Nelson

Slotting those holes sure make it easier to get the door fit.The rear of the door fit to quarter also benefits. I’ve done that slot job on many. I have to say I can’t remember one from the factory. I actually slotted a lower one on the driver’s side of an 85 Avanti. Maybe they were using old stock by then.

I don’t remember anymore but the 1 1/2 to 2 inches sound about right.

I think what you are talking about is the fuel tank vent for quick filling.

I’d set them with the engine warm and not running. Just crank the engine by hand to get the .025 clearance to your own satisfaction. Just bumping the starter motor is all you really need to do.

I think the oil pan you’re talking about was a 6 quart pan. I wonder if any consideration was made toward using that pan versus the welded up R3/4 pan?

I wonder if they could have had something in the works to identify it but just ran out of time. The badging was there for Larks and Hawks.

They are the second type.

Dwight. That’s about how I feel. I see the 64 type on 63 Studes and they just don’t look right. The 63 type are really different than the 64. I like them both but once I knew the correct application then each has its proper spot so to speak.

I’m not sure how many Avanti owners realize that a different Halibrand style wheel was originally offered for the 63 model run. These wheels appeared on the 63 Super Lark at the NY auto show and probably the other major auto shows. They are also on the 63 R2 Super Hawk road test in, I believe, Motor Trend magazine. How many would be interested in a set of these in reproduction form?? The wheels are shown here on my “survivor” R2 Super Hawk at the Studebaker National Museum. By the way, this Hawk is 100% original including the super red paint. Super red was only available “if” you ordered the high performance package so it s very rare. This particular GT Hawk is probably the best totally original of its kind in existence.

I’ll try #3.

S Dwight or anyone else, have you ever seen resonators on a Studebaker Avanti? I remember that plate from the parts manual on the exhaust system and would occasionally check Avanti exhaust systems but I can’t say I’ve ever seen resonators on one….have you?

I guess the quite exhaust was just regular mufflers. They mention resonators but I always thought a resonator was in addition to the muffler. I’ve never seen resonators on a Studebaker Avanti. At least I don’t remember them.

I think #4

Sure, all the time. I like to leave the lids off to get the coffee smell throughout the car.😀

Power steering? Or lack of power steering as in manual steering.

You got most of us on that one. I never would have answered it correctly 😁.

A shot in the dark but maybe the position of the front seats to the door opening?

Were your parents the original owners? Do you know if it was supercharged, automatic, 4 speed. Color combination. Are you sure t was a 63 and not a 64 with square headlight glass versus round for 63?

Now that’s funny😄. Probably won’t get many more comments. However, I’ve had one for over fifty years and in the early days I did drive mine every day through most any weather. I did stay off salted roads but was out in some pretty heavy rain storms. That was all done in Cincinnati, Ohio and some cross country trips.

I know a guy near Fort Wayne, Indiana. It’s not real close but thought I’d throw it out there.

Those holes are also anything but ample size wise.

The air cleaner was not the easiest to access but it’s location was probably the best available spot. I doubt much rain could really get to it and the snorkel is turned up to only draw air from the top of that cavity. Cars with fresh air induction seem to take it from what always appears to be a bad location via a hose and then send it to the air cleaner. The only advantage to that over the factory R3 location is the easier maintenance of the air filter.

I bet you are right on that. I didn’t remember which trans he had but always assumed it was a four speed. His car was one of the first body off frame restorations I remember. Looks like it needs some attention again,

AG-R3, is that photo you posted the Prestolite R3 that Booth owns?

That appears to be a 63/64 GT Hawk R2 air cleaner. It is the same as R3 Avanti. The difference is the size of the air hose. Naturally it is larger on the R3. The crankcase ventilation hose would be correct in New York and California even on R3.