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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!

I go back to this older thread once in a while......Anyone else like to add to it? .

Best tip I can offer is ...find a mechanically inclined twenty year old who's body is still flexible enough to stand on his/her head!!!!

Good eyes!!!

I would have also " re established" the Studebaker scripting...but the fact that the prior owner of the '64 'pulled' all those emblems is a good example how some folks felt about these things in the later sixties- seventies....Ed .

Along the same lines..A parts manager at a dealership I once worked at told this story...Studebaker would ship cars by train into the large rail yard at Readville, Mass..Somehow that manager (he was just a teen then, 1963) and some of his friends gained access to unloaded new Studebakers one night..and spent an enjoyable (????) half hour or so playing bumping cars with brand new Studebakers! ( I have no idea if Avantis were included in their 'fun'!!

Wow!.... It's so good your Daytona wasn't destroyed by someone long ago!....Until you recently brought the car back into the light of day, I believe few knew it even still existed!........ BRAVO!!!!!!

Nelson..was this Daytona left basically intact over the years and just salted away by someone? ( After Paxton gave it up?)

Nelson, you may not be a millionaire right now, however you surely would be if you sold a few of those very special Studebakers at a Barrett- Jackson! I believe that the interest by even non-Studebaker folks would be off the charts!! For now though, those Studes certainly ended up with the right guy!...Best regards, Ed

It would be 'neat' if you could bring the car back to Bonneville for a photo session, and perhaps a few 'runs'....Similar to what they did with the 'Bobby Issac' '69 Dodge Daytona (#71) a few years ago! (If you could pull that off, I suspect we'd see that Stude Daytona on the front cover of a future HRM!!)

Wonderful photos!... We're the Halibrand mag wheels blacked out like that when the Daytona ran at Bonneville?

HINT!..... color.