r1lark
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Was that the day Sherwood became President of Studebaker-Packard?
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Is there a Studebaker Sales Letter that announces this to the Dealers? It's one thing to tell the AMA that the R3 will be an option (to make 'back door' hand-built engines legal for various forms of racing}. But if no official Studebaker notification was provided to the Dealers informing them of the option, cost, ordering info, etc how could that be a true option? I don't know, maybe more knowledgeable folks can carry on this debate.
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Dick ran the car in USAC competition in 1965, and did not finish the race at the 3-mile Greenwood Roadway at Indianola, Iowa due to suspension issues.................so I'll say lower control arm.
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True, there were a handful of Red F-body Commanders built with R2 packages, and they had JTSH-prefixed engine numbers. Some of these were at Bonneville during the '63 speed runs. One was the December ’63 Motor Trend road test car.
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Since I don't believe the R3 was available at the start of 1963 production, I'll say FALSE.
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False.
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I'll say false, only because all the pictures I've seen of the #9 at Bonneville (mainly the pics with Paula Murphy) show the car with the mirror in place.
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Well, guessing here........since there were lots of ex-Studebaker employees in South Bend, I'll say 30.
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I remember looking closely at that Caribbean on visits to Avanti Motors!
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10 hours ago, mfg said:
Paula Murphy drove......?..... MPH faster in a Studebaker Avanti than in a Studebaker GT Hawk at Bonneville in 1963.
1) Seven.......2) Ten.....3) Twelve.....or....4) Fourteen
I believe the speeds were 154 for the GT, and 161 for the Avanti, so I'll say #1 -- Seven.
Here is a cool pic of Paula in the #4 GT Hawk:
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7 hours ago, mfg said:
Interesting photo, never seen it before!.........however, Regal is not correct.
Well it looks like I don't know very much about Avanti interiors!
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#1, Regal.
Here is a pic before restoration.........altho it looks sort of red in this pic:
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No radio installed in the car?
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On 12/18/2021 at 4:15 PM, bob caser said:
Spectacular photo, thank you for posting it. I like the turquoise hue on the wall and support. As you know I have something turquoise from your family Studebaker dealership that I have kept almost a long as this photograph has been around.
Bob Caser
Thanks Bob!
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Note the fancy S-P branded red and white oil filter on the engine.
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Ed, here are the two photos that I mentioned. Since my family's dealership was on Long Island, this may very well be the New York City Technical Training Center. I know that this is not the service area of the dealership. My grandfather, although he was the President of the company, preferred to stay in the background and run the shop, so he went to a lot of the training. My father and uncle handled the sales. Note the DKW Junior in the background, many Studebaker dealers sold DKWs as part of the Mercedes-Benz sales agreement, so possibly there was training on the DKWs also. And that engine stand is super heavy duty! Comments welcome.
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Strictly guesstimating here............List price for a '64 Avanti (the only year I could quickly access in my bookshelf) was a little over $4000. Assuming this was a R1 with 3 speed manual and no options. So let's guess $4750 per Avanti with Powershift, power steering, etc. Guessing again (with absolutely nothing to base this on
) that Studebaker's cost was 85% of the sticker price, that's $4037 per car, or $20,187. Add about $2000 for the chassis, comes up to a little over $22K. So, I'll say #1, $21,975.50...................again, total guesswork.
On this subject Ed, do you know where the other four regional training centers were? I have what I think are some pictures from one of the training centers, that were taken probably by my grandfather.
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I'll say false.
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Is this the car that Herb Shriner (TV host) and his wife were killed in? If so, the front end was replaced with a round headlight version when repaired.
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4 hours ago, paul shuffleburg said:
It seems like it would be easier to put a .25¢ pilot bushing in while the engine is being built instead of
waiting to see if is is going to have a 3 or 4 speed tranny.
For what it's worth, the Parts Manual says that service crankshafts for '63 and '64 include the pilot bushing. So maybe all of the crankshafts had pilot bushings installed in them like Paul Shuffleburg is saying.
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Well, it wasn't 63R1002, 63R1005, or 63R1006........so it must have been 63R1008.
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Based on the low serial number of this car, 64V1078, I'll say TRUE.
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Seems like a tricky one here Ed.
The pulleys were different between the R2 and R3. The alternators themselves, except for the pulleys, appear to be the same. But since the pulleys were different, that means the alternator assembly (alternator and pulley) were different, so I'll say FALSE.
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I'm going to take a stab and say they added 'something' to keep the headliner from falling down at high speeds with the windows open.
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Service Bulletin SB-201 from Paxton dated 7/1/64 says 66cc +/- 3cc, so I'll say #3, 68 cc since this falls into the tolerance range.