Avanti1963!
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I suppose I will be more direct so we don't provide the wrong information for future restorations and state that, I have owned many Avantis over the years and have seen hundreds since the 1960s. 99.8% of them were orange. The few black exceptions had a "rebuilt" tag wired to them from Paxton. Of course, nothing is absolute and there may be exceptions where an original Avanti buyer requested a black supercharger as special order or maybe a few of the initial cars had black, but in general, the superchargers came in orange from the factory. I should add that R2 Larks and Hawks also had orange superchargers when factory new.
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I believe that mfg has it backwards.
Most people believe that the R2 superchargers were orange when new. When rebuilt by Paxton, they were usually painted black. Along with the black paint, some had a little tag indicating it was rebuilt.
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There is an Avanti supercharger bracket on ebay if anyone needs one.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325060013597?hash=item4baf162e1d:g:uhEAAOSwbaViEY6T
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I was told be a reputable Studebaker restoration shop that they were left as a natural cast finish.
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Lew, thanks for the posting the excellent pictures.
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Adam, I sent you a note about the steering wheel a couple weeks ago. Please email me at jeffbradel@gmail.com Thank you.
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Please let me know if you have any front seat tracks. Need both sides. Thanks
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John, the axle twin traction tag is the same as I'm posting every where for awhile and I need one also. If you come across one, let me know. Jeff
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The rebuild is simple. Removing the pin was the most challenging but still not bad.
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Thank you very much for the response. Interesting.
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Were the Avanti black dashboards in 64 painted over tan or were they molded black from the factory? Thanks
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Asking price please.
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Some folks were looking for a tilt steering column.
There is one on Ebay right now at: https://www.ebay.com/itm/323853137203
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R2 and R3 Engines?
in 1963-64 Avanti
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Leo B, the pictures your provided do not represent the factory produced cars. As mentioned, early prototypes and maybe 1001 had a black supercharger but 99% of them were orange. These cars don't represent how the factory produced cars left the factory. As evidence, the lower picture above has a McCulloch emblem on the supercharger which wasn't on the factory produced cars. Further, the air cleaner wasn't the black wriggled finish as shown in that same picture. The prototypes and a few early cars may have had black superchargers but the factory produced cars were orange.
If the authenticity manual states they were all black, it is wrong. There have been a few other items in the manual that have since been determined to be incorrect as well. Aside from this, the vast majority of the manual is correct and is still a great source to have on the shelf.