Stefan B.

thank you! the link is not working at my computer. could you please send me the part number or name?

Hi, First: I got my Avanti registered and on the road and it is great fun to drive it! (Last week two rides with a total of ~650 km) But there are still some things I need to improve. One is that the accelerator (gas) pedal is getting quite hot when driving for a longer time on the highway. I sometimes need to take the foot from the pedal for a few seconds to relax a bit from the heat. And my shoes have quite a good sole. Has anyone eperienced something similar and have you any recommendations for me how I can improve that?

thanks!

Hi John, wildfelr, kodjo and rhusak, So, the cross over the intake is blocked and a thick gasket between intake and carburator is in place. Also took the best fuel available (98 octan). As far as I can see, it seems to work. At least the engine did not die due to boiling fuel anymore. More tests to come on the weekend, but so far seems to work. Thank you all for your help!

hi John, wilfelr, kodjo and rhusak, thank you for your Inputs and recommendations! Very much appre iated. I will try and come back with the results ...

Hi, I have the problem with my 1963 R2 the engine always after 30min or so. Now, looking for the reason I found out that the carburator gets very hot so that the gasoline is almost boiling in there. Does anyone have the same problem and/or have an recommendations what I can try to isolate it so that it does not get that hot?

as you can see from the production order further up in the feed the car's destination was Milan, Italy. So, i would assume that it was really delivered to Italy, but I have no idea what happened then until it was registered in 1966/67. Some people proposed it could have been used for a film set, but I have no indication for this. Maybe the orginial buyer just stepped back and it took time to find a new buyer as the company was going out of business back then ...

thanks for the info, Leo! - The first one, 4641 in grey is mine. 🙂 However, the car was delivered in 1963, but was then only registered in Milano by the first owner in 1966/67. It would be interesting to know why the car was not used for three years at the beginning. Could that maybe be connected to Studebakers going out of business?

Thanks, Dwight! - In the car the engine number is RS2514, indeed. And the car is grey ... It is just a pity that it does noch have power steering from the beginning.

Thank you, Mel. I could not see anything on the tyres, but they are from Michelin. The forum ist really great thing - for me that is the internet als it was meant to be.

No, it did not work - they told me they need a real vector file not one created form a JPEG. Apparently, the quality of such a converted file ist not sufficient for printing

thank you! - then everything is as it should be with my car: speedometer in km/h and temperature gauge is Fahrenheit.

Hallo Dwight, I checked but as far as I can see from the production order I do not have the optional fast steeering ... (if you detect any other interesting aspect on the production order, please let me know - the car was delivered to Italy in the 60s).

thank you!!

Hi ronmanfredi, the e-mail avanti06@att.net does not work - I just get an error message ...

thank you, I can try if it is ok for the printing company

Hi, Just the Avanti with the arrow reasonably sized centered over the hood of the cover.

Hi, does anyone have the Avanit Logo as a vector graphics file? (e.g. *.eps or *.ai). I want to have it print on a car cover and they can only process vector graphic files ...

😂 ... I can try

Hi, by Avanti has been delivered to Europe right at the beginning in 1963, to Milano, Italy. So, althoug being an American car, it was never in use in the US. Currently it has the speedometer in kilometer per hours (KPH) but the temperature gauge is in degree Fahrenheit. Does anybody know if this has been like this back then or have there also been temperature gauges with degree Celsius? Just curious as the mix of European and US metrics in my car is interesting and unusual.

thanks! - I will try that.

Hi mfg and Hogthrough, thank you for your recommendations! - I will try both. Probably it's the tyres as you mentioned. I just checked and it has 215/70VR15 90W front and rear. They were on when I got the car and I had not really focused on the tyres, yet.

Hi everyone! I got my 1963 Avanti R2 now finally registered here in Austria and had my first drive on the road - a great feeling! What a great car. One thing I struggle with, however, is that the steering wheel is quite stiff. So getting out of my garage with reversing several times is really hard work because the steering wheel does hardly turn when I drive at such low speed as when driving out of the garage. On the road with normal speed it is fine, but when revesing it is a real hazzle. Does anyone have recommendations how to improve that? Or should I retrofit power steering? (as it was originally without power steering I would rather avoid that if possible) Every input appreciated!

Great, thank you!

Hi everybody, can anyone maybe help me which Fußes I should User? On the picture I see longer Ines, medium length and Shorts Ines, but how much Ampere? (My Avanti ist a 1963 R2) Thanks! Stefan