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18 hours ago, lschuc said:
Wonder if any 1967 Avantis were built without a heater and defroster?
Good question. I find it hard to believe it was ever considered an option!..... A heater/defroster was standard equipment on Studebaker Avantis, I believe.
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Answer......TRUE!
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20 hours ago, 1963r2 said:
I will go out on a limb and say the originals did have access and the repos don't.
Not a bad summation!...But the truth is ALL the R3 air boxes had the idle mixture screws access plate!.....answer..FALSE!
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All done here?
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1 hour ago, Regnalbob said:
False, red.
EXACTLY!!
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5 hours ago, r1lark said:
False. According to my 1977 Avanti II price list effective April 15, 1977 -- heater and defroster was part of the standard equipment.
(I did notice that the boat trailer hitch, mentioned in a Trivia question a few days ago, was chrome plated and priced at $50.
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By 4/15/77 company policy had changed, but on earlier '67 Avanti ll's the heater/defroster was a $100 option!
So, the answer to this question would be TRUE!
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5 hours ago, r1lark said:
I'm going to say 10%.
That's it!....You got it!
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5 hours ago, r1lark said:
Oh wow, I have never even seen an Avanti fuel sender. But, since my (sometimes poor
) memory says that an Avanti gas tank is shaped most like the C-cab and T-cab truck tanks (ie, kinda square in cross-section), I'll pick what's behind door number 1).
Yep, that makes sense, and you are CORRECT!
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6 hours ago, JWL1940 said:
I have never seen a Blake Avanti, but I say YES. Reason, high finish quality would carry over into a nicely done trunk.
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Good thought!..............Anyone else?
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19 hours ago, arkus said:
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Eleven it is.....Answer FALSE!
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All done with this one?
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Exterior chrome plated parts on the (later) Altman/Blake Avantis was sub par compared with the chromed items on the exterior of Studebaker Avantis.....True?
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The Library Of Congress once requested to be placed on the mailing list to receive the 'Avanti Newsletter'..............True?
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A heater/defroster was not standard equipment on a 1967 Avanti ll....True?
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No thoughts/guesses here?
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A '63-'85 Avanti fuel tank gas gauge sending unit most closely resembles..................1) a C-cab truck sender.......2) a C/K sender.......3) a Lark Wagonaire sender....or....4) none of the above
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1 hour ago, r1lark said:
"what it could do"
Just as an aside, technically the SAE didn't "say" this -- Studebaker engineers Hardig and deBlumenthal said this in the paper "The Avanti by Studebaker" which was published by the SAE. But this is not picking at you Ed, just making things clear!
RIGHT!....and thanks for the clarification.
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1 hour ago, r1lark said:
Because there is no fuel there -- in other words, all that will be pushed out from around the choke butterfly shaft by the positive pressure of the blower will be air. It's the places where fuel would be pushed out that they needed to worry about.
Yep!....THAT'S the reason!
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12 hours ago, studegary said:
Because it was the prototype built before the run of 25 and not one of the 25 (1/25).
EXACTLY!!
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16 hours ago, Avanti83 said:
I'll guess true as it was an option on earlier models. 50/50 shot.
And you are CORRECT!....a hitch was listed on that '83 factory option sheet.
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FALSE it is Paul....No question about that!
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8 minutes ago, Regnalbob said:
The original question does not specify dealer or private owner, so the answer is false, a complete body could be purchased.
As I stated in my previous post how could Studebaker sell you a body in 1965 when they sold everything to Avanti Motors in 1964?
Points well taken Bob...Thanks!
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Increasing the Studebaker 289 V8's compression ratio to 'R1' specs (with no other factory mods considered) resulted in a............. 1) 5%.....2) 10%.....3) 15%...or...4) 20% horsepower gain.
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Concerning the 1963 Studebaker Avanti, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) said the following about this 'new' car.........(FILL IN THE FOUR BLANKS!)...............................
"For once, it is the pleasant position of the design & engineering staffs to create a vehicle for a specific purpose, with emphasis on ---- -- ----- --, rather than how many units could be sold."
Avanti Carpet!
in Avanti Trivia
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I also have never seen a 'Blake' without trunk carpeting matching the interior carpeting.....However, on the '83 (for example) production order sheet, matching trunk carpeting was an option which had to be checked off if desired!
Answer to this question....FALSE!