
Nelson
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I guess George came up with idea. I’m glad he thought it up and tried it out. I have to finish the install today. I think I’ve got a broken roller in the regulator.
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I got my drivers side wing out this afternoon. I made a simple wooden fixture to set it in. I ran a razor knife down the inside edges and just pushed a screw driver under the old felt and I came right out. I scraped it with the screw driver edge then used lacquer thinner and steel wool to clean it up. I used the adhesive backed Velcro. To aid the install I brushed lacquer thinner on the adhesive side and down in the channel to get the interface slick not sticky. I pushed the felt into the track with two wooden paint stir sticks side by side and left them inserted and continued with two more until it was all assembled. After it dries I’ll use a razor knife to go down the edge cutting off the excess with the wood still in place. I bought 2 inch wide black Velcro with an adhesive back at JoannFabrics at $12.99 yard but you get 40% off with a coupon. The 2 inches is about what you want just cut off the over hang excess. The length is right about 3 ft. Naturally you want to use the fuzzy part of the Velcro and throw the other half away. Photos attached. Pardon the work area, this was a spur of the moment undertaking.
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I got my drivers side wing out this afternoon. I made a simple wooden fixture to set it in. I ran a razor knife down the inside edges and just pushed a screw driver under the old felt and I came right out. I scraped it with the screw driver edge then used lacquer thinner and steel wool to clean it up. I used the adhesive backed Velcro. To aid the install I brushed lacquer thinner on the adhesive side and down in the channel to get the interface slick not sticky. I pushed the felt into the track with two wooden paint stir sticks side by side and left them inserted and continued with two more until it was all assembled. After it dries I’ll use a razor knife to go down the edge cutting off the excess with the wood still in place. I bought 2 inch wide black Velcro with an adhesive back at JoannFabrics at $12.99 yard but you get 40% off with a coupon. The 2 inches is about what you want just cut off the over hang excess. The length is right about 3 ft. Naturally you want to use the fuzzy part of the Velcro and throw the other half away. Photos attached. Pardon the work area, this was a spur of the moment undertaking.
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I think this was addressed at some time but I can’t find it. I think someone had a repair using Velcro?
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I can’t think of a better person to be given the 2024 Spirit of Studebaker award. Anybody that knows Ed knows without a doubt that he is passionate about Studebaker and seems to be absolutely tireless when it comes to promoting the marque. CONGRADULATIONS Ed!!
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Maybe the hood or something related like hood skin or hinge?
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Not for certain but I’m going to say true. SN60 would be 1960 and I know they had external oiling systems earlier (engine oil) and self contained available for sure.
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Dwight. I bet you can recall the R3/R4 break in procedure. After 750 miles(?) the engine can be taken to 7000 RPM.
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Actually that test was of the #1 Daytona R3 convertible. The #3 was an R4.
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“An honest 65 miles per hour in first” It did have the optional 2.20 first gear.
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Reproduction Halibrand Wheels - which are better?
Nelson replied to Boozeman's topic in 1963-64 Avanti
I did save about $400 shipping cost by picking my wheels up at Tom’s place in Indiana. I’m about 120 miles from him but I enjoyed the drive and the money I saved got ear marked for future Avanti parts. -
I doubt they ever wanted to sell a lot of Avantis as it was more of a ploy to get people to change their perception of Studebaker and get customers into the show room. I think the Avanti was an expensive build for the company and the only way it could make a profit was to load the car up with options. So maybe s sedate version marketed to the wife or single woman may have worked. You have to remember though that back in 1963 a wife with family needed a four door and most women’s role in life was to raise a family not look cool in the work force.
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Interesting. Might be fun to try one on a Lark. Kick down would be an easy install but I guess you would need to plug the pressure limiting or over rev control hole.
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A driver, five balls, output bearing, two outer races, maybe the scroll housing and impeller.
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Also the pulley is displaced further from the Main body than the Paxton so the belts wouldn’t line up..
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Fair value for this '63 avanti in need of restoration?
Nelson replied to OpenRoad's topic in 1963-64 Avanti
If I was in your position I’d be looking for someone young, energetic, capable of doing the work and capable financially who really wanted the car. Look for that person who is mature enough that won’t dismantle the car and quit. If I found that right person I would give him/her any break I could just to see it alive again. -
Anthony. Since you visit so infrequently, I have a question off this topic but would like the information. What do you know about Joe Granatelli’s Cadillac Avanti? Did it arrived with no engine or an R1. I suspect it was supposed to get an R4 with ac as when I looked at the car it had the lowered front control arms.
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Good question. My first thought was fiberglass. I think they were held on with twist cam lock fasteners which might or might not mean anything. Good to see you back.
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Anthony. I just sent you a private message..
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Anthony. George Krem’s father had a 63 Avanti many years ago with an R3 engine. He was not impressed with the performance at the time. He mentioned he suspected cam grind issues so he changed out the cam. That car with engine were sold several times. The present owner has removed the cylinder heads or at least one head for some reason I don’t remember. He mentioned the pistons were notched to possibly lower compression. I believe the runners in the head were also massaged to increase flow. The engine was purchased from Paxton in the late 60’s and I believe it has a B number around 100. Speculation is that it may have the rotating assembly from R5 and possibly the cylinder heads also? The car also had a four row radiator which sounds typical for the Bonneville cars. I know Vince was assembling R3 engines as long as he could out of left over parts as long as parts could be had. Any thoughts as to the feasibility this engine could have R5 parts in its build??
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I know it’s narrower than what you typically see on the reupholstered seats out there.
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A long time ago I was in the Detroit area at an AOA get together of some sort and I sat with your dad at the lunch table. He showed me that Avanti art work.He had some interest in selling similar art work at that time. I suggested he personalize each one with the car’s serial number on a front license plate. I wish I would have talked to him about doing one for me with that license plate idea but I didn’t. He then invited me out in the parking lot to look at another deign he had done on an Avanti on a longer wheel base. He was driving a Lincoln Continental at the time and had the sketch in the trunk. I worked for Ford and was happy to see him driving a Lincoln. Your dad was a nice guy and I was taken back that he would spend time with me much less show me his latest Avanti sketch.
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John Hull's book, "Avanti, the complete story".
Nelson replied to aardvark's topic in 2001-2007 Avanti models
I imagine John is pretty tied up rebuilding his home that was hit by a tornado. I don’t know how his paperwork or records survived that event? As for records or history on the Avanti I’m certain the Studebaker years are fairly well documented as that was a well established corporation which kept detailed records of which many still exist. Avanti Motors probably kept good records but not nearly as detailed. As the company changed hands I would imagine a lot of those records were lost as the historical documents became less and less important to the new owners. I’m actually surprised at how much information John has been able to accumulate on the late Ford and GM based cars. If he hadn’t started his research endeavor when he did I’m pretty certain any genuine information gathering on the latest models would now be futile.