Nelson

I initially thought the same thing but then remembered it’s a fiberglass body and the bracket could lean against the positive post and never go to earth/ground.

Anybody found a crossover part for the radiator to automatic transmission flexible cooler lines?

Make sure you are using the correct started to engine bolts. The act as a dowel pin to assure the correct engage t of the ring gear to starter gears. Also, is there a possibility it has a 6 volt ring gear? They have a different tooth count and I would think do the kind of damage you have.

I was having trouble timing one of my Avantis the other day. It just wouldn’t run unless it was up around 50 degrees advanced at idle. I thought the outer ring had slipped on the balancer . I took a wooded paint stir stick and split it then put it partially into the number one cylinder and bumped the engine over with a remote push button switch. I was able to find top dead center and was able to verify the balancer was clocked correctly while on the combustion stroke. You might try this method, it’s straight forward. Just make sure your rotor is close to number one plug wire and you are on the compression stroke.

The ones I’ve seen have doubled up on the fiberglass in the crack area.

Door inner fiberglass panel cracking.

I can’t say that I saw an article on Berner’s car. It would have to have been late 60’s to early 70’s. I was at his place around that time frame looking at a white 63 R2 GT that he said was the test car for the first full pkg GT. I think tha car is up in Washington now and owned by the Bells. I think he was dismantling his race car at that time

Mike Salamanivich owned and drove Studependous,a straight axle 60 Lark sedan running an R3 with R4 intake. The R3 came from his mother’s Avanti. I still have correspondence letters from Mike from back in my college days. I even got the cam specs from him and had a duplicate cam made from the same company in California. If I remember correctly he was in the 10’s with the car. Bergner also ran a Lark with a modified Stude engine. I don’t have any real good info on that car. A B300 engine number would hint that it was built by someone later than the Granatellis. I think Studependous was featured in Popular Hot Rodding back in the early to mid 70’s?

I don’t remember the PO for that car saying “sold rush” but I might be wrong. It was an R3 so would think they had to be ordered special.

I don’t think the red vinyl was ever discontinued? Wasn’t 5642 white with red vinyl for instance?

Now, what do you do about the lead cable seal on the main bolts?

The Cadillac powered Avanti that was probably destined to be an R4 ac prototype? Whoops! Sorry, too late a serial number.

I’ve had several Avanti II models but never had to change plugs thank God. I did change a fuel pump on one and it wasn’t a fun task. I’d be putting in platinum plugs hoping to never have to change plugs again.

Bob. I that photo the old Paxton Products building?

Thanks for the compliment The same can be said for you, Bob. I indeed enjoyed our long conversations and look forward to more of the same in the future.