Nelson
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Good method.
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Typically the wet front carpet on the Stude Avantis isn’t weatherstrip but rather from clogged or non functioning cowl drains. The water coming in through the cowl vent behind the hood drains down into the side of the cowl in front of the doors. It overflows out the lower hinge pocket down onto the threshold rubber and into the car. You can access this area for cleaning through the vents in the footwell. Try putting a hose through the cowl grill and see if the water runs out the bottom of the fender.or ends up running into the car. These drains were very often bondoed over when new.
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Agree
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6 hours ago, mfg said:
That's a hell of an interesting photo Nelson...I sure wish it was clearer!
I do to. Now, if I could just find the one I remember seeing years back.
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An alternator?
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On 1/26/2023 at 9:14 AM, Nelson said:
I have seen one factory photo of an R4 engine compartment but don’t know where I saw it….probably the museum archives. Anyway, I was talking with George Krem about that photo and he had also seen it and in fact may have a copy. He is looking for it and will send a copy to me when and if he finds it. I’ll publish it here if it arrives.
Are you certain it was one of the EX cars that got the R4 treatment? I speculated that it may have been 1016 since it had a R4 with the R3 setup when purchased from Paxton. Though it would make sense it was a South Bend engineering car.
George Krem sent this picture of an R4 in an Avanti that he found possibly in the archives. I mentioned I saw one years ago but this is not that one. This one is a photo of a photo so isn’t what I’d hoped for but still it shows one existed. If you look hard you can see the Avanti surge tank in the photo.
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Are any of the 63, 64 and a few years later Avanti weatherstrips available by the foot rather than by the single application length. I would think the door surround rubber, trunk and hood rubber and upper door skin to window wiper rubber would be simple extrusions and possibly be available on the after market. I doubt if Avanti was the sole user of these extrusions.
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Some of the factory R3 cars only had four breathers. So now what?
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16.
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No grill. Aerodynamics that Rob less power. Less parasitic drag?
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Power brakes but they weren’t self energizing so maybe the booster?
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Ashland oil
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Heat shields for re entry capsules. Space program.
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Correct. I guess reliability was paramount and running the blowers too fast was just not worth the risk.
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Did Studebaker use the high output blower pulleys at Bonneville in Oct 1963?
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Position of the Avanti emblem on the front.
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Drip rail standard equipment?
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Turn signal or running lights from white to amber?
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Color from red to maroon.
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Lower the frame to engine mount?
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2 hours ago, mfg said:
Sorry no....R5640 & R5641 were both red!
You mean maroon not red?
I thought 5640 was gold. Just simply remembering an ad for it thirty years ago but that was a long time ago and my memory isn’t always accurate anymore. -
The valve covers stayed chrome. The center valley or lifter cover went from chrome to black in 64.
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Black wrinkle finish.
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Cut the hood brace for hose clearanc
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False. Higher stall speed more fluid shear.