘64 Studebaker Avantis?.. VERY COOL!! The info I posted on Stude Avanti extended antenna length came from an article by Dan Booth at Nostalgic Avanti….. I do not have an original antenna on my own ‘63, so I can’t take an accurate measurement….. According to Dan’s article, answer # 3 would be the correct answer.

As per Studebaker Avanti shop manual, the white wire is part of the body ground circuit supplying a ground to optional rear speaker.

Why does the gasoline in the fuel tank of a ‘64 Studebaker Avanti become warmer as you drive?

No thoughts on this one?