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Sorry, the answer to this puzzler is TRUE!

Good thought…. and sometimes dried up or gummy old grease at pilot bearing can cause an annoying drag on input even with pedal at full travel.

Someone converting a Studebaker Avanti from automatic to manual transmission could utilize a ‘61 Stude V8 four speed clutch housing and a ‘64 Stude four speed T-10 transmission…..True?

Could possibly be a tight pilot bearing causing input shaft to drag…. I owned an ‘89 Jeep Wrangler that had that problem…with same symptoms.

Sorry Geoff… Stacey is indeed correct at approx 20 lbs!

I, for one, agree with you… the earlier clutch linkage setup is all but unbreakable, while the later ‘modern’ setup simply did not age very well.

The ‘suspended pedal’ clutch linkage, introduced by Studebaker on the ‘61 Larks and later on the Avantis, was a big improvement over the old pre-61 Stude passenger car clutch linkage……True?

A Paxton SN-60 supercharger weighs approx ——?—— lbs. 1) 15…...2) 20……3) 25…..or…..4) 30

DG 250M transmission & converter desirable for any ‘51-‘55 Stude V8, first gear start… operating when removed. $200

Well said!!!!!

Color choice is a matter of taste… but I love the ‘Avanti Turquoise’ on 63R1187!

Great location! The tilt nose on your Avanti is really something!!

I believe Mr. George Krem became the owner of Asa’s beautiful ‘58 Studebaker Golden Hawk.

Yes, ‘ 88… at least on a few later cars!

False is correct…. and I agree that the t-86 was heavily taxed behind an R1 if the driver drove ‘sportily’!!

Fuel injection was first offered by factory in Avanti automobiles in model year ..…?… 1) 1986…..2) 1987… or….3) 1988

The Stude Avanti three speed and four speed standard transmissions share the same main case…. with reverse gear located in the extension housing on the four speed……..True?

I’ll probably never try it, but have wondered for quite some time if a dual groove mid seventies Chrysler-type air conditioning compressor clutch assy. could be adapted to the front of a Paxton supercharger …. allowing the owner of an Avanti to operate the supercharger at his discretion. by simply flicking a 12V electrical toggle switch.

Yes, that is the normal reality.

It may seem like old technology today, but Robert Paxton McCulloch’s superchargers, designed in the very early fifties, seem (to me) to be engineering marvels! Especially the earlier sliding input pulley versions ….. there’s an awful lot going on there in a very compact package! Just the idea of a ‘clockable’ scroll housing, enabling his superchargers to be used on many different applications, seems like a stroke of genius!

Well said!

I agree with the others assessment of this Avanti… I’d only add that round light Studebaker Avanti are somewhat ‘hot’ items right now, and this one may not be all that difficult to put back into at least ‘driveable’ condition…. I’d peg it’s value at 5K with a clean title.

That would make a good trivia question! I’d guess the two floors are quite different.

So what's so special about Avanti ll RQA0047?

l clearly remember the very first '63 Avanti I ever saw. It was delivered to my local Studebaker dealer in Brockton, Massachusetts. The specifics of that Avanti were.....Avanti Gold, R2, 4 speed trans, Firestone '500' whitewalls, and an orange and fawn 'Deluxe' interior. The crew from the Studebaker garage constantly 'road tested' (hot-rodded) that Avanti around town, and with its 'nose down' mean shape and 'straight through' glasspack exhaust system....it left quite an impression on me. Does anyone else on this forum remember the very first Avanti they ever saw? Comments welcome!