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Thanks. The info is helpful.

Huh... Very interesting... Thanks for that .. Gun.. Also the AIR Pump was removed... I thought that was done to accomodate the Mag Exhaust for some reason. How about Yellow Avanti stamped brake calipers?

EXCELLENT !!! Glad it came thru for you. ... Wait till ya drive it.. Can I ask what ya paid? I'm trying to get Comps for the Insurance Co. Likewise, I have a few items needing addressed by a Local Body Shop... My front bumper needs stripped and re-sprayed and there is a deep scratch on one Quarter panel.. A speaker grill needs re-glued in. Other than that. near perfection. Mine came with a Magnaflow Exhaust System...I highly doubt that was stock. Brake Calipers are yellow and have Avanti on them... Dunno if that is stock.

Yeah Gold...,, it threw me. The Mfg'r Is Avanti, Corp,, and the Car is a Studebaker. Seems Bass-Ackwards , eh? So to me, this answers the Posts question.... until R3 Forward introduced His door tag (above).

Dwight.. Makes sense, but I don't have any covers (or Bumperettes) other than the chromed versions on the car. Thus if I'm ending up buying em, I might as well pay up. but not the $600+ the other Co's is advertising for.

Thank You Sir...

Folks, I have 2 choices,.. My existing 63 R2 Valve covers are chrome and rusty. (so are my Bumper-ettes on both front and back) I could have them re-chromed ...OR...buy new ones. Do Y'all have any sources for buying new ones? I'm flatlining on my search.

Well. Mine came in. Actually I've had Her now for 1 1/2 months. ... Regarding the pricing on these, I wouldn't let Her go for under $50k. I saw one offered for $59k on Hemmings (dunno about the status of sale, or if it happened.).. We gotta understand , to the best of my research it seems there were only around 11 to 13 cars sold new per year. I can't confirm this and have another posting trying to figure the production numbers out, per year. John Hulls Book.."Avanti the complete story'' (last page) gives. a number of 53 units from '01 thru '05'. ... I've tried reaching out to John to see if He had further info... No response back. The car is attractive to all ages and viewers... a funny story.... We (wife and I) went Grocery Shopping in Her.... (Yes.... that day it was a ''Grocery Getter").. I sat in front of the Store since NO WAY was I going to leave the car in a crowded parking lot. So I sat close to the doors of the Store and waited some 15 minutes for Wifey to come back. 4 separate individuals wandered over to ask "What Is This?"...We all talked and it went into a photo session .. FINALLY Wifey came out and we left.... The people who stopped and talked were from all age spectrums. My point is, this wasn't a car show or a venue for vehicles. This is a daily happening when this car goes out for a run. Being rare in numbers and unique in interest , this cars value is due to go up.

Gold Avanti III Did Your Car get delivered?.... Mine came thru on Jan 15th. What a night and day difference from my '63' to the '02'....This /02 is a powerhouse and seems to handle quite well.. At age '69', I'm not into pushing it to the limits in the NC Mountain Twisties but it does cut a curve very well. Apparently the previous owner did some small things... A 'Magnaflow' Exhaust system and they removed the AIR Pump. I suspect these changes added about 30hp. So it went from ~345hp to ~375 hp?.. They also upgraded the Stereo. I love Both the '63' R2 and this new model... Hard to choose which one to fire off for a run. Both have their attributes and strong points.

John Hull. Hope Your doing well. I heard of a House fire? Sorry for the time delay in asking this. I've read Your book... a great compilation...It lists on the last page that 2001-5 there were 53 Units Built. Then the Ford units.... This disagrees with a site... TheAvanati.com who is claiming far greater numbers... I Bow to Your knowledge base since You were involved with the Co. So If i divide the numbers produced (53ish) by the 5 years. That brings the number produced to around 11 units or so per year.. Being conservative I'll call it 13, since more or less per year could have been assembled. Is My thought process logical and was Production that consistent?? If you have deeper info, I would love to hear.

It's all part of internet communications. Sift thru the crap and avoid it... then the rest is gravy.

There for a while I was getting e-mails from friends and family who never sent them. I immediately after reading them and knowing they would never say these things., I contacted em and told them their E-mail system was compromised. I never responded to any of those e-mails. Most all of the garbage e-mails go to my Junk File. I review the titles and names sine once in a while they are real and not spammers trying to sell me stuff. I then drag, drop the good ones into my inbox. It takes the good ones and puts them into a permanent status in the Inbox file. The rest are dumped and eliminated without reading them. I'm getting 30-40 Junk E-s a day. I trash em all.

Thanks for supplying this....R3 Forward. Likewise I have a '63' R2.. My '02' is new to me and I'm just trying to find out info on it.

Oh, It's not a Prince in Prison with multi $$mills trying to get You to post bail ... In return He would share His wealth? Yeah, watch out for these things.

Mark Asheville NC also has a 1 man shop that has been in business for well over 35 years. For $50.00 he had mine apart and back together before I got home from His shop, calling me to say "It's Done!" It was a 45 minute drive. Your Bio story scares the hell out of me.. Why live in an area like that where car crashes seem a daily happening?

Yeah I read what You said and agree. What I'm thinking is this timeline is when the transition happened and the Studebaker name was created. Thus Yours was of No Name cept Avanti....and a year'ish later this happened.Hey. It's all I've been able to come up with and as said, a ....."Bass-Ackward""...way of looking at this. It's like saying I own a ''Camaro Chevy''.. Weird eh? Then back whey Yours was made they still seemed to refer to that '01' year loosely as AVX's even though it's agreed there were only 3 of those in 1999ish.

I think My Door tag answers the question. The car is officially a Studebaker,, by the Avanti Motor Corporation. I know this is "Bass Ackwards". I know some door tags have no reference to Studie. but Mine specifically calls this a Stude By Avanti Corp... Thus thus the Studie is the model of the Avanti Corp, while Avanti Corp was also trying to make a SUV from a Ford Chassis. Thus the Avanti was the Corp and the '02' model was called Studebaker... Sez it right there. Am I missing something?

Thanks for the Info.

Thanks.. I'm going there right now.. Ok I did..Only 12 from 2001-7... Only 6 from 01-04// Not the best to determine numbers from... But thanks.

64studeavanti Can you be more specific?

Um,,, Not. But I'm over it and moving on. What I did find out is it's near impossible to get a Prestolite Starter for our cars. My curiosity is IF something else will bolt up and work.

So one day 3 weeks ago I went out to start My 63. R2. It was up on jackstands since I've been doing other things underneath. I hit the key.,..and it clicked. but the starter didn't throw out. After many tedious hours to get the starter out I bench tested the Starter with a 75amp blast... Still it wouldn't extend. Trying to find a replacement Prestolite starter turned into a near impossibility. Finally I was directed to a guy in Asheville NC who had a business of rebuilding Starters and Alternators (a rarity to find someone in that Business anymore). He determined it was just gummed up and cleaned it down. He then bench tested it in front of me...Good to go.. $50.oo... I was happy. I got it back in there car and "click!" Huh??? ...Ok, 6 months ago I had a new 3EE Battery that I installed... I took it out and had it tested... Near Dead. I had just charged it for 10 hours and nothing??? Now I'm frustrated,... no... I was Pissed Off... Being under warranty I had the Battery replaced (By the way, Diehard makes one) Try again... Battery in and "Click"... Now I'm not pissed anymore but stunned. Starter back out (now for the 4th time) and I noticed a little green corrosion on the cable from the solenoid to the starter. Ok, No More Fooling Around... I bought up what was needed to make a new cable AND a solenoid thinking I'm going to rebuild this entire circuit. ... First I installed a fresh cable . VROOM!!!! Y E S !!! Y'all..This was frustrating and since these are part time hours I've been at this for 3 weeks. I figure I had 20 hours sorting this out. Moral of the story??? "Even a Blind Squirrel will get an acorn now and then !" Sheesh!!!... Now I can continue doing the items on my list to get it on the road for the Spring.

Thanks...Gun. Mine did amaze me when I saw "Studebaker" on the tag. Considering the Co went under in '64' it amazed me that they were re-using that name. I've only had the car for 45 days and haven't had time to dig into the Vin and other numerical concerns. In another posting I did find John Hulls book and bought it. It's claiming 53ish units over 4 years,, Another source sez 72ish in year '02' alone. So I'm still not understanding that. I did PM John but heard He was getting elderly and just went thru a house fire. Thus He has not reached out to me,,, which is fine... (a prayer He is good and gets things together.) One thought on that matter, is... Is there a ""Registry'' for Our cars? It might reveal where the numbers land wether over the 53 units in 4 years or not. I own a Porsche 928 and they have a ''Registry" so questions on productions there are solidified. But I started this thread to see if "We Have a Name"!

Yeah, the '05'- '06'- '07' are Mustang GT based. Sounds like it is actually an '04' holdover titled in '05'. Earlier versions seem to all be '01-2' based Firebird TA's. I think the ones of '03' - '04' were made on a '02' Chassis.

Gun, ... That's my assumption as well,,, Interesting Yours didn't have the door tag,,, (actually it;s on the door frame by the latch assembly.) I was just wondering if there was a referred to "Name" for my '02' like an AV3, AV4 or the sorts.... or just nothing. Owning the Original '63' and the '02' are night and day different cars. Love em both for different reasons. The '63' R2 is radical... The '02' is refined.