Nelson

that pinion seal sure sounds high. I think it is the same as any Dana 44 or Dana 27. I bought one from NAPA a few months back. It was higher than I had remembered but I don’t think it was even near $90. I remember U joints where about $5 each about fifty years ago but they have to be way more these days.

I think there are three settings and the wording stamped is sometimes not the same. Something like soft, medium, HD or sometimes export instead of HD. I know you need to collapse the shock completely and rotate the bottom against the top and you will hear or feel the click when it changes position. That sounds pretty cool that you are getting your Avanti out of hibernation after fifty plus years. Especially since you are the original owner. What year and serial number?

I’m not certain but StuV may have made the first set and that tooling could have been acquired by Studebaker or it may have been the other way around. I had or probably still have a set that has the name StuV cast into the header.

Any of you guys headed to South Bend for the June meet? Do any of the wheels still have a Firestone 500 mounted on them?

They appear to have been port matched. They certainly look original issue but I think the Lionel Stone versions were cast from the same tooling so I think those had the numbers also.

I’m in Cincinnati and will probably be at the South Bend meet in June.maybe someone could deliver them

Only original 63/64 Avanti wheels. Not Chrysler or after market.

Ive owned a few of the Avanti II s but never worked on them much. I know they did jack the body up off the frame at the cowl about two inches maybe a little less but that would end up being more up at the radiator. As for the radiator shroud I would think, like Zedman, that some tweaking would have been done at the radiator shroud but I could be wrong.

Right back to all.

He has a 63 round light. Drop me a pm and I’ll get his contact info for you.

If you think about it it would make sense that two colors were delivered to the factory so as there was no mix up on the production assembly lines. Lark Hawk being orange on one line and Avanti being black on another line. They are clocked different for the exhaust outlet so don’t interchange without some dismantle/reassembly.

My first Avanti that I bought in the LA area was a 64. It had a B letter after the serial number on the title but not on the plate. I had a hell of a time passing the out of state vehicle inspection in Ohio to get it titled. That was back in 1973.

I don’t know where you are located but you might try Keith Graham in Apache Junction, Arizona. He has an Avanti he is parting out.

I would think they would be the same especially if you use original wheels. Measurement from the ground to the center of the spindle should be pretty close to whatever the original was.

I use to remember those last two cars. Both were R3’s, both automatics both white but I think one had a black interior the other red?