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Many real nice Avanti ll leather interiors were ruined because of those roofs!

Geoff's (then) 63R1025, Granatelli prepped, was quite a car with some interesting mods...I was once thrilled to sit behind the wheel!

Yep!.. wish I could help!

Hate to seem 'dense' (probably am!), but I don't see any change in the AOAI Forum at all...including the 'for sale' sections.

I always liked the overall look of those AMC Matadors you speak of...especially the front end!...Ed

My '63 (supercharged) likes 'full choke' in the morning....however, after a minute or so of running time it wants no part of it!!

Not sure what changes you mean?

Great story!!...Using a 'race prepped' R3 Avanti as an everyday commuter was no doubt, a real challenge...even in warm weather!!....Ed

Over the years, many Stude Avanti owners have removed/defeated the heat riser valve, which is a part of an Avanti's right side exhaust system... Living here in the Boston area, with the recent cold temps, I'm glad I've kept the heat riser 'operational' on my '63, helping the AFB's choke valve open up as quickly as possible!

Another fellow with good eyes!!

Vacuum is vacuum, so mechanically the two gauges would function identically. It also seems that, for some reason, the earlier GH gauges seem to keep working, while the Avanti vacuum gauges 'plugged up' early on.

Perhaps he meant R4130 as the other.

With the somewhat fragile sixty year old pull cable release setup in mind, make sure all moving parts work smoothly and are well lubed before replacing the latch.

Speaking of weight being a plus in some of the Bonneville classes...I remember hearing about the 'Pisano Brothers' sleek record setting '53 Stude coupe, which was powered by several different cubic inch variations of the early Chrysler 'Hemi' engine...... They ran what appeared to be a standard Studebaker dual exhaust system on this coupe..however, the exhaust system wasn't connected to the engine...The pipes and the twin mufflers were filled with CEMENT!

The other night I watched a you tube video which highlighted Avanti automobiles....The narrator stated that only two of the nine 'production' R3 Studebaker Avantis have ever crossed an auction block...and each one sold for over 80K....Is this true?

Very interesting...so glad these cars survived!

OK Dwight..you've convinced me!

Nelson......I was wondering if it appears that the 'X' was cut out of the frame on your #1 car at Paxton...or does it look like the convertible body was simply installed on a 'non X' Lark hardtop frame at the factory?....Ed

You might want to check the actual coolant temp with a radiator thermometer..or one of those hand held digital thermo tools.

To me, it's kind of like striking a nail dead center...or striking it substantially off to one side...In hard, extended use, there just may be unusual wear issues..... Of course, I could be wrong about that!

Yes, that would be a bit late....I wonder how many Avantis Studebaker would have sold if there were no production snags at all?

COOL!......You followed the car around!.... Did you have to wear a Groucho Marx disguise to get that second ride??

Off center?..... Probably not good long term.

Wow! look at the size of those intake ports! PS...does the contact area of the rocker arm really hang way to the side of the valve stem..instead of it being centered to the stem as on 'regular' Stude engines?

R3 Forward & Mark L.....Great stories!!.. Like several others, both were bit hard by the Avanti bug at a young age...A positive impression that has stuck with us Avanti fans throughout our lives!