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Geoff's (then) 63R1025, Granatelli prepped, was quite a car with some interesting mods...I was once thrilled to sit behind the wheel!
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46 minutes ago, aardvark said:
Well, it's not necessarily the Forum. It's the first page entering in and getting to the Forum itself.
Hey at least I thank you for responding.
Yep!.. wish I could help!
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Hate to seem 'dense' (probably am!), but I don't see any change in the AOAI Forum at all...including the 'for sale' sections.
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1 minute ago, 8E45E said:
I know Brooks Stevens made an Ambassador-size concept/proposal around 1969 for AMC. It was on display in front of his museum in Mequon for many years outside under a canopy.
Remember, Richard Teague had a preference for tunneled headlight design, as seen on the 1964 American, Javelin, 1974-'78 Matador 2 doors, and it is a dead giveaway on the Pacer.
Craig
I always liked the overall look of those AMC Matadors you speak of...especially the front end!...Ed
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My '63 (supercharged) likes 'full choke' in the morning....however, after a minute or so of running time it wants no part of it!!
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Not sure what changes you mean?
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8 hours ago, Geoff said:
Granted, it was in Northern Cal. but winter temps do get chilly there. 1025 was garaged but it sure didn't like cold starts. Cold starts were always an event; cold mornings even more-so.
It was a challenge starting & warming'er-up with no choke. Once the engine was started, even very rough, I'd release the parking brake and be off, trying to make progress. I would neutral rev on straights, attempting to generate more heat. There was a mile to cover within the housing development and normally the engine would be warm enough by the time I could legally exceed 25 that it was safe to let the engine idle at stop signs and stop lights without having to neutral rev there also.
That was kinda my metric: Car stalls inside housing development? It's not warm enough. Car stalls outside of housing development? Got-damn; what the #@*! is wrong this week?
Great story!!...Using a 'race prepped' R3 Avanti as an everyday commuter was no doubt, a real challenge...even in warm weather!!....Ed
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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!
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31 minutes ago, Nelson said:
Brad. It looks like these heads had the original type head gaskets judging from the print left on the head face. Are these available?
Another fellow with good eyes!!
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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.
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54 minutes ago, Nelson said:
I think it is but it very well was the same Avanti, R5642. I know it saw two auctions just not sure of others?
Perhaps he meant R4130 as the other.
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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.
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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!
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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?
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Very interesting...so glad these cars survived!
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21 minutes ago, Dwight FitzSimons said:
If your hammer strikes the nail at an angle that would bend the nail. But, if the hammer strikes the nail with the force straight down the center-line of the nail's longitudinal axis then the nail will be driven straight into the wood, no matter what spot on the head of the hammer hits the head of the nail. This is the exact same scenario, physics wise, as with the R3-R4's rocker pushing on the valve head.
If the above weren’t true then carpenters would have to hit each nail dead center every time. And, we know that they don't.
--Dwight
OK Dwight..you've convinced me!
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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
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You might want to check the actual coolant temp with a radiator thermometer..or one of those hand held digital thermo tools.
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1 hour ago, Dwight FitzSimons said:
I don't see how there could ever be any problem. The force applied by the rocker is still exactly straight down the center-line of the valve stem. So, wear on the valve guides will be the same as a regular Studebaker V8.
And, the rocker itself operates the same as a regular V8. So, the wear on the rocker shaft will be the same. The rocker arm itself is not going to break.
--Dwight
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!
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1 hour ago, 8E45E said:
I never got to see one 'for real' until several months after they were introduced. Because of the inability to supply dealers with sufficient stock on introduction day, our local dealer did not receive an Avanti until early 1963 in Canada.
Craig
Yes, that would be a bit late....I wonder how many Avantis Studebaker would have sold if there were no production snags at all?
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1 hour ago, Dwight FitzSimons said:
In 1962 Studebaker transported Avantis around to dealers for a short display/demo at each. Having seen the advertisement I went to Foley Motors in Harrisonburg, Va and got a ride in a turquoise/turq. '63 R2 Avanti. A couple days later this same car was at Mason Motor Sales in Timberville and I got another ride in it. This must have been late summer 1962.
--Dwight
COOL!......You followed the car around!....
Did you have to wear a Groucho Marx disguise to get that second ride??
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Off center?.....
Probably not good long term.
1 hour ago, Dwight FitzSimons said: -
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?
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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!
moon roof
in 1984-91 Avanti
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Many real nice Avanti ll leather interiors were ruined because of those roofs!