1963 Studebaker Avanti R-1006 (EX-2143) 63R-1006 was built in South Bend and sent to the Engineering Department to be used for a variety of purposes. The tag EX-2143 was assigned by Engineering and as all "EX" cars, is affixed to the top frame rail near the steering box. It was used at Bonneville for speed trials and late in mid 1963 sold to Bill Burke Sr. of Petersen Publishing, who ran it and achieved many speed records. Other names in it's career were " the 229 car", "The Terrible Turkey", then later "The California Sunshine".
The current name on the car is "The Carolina Salt Shaker"
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Posted · Edited by Jeff Rice
The car also ran under the name "California Sunshine" ,and ran under the name 'Terrible Turkey"
http://www.studebaker-info.org/AVDB1/R1000/63R1006/63R1006.html
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Bob's Studebaker Resource Website
2014
1963 Studebaker Avanti R-1006 (EX-2143) 63R-1006 was built in South Bend and sent to the Engineering Department to be used for a variety of purposes. The tag EX-2143 was assigned by Engineering and as all "EX" cars, is affixed to the top frame rail near the steering box. It was used at Bonneville for speed trials and late in mid 1963 sold to Bill Burke Sr. of Petersen Publishing, who ran it and achieved many speed records. Other names in it's career were " the 229 car", "The Terrible Turkey", then later "The California Sunshine".The current name on the car is "The Carolina Salt Shaker"
(The car is out in my shop right now)