mfg
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Right!...Kind of looked like the radio and wiper knobs.
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That's pneumacel...it looks like stringed spaghetti.
Never heard of the stuff!...Learn something new every day!
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Good thoughts here!...as plwindish surmised, they didn't use a large bus battery in this car. Also, Gunslingers mention of heavy chains in the trunk isn't commonly known!
The final location of the battery carried aboard the 'Due Cento' was a position behind the engine, in a large fabricated boxlike cutout in the plenum chamber. (Where the hood release bellcrank is bolted down onto the horizontal firewall area on normal 1963 Avantis)
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Trivia...The Studebaker Avanti optional rear seat radio speaker was controlled by a lever placed under the channel selector knob on the radio....True?
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Trivia...Studebaker 'Avanti Black' paint was made a special order item because it was never ordered....it simply wasn't selling....True?
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Trivia....The name of the famous Studebaker engineer who helped Newman/Altman get the first Avanti ll's ready for production was Harold Churchill...True?
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Trivia...In 1989, a new Avanti convertible was given away on the popular game show 'The Price Is Right'....True?
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garyc...Thank YOU for that interesting clarification. As an aside....it must have taken a special person to spend that extra $1031.00 over the base R1 .....and not even get a guarantee on the drive train!!
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Absolutely...That is why it went so fast...until the rear window blew out.
Good ole' Andy knew how to go man go...
Actually, the R5's exhaust system ended behind the front tires....but there was a 200mph+ 1963 Avanti (twin turbocharged) that dumped the exhaust ahead of the front tires!
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I only remember two from the pictures. How many actually broke the speed record? It was the STP that made the difference.
THE RACER'S EDGE! Great line. Wish it were mine. Benton & Bowles was his ad agency...right?
Well, I believe the Granatellis oficially brought three Avantis to Bonneville...#9, the gold '64 R3 that actually set most of the records, #8, the red backup car to #9 that developed heating problems and didn't set any of the official records, and the red 'Due Cento' R5 Avanti that they hoped would break 200mph ....and almost did! The 'RACERS EDGE' really was a catchy line...not sure of the ad agency.
Can you share more info on the late 1963 speed records. I am only familiar with the 29 speed records set in April of 1962 by the R3 Avanti. I have always been curiuos as to why the R3 never entered production in 1962 and only 9 then in late 1963. Records show the '62 R3 did 170.78 and the Due Centro R5 made it to a top speed of 196.62. Just a thought, the Avanti has never been recognized as a muscle car. WHY?
I'll work on that. You may or may not know that the April '62 record setting R3 Avanti was later converted by the Granatelli's into the R5 'Due Cento'.
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Trivia....The exhaust on the 'R5' Bonneville Avanti actually exited the car AHEAD of the front tires.....True?
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Trivia....Among other Studebaker models, the Granatellis brought four Avantis to Bonnevile in late 1963 for their very successful record setting effort....True?
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The last moonroof I worked on was on an '83 model. The moonroof could be disconnected and removed through the roof top opening, and the drive could also be accessed through a service panel in the headliner behind the rollbar. I didn't have to remove the headliner itself to accomplish the repair. This was also a Skytop brand moonfoof.
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True. Other Studebakers used fiber gears.
I must disagree with you on this question. Aluminum timing gears were also standard on Stude HD truck engines for several years. Answer....False.
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I agree...false. They may have had to do some trimming of rollbar material for moonroof clearance, but it was basically still there. The info about the rear seat change is interesting.
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Trivia....Due to the addition of a second supercharger, and for better weight distribution and traction, the Due Cento 'R5' Avanti carried a large 'bus type' battery in its trunk.....True?
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Trivia....The aluminum timing gear used in Studebaker Avanti engines was a feature which was exclusive to the Avanti engine....True?
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Trivia....To increase supercharger output, the optional Studebaker Avanti Hi-Output pulley set included a crankshaft pulley of decreased diameter....True?
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Trivia....The Avanti was the only Studebaker passenger car to utilize a crossflow radiator....True?
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Trivia...The Studebaker Avanti rollbar feature had to be eliminated on Avanti ll's that were ordered with moonroofs....True?
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I met up with the original owner of my '63 Avanti in December. He was a Millwright for Studebaker @ the Avanti plant. His first job within the plant was repairing the Dyno. According to him, it was not used on every vehicle, but random selection. He told me that the Dyno was not used for HP., but was used for tuning and speedometer calibration.
I had about a 4 hr. conversation , went out and had a nice meal with him and his wife, and was given a history of my Avanti and (Studebaker in general), that is priceless.
That really is priceless....and the random dynomometer selection of Avantis makes perfect sense.
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Great effort, and if memory serves it led the pack for awhile.
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The original shifters were Ansen shifters
That's interesting. I remember Ansen shifters advertised for sale in period car mags. Had no idea Stude used them as OEM in Avantis!
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Exactly....probably around 1969.
Trivia!....Avanti Black
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I like the Fleming anecdote. Correct, the answer is false...it was made S.O. due to all the extra labor involved to make it look good.