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Mark63Avanti

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  1. One thing threw me a curveball. On page 25 of the Electrical section of the workshop manual has a picture of a different horn. I'm assuming that everything was rush-rush in trying to publish a manual at the same time they were building a new car. 

  2. The engine had a BIN of $14,500. I know the fellow selling it and he is a top-notch guy. What you were were looking at was a genuine Studebaker crate engine straight from the factory, or at least what was left of Studebaker, when it was sold. 

    I wish I could buy it and store just as it is, a crated unused engine.

  3. Sorry, don't know how recent this topic is, but a recent purchase has me scratching my head. The horn I received is an Auto-Lite model HW. The horn terminates in a triangle and one side of the horn looks like half of a grapefruit. Now working off the Authenticity manual I see nothing but Sparton horns that are relatively rectangular and flat AND receive the spade connector from the wiring harness. Is there some little known history to the Avanti??

  4. I have an aftermarket Stewart Warner speedo and I suppose I would have been happy with it but it has no hi-beam indicator light! I believe I have sourced a 140 mph can but really want the original script on the Studebaker speedo. I didn't notice until recently that for both the 140 & 160 speedo, all the numbers follow each other around the dial except for the last numbers (140 or 160) which are turned in the opposite direction for easier reading, one would guess. The Studebaker International faceplate I see listed in the catalog looks nothing like the original which is ideally what I want.

  5. Regarding whether the engine was intended for a production vehicle, did Studebaker or Newman-Altman keep the loaded production orders for the cars in cue to be built? If we knew how many orders were taken for R3 R4 cars.....

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