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53 minutes ago, brad said:
34? Huppmobile
Half correct.
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What previous car (year and make) owned by Loewy was the Avanti script (nameplate) derived from?
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59 minutes ago, r1lark said:
..............step-down Hudson.
After the Hudson, Bob Andrews was part of Bob Bourke's 1951-1952 Styling Team in South Bend and had a minor part in the 1953-1954 design for Studebaker. .
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I would think that it was Tom Kellogg as he did the exterior design of the AVX. Bill Lang did construction and interior work.
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5 hours ago, mfg said:
Sorry no, the fluid entry point is located at the bottom of the cylinder and, as in most disc brake systems, the bleeder screw is at the top.....Answer..FALSE!
Again, I believe that we are hung up on semantics.
I agree with your quoted statement. This would make the entry point face upward (into the lower point of the cylinder).
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23 hours ago, mfg said:
In a '63 Avanti disc brake system, the brake fluid entry point for the OUTER caliper piston cylinder faces upward......True?
I am trying to visualize this. The crossover goes into a lower position on the cylinder, so I will say that the entry faces upward - True.
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18 hours ago, r1lark said:
I remember this car being for sale about a year ago in Virginia. They said it was the Avanti eventually given to Roger Ward for winning the 1962 Indy 500. (He didn't get the actual 'honorary' pace Avanti, if I remember correctly he wanted an air conditioned car, but I may be wrong on that.) The Lark convertible was the 'actual' pace car for that race.
Only one correction. I believe that his name was Rodger Ward.
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23 hours ago, mfg said:
The reason for this small difference must have been lower labor costs in Ohio than in South Bend....MFG was probably not associated with the United Auto Workers Union............Difference would have far exceeded $20.00 if all else were equal.
We are talking about strictly shipping cost differences (not labor).
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On 8/16/2017 at 10:06 PM, A83 said:
A friend of mine has a problem with his 1984 Avanti - he says when the car is hot sometimes it will not start and sometimes for twenty minutes- then it will start right up _ mechanic cannot find the problem - could it be the starter itself? Fyi if you see the Avanti weather vane in the latest Avanti magazine that is his
Thanks A83
When you say that "it will not start", does it crank over and not fire up or does it not crank over or not fast enough? If it cranks over, I first thought of a coil. If it doesn't crank over when hot, I would start with the starter. This assumes that all of the wiring is good/adequate size and has clean connections.
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17 hours ago, Regnalbob said:
$20.00
Correct!
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4) 950
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So that the ignition does not need to be powered (burns ignition contact points) .
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What was the expected/predicted savings per Avanti in freight cost in assembling an Avanti in South Bend as opposed to Ashtabula?
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It is used to suppress RF (radio frequency) interference. The fiberglass body does not do this as a steel body would. In other words, it is for the radio.
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I would say true since the Altmans tended to stay closer to the original Studebaker Avanti than the later owners did.
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4 hours ago, r1lark said:
One hundred and thirty.
I am going to say close enough. The number that I have is 129.
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How many GRP body parts were used to make the first production Avantis?
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I think that it was a sedan and he paid (reported) $15000 for it.
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The original battery hold down clamp could chafe through the insulation over the cell connections. That is why the clamps were modified for later cars and were retrofitted on earlier cars.
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1 hour ago, mfg said:
'Cute' defines as....'winning'.....'attractive'
I have no idea how you feel about the Avanti automobile Gary, but I see them as both winning AND attractive!
Indeed, 'Clyde' is an excellent nickname for an Avanti!!!!
I can see how you can apply winning and attractive to an Avanti. However, you can not extrapolate this to apply to Clyde (that may also be winning and/or attractive).
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55 minutes ago, Gunslinger said:
Didn't Avanti Motors go back to the 350 after the 305? If so, it depends on when.
Not until 2001.
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Yes, the part number of the front battery hold down clamp was given incorrectly in the first Service Letter.
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2 hours ago, mfg said:
Terri's nickname for her Avanti was "Clyde".
OK, now explain what is "cute" about the name Clyde.
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Yes, it is the last Avanti to use the year (63) in the numbering. The next Avanti was/is R-3100.
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