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  1. David Hodges, Grapevine, Texas

  2. Here is another line drawing that was done by Robert Andrews
  3. Sorry to report that longtime SDC and AOAI member Edward Burris died January 21 at his home in Roswell, Georgia. He was 98. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/edward-burris-obituary?id=54209561
  4. Fawn and black carpet is a speckled carpet with fawn and black threads. Here is a picture from the sample book showing Fawn and black, Turquoise and Black, All black, and red and black.
  5. they look like old Appliance brand wheels.... What is the serial number on the frame plate. That would let you look up the production order and see how it was originally equipped, ie: color, interior, etc.
  6. There were only 3 AVX automobiles. All were 1997 models. The first is a coupe, the second is a convertible, and third is a t-top model. the 2001 to 2005 Avantis were based on the three AVX models and look similar, but I heard that none of the body panels on the 2001 to 2005 Avantis will interchange with the AVX models. https://www.theavanti.com/avx.html https://www.theavanti.com/bunting.html
  7. If your web browser screen is on the narrow view, then the page options to click on are in a dropdown list at the right hand corner of your web page. If your browser window is wider, you'll see the various pages spread across the page under the page header. Here is a screen show of what I talk about, if your web browser window is too narrow, or maybe on a smaller screen like a tablet). I circled in red the drop down menu: If. you click on those lines in the drop down, you'll see the various pages to go to: Here is the same homepage on a wider screen:
  8. lschuc

    R3 heads

    Dwight, try Phil Harris at Fairborn Studebaker. He should have what you need.
  9. Try calling Nostalgic Motorcars in Wixom, Michigan. They probably have the bracket you need.
  10. lschuc

    MCACN Show!

    Here are photos of Nelson and his 1964 Bonneville Daytona Convertible at the MCACN show last weekend. The tire in the first photo was actually used at Bonneville and was in the trunk of the #1 Daytona convertible. AOAI and SDC participants at the MCACN show. Nelson Bove, left and MCACN Studebaker organizer Ed George next to the photo poster of Bob Palma.
  11. When you get the used brake booster, send it to Power Brake Booster Exchange in Lynwood, Washington. Their website list a $250 price to rebuild the Avanti brake booster. https://www.powerbrakebooster.com/services
  12. Most of the pieces you mention were cadmium plated. I've found a very good place for CAD plating in the Chicago area. Look up Grove Plating in Fox River Grove, Illinois. They usually charge now about $85 for a bucket of miscellaneous parts. Some larger parts are prices individually. It helps if you can clean all the parts first by bead blasting and cleaning up with a wire wheel. Either ship the bucket or large sturdy box to them, or if you're anywhere in northern Illinois, even within a couple hundred miles, it's usually worthwhile to drive there with your boxes and parts, and let them ship them back to you, one way.
  13. Some sad news to report to our club members Just heard from SDC president Denny Foust that he was notified by Sue Thompson, spouse of Warren Thompson (SDC Board of Directors Member from Australia) about 1:30 EST time this afternoon, that Warren died of massive heart attack Sunday morning, October 8, 2023. Please keep Sue in your prayers in the coming days, and when more information is available. Several years ago, Warren purchased a yellow 2006 Avanti convertible with under 1,000 miles from AOAI member Don Linder.
  14. Nelson, Both me and Brad have removed and replaced the fuel sending. unit WITHOUT removing the interior back seat. Go through the trunk and let the top half of the carpet over the back wall of the trunk (if there is carpet there) and remove the three screws that hold the 5-6 inches square piece of fiberglass to the rear trunk wall. You may have to loosen or remove the metal brace that runs across the top. Then you can reach your hand through the opening, remove the wires and using a short, stubby screwdriver or quarter inch small ratchet with a screwdriver bit, remove the screws that hold the sending unit in the tank and then lift the sending unit out. You'll have to turn it sideways and play with it a bit to get the float arm out all the way, but it can be done..... all without removing the back seat or tank.
  15. The picture you show from the shop manual looks to be a smaller diameter fuel pump for a standard V8 engine, not the R-Series engines. Most likely the writers of the Studebaker shop manual did not update this or other photos or diagrams when the Avanti came out. The picture posted on the DeadNutsOn website shows three valves and springs, but I can assure you that you only use two valves, rubber disks and springs and the kit, if I remember correctly, comes with the needed two internal valves and springs. Maybe some of the Carter X fuel pumps use three valves in some applications, but not all. And when I searched on eBay for "1963 Avanti Carter fuel pump rebuild kit" the same type of kits show in my search results at nearly the same or high costs than the link I posted above. If you should get a rebuild kit for a standard Studebaker V8 fuel pump, that will not work because the diaphragm and all the internal parts are smaller than on the Carter X pumps.
  16. I too have bought several of these fuel pump rebuilding kits. They are not for all Ford engines. Only the high performance Shelby Mustang type cars using the Carter X fuel pump. They are a high quality parts and use internal rubber parts that will not swell up or disintegrate with the use of alcohol that is on our fuel today. I got the kits from DeadNutsOn at https://www.deadnutson.com/carter-high-performance-x-fuel-pump-rebuild-kit/
  17. Mark, Could this engine and transmission had been saved by Dick Vaux? When Studebaker shut down at the end of 1963, he worked at the regional parts warehouse in New Hampshire (I believe) and was told to take an inventory of all parts, send the part numbers to headquarters in South Bend, and then have all parts hauled to a landfill. He told me that he worked long nights and weekends to find an Avanti part and hauled them to his home so he could have them for his own Avantis. After his death in 2019, the family sold most everything, so maybe this went to WCD Garage where it is stored now, or to someone else?
  18. Call the membership office. 763-420-7829
  19. Studebaker International is working to make a new Avanti headliner with the correct square pattern, color and grain, but made from what looks like an ABS plastic.
  20. Wish I could be there!!
  21. I've seen this happen to me and others.... easy to get the hoses switched.
  22. John Hora has said this a number of time, that the #8 car was used as the backup to the #9 Bonneville car.
  23. https://aoai.org/newsevents/aoai-2023-international-meet/
  24. The link is on the main AOAI page, https://aoai.org/newsevents/aoai-2023-international-meet/
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