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  1. There are still a few slots open to get your Avanti in our next calendar for next year.  If you have a well composed, high resolution image of your Avanti, please email it to me, along a smaller image from the interior or underhood, as well as a brief history of the car. 

    editor@aoai.org

  2. On 5/11/2025 at 2:19 AM, Stefan B. said:

    thank you!!

    Stefan,  did the file work for the company that is making the car cover?   Let me know how it turns out and maybe we can get a good price if others want the cover. 

  3. Stefan. 

    I just emailed you the original Avanti logo as a vector file. Sent to your email: stefan.bergsmann@chello.at

     One file is an EPS file and the other as a Vector .ai file (Adobe Illustrator) or similar app. 

    Here is a screenshot of the logo (for illustration only, as this screenshot is lower resolution 

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  4. From: Roze Hanks <rozeh@hendersonauctions.com>
    :
    Hi there...
    First... I've been a Raymond Loewy/Avanti fan since my teenage years (several centuries ago) and LOVE this site! Looking forward to checking out all of it. 

    Second... I work for a company (Henderson Auctions) out of Livingston, La. and we are auctioning a 1963 Avanti R2 with under 80,000 original miles, this coming Saturday, May 3rd.  

    I would like to pass on the info to your members if that is OK, and wanted to send through you "just in case." I saw this specific R2 the very first day I started my current job almost 2.5 years ago... took that as a "sign from God" i was with a great company! This one has been very well maintained. If/when we have another one (or more) in the future I will forward to you first as it would be terrific to "keep these in the family" of Avanti owners who genuinely appreciate these amazing classics!

    So...  here is the auction link (there is no reserve)
    https://bid.hendersonauctions.com/ui/auctions/123679/19386944

    The live / online auction is being held at Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in case anyone is in the area this weekend for the Indy Race. 

    I sure hope to be an Avanti owner one day. COOLEST CAR EVER!!! Thank you and have a blessed day!

  5. @Zedman @64studeavanti 

    I changed the group posting settings to allow more space (mb are now doubled) so you can post more images with your postings.

    I also made it possible to delete old image in your own account.  When you're logged into the forum, to Account - > My Attachments.  You can then delete old attachments that you save, but remember that any forum message/post will then not show those images.  So just use this for something that is really old and you don't want or need the posting to stay online.

    Hope this helps everyone! 

    Lew

  6. 18 hours ago, regnalbob said:

    Avanti trunks were fully carpeted until R 4309 and no black paint was used.  After 4309 the carpet on the back wall was eliminated.

    It is possible other pieces were eliminated as well and the areas painted black. I want to say flat black but am not 100% sure.

    Definitely not gloss.

    Maybe someone with a later car can give you a definite answer.

     

    I have hear that Trim Black (a flat black) is standard for the spare tire well and areas not covered by carpet.   So for early cars,  just the spare tire well is painted in Trim Black. 

  7. On 10/6/2024 at 1:39 AM, Zedman said:

    Hi All- I cannot post any more pictures as I have apparently used up my limit.  I'm trying to delete these in my account but cannot see any provision for it. Can somebody kindly tell me how I can delete these, please?

    I checked and your allowance for attachments is not at the limit.  Currently shows 91.66 MB of 146.48 MB allowance.   But I am looking in our settings to at least increase the limit of files stored under your account, or others at or near the limit.

    May be a day or two before I can check this out, but will let you all know here.

    Lew

  8. Jim,   

    The AOAI 2025 Meet will be in Washington County, PA September 16-20th.

    All the details will be in the next Avanti Magazine coming out shortly. Book your hotel room now.

    The Doubletree Hotel is sold out.  The Doubletree and Hyatt are AOAIs host hotels.

    You can still book a room at the Hyatt next door. Hyatt | Select Room

    or 

    The Fairfield Inn & Suites Washington Casino Area Book On-Line Now

    A complete list of hotels are listed on SDC Intl Meet - Host Hotels as the hotel contracts get signed.  

    This list of hotels as well as a link to the combined AOAI and SDC registration page will be on both the AOAI and SDC websites in the next week. 

    The next issue of Avanti Magazine goes to press at the end of next week and should be in the mail about 2 or 3 weeks later.

    Lew

     

  9. Well,  if a replacement engine pre-1962 from a dealer's existing stock could have been installed, but all 1963 and 1963 V8s used full-flow engines.... except for possibly export versions to some countries.

  10. On 12/2/2024 at 3:21 PM, Stefan B. said:

    Hi, 

    the homepage and e-mail of the Swiss Avanti Owners Club do not work anymore. Does anyone have new contact data? What happened?

    Alfred Vacano is the longtime president of the Switzerland AOAI chapter and is listed in the last page of any Avanti Magazine issue.  I don't know how frequently he uses his email, but a.vacano@gmx.ch should get to him, and his phone number is also on the last page of any magazine.  But I have not heard from him for some time.

  11.  

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of ERISA — the Employee Retirement Income Security Act — which regulates and safeguards workers enrolled in private pension plans. Before 1974, private company pension plans, which date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, were informally administered, had little oversight or requirements, had no controls and were targets for corruption.

    It took several high-profile pension failures and inadequacies to spur the law that now protects the more than 75% of workers enrolled in company pension plans. That’s where the Avanti and form South Bend UAW Local 5 Lester Fox enter the picture.

     

    https://insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/50-years-of-erisa

  12. On 5/16/2024 at 3:18 PM, Joemama said:

    Selling the whole car. Pretty complete. Missing the front windshield. Interior is pretty shot. Complete drive train, body, bumpers. Not parting out. Must take the whole car. $2,500

    Do you have any pictures of the car, exterior, interior and under hood that you can post? 

  13. 10 hours ago, mfg said:

    The extra weight of the power window assy seems to exasperate the broken door hinge area issue… which is unfortunately somewhat common on Studebaker Avantis….

    Personally, I would attempt repair of the original door.. I have done this job before.. The trick is to cut away the fiberglass area with the access holes to put your socket wrench through to access hinge- to-door bolts… Then make the actual repair by roughing up the fiberglass and adding a layer of fiberglass cloth over damaged area… To make repair ‘bulletproof’, rivet a piece of thin sheet metal over repaired area….(holes drilled in metal)…Then fiberglass the outer piece back on.

    That's what I did some years ago!  

  14. That would have been George Dimitsas with Olympus Avanti who had made and sold stainless steel hog troughs/torque boxes.   He moved to Sevierville, Tennessee about 10-15 years ago.   He only had them made and sold, but not installed.  Olympus Avanti ads and contact information are in Avanti Magazine.  His ad still lists the torque boxes. 

     

  15. On 6/21/2024 at 11:41 AM, Mark L said:

    Found online, not mine. There's a package deal for two Avantis for sale west of Portland, OR. One is a restoration project, a 63 R1 with automatic, power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, and radio. White exterior with turquoise interior. The other is a parts car.

    https://portland.craigslist.org/yam/cto/d/yamhill-1963-studebaker-avanti-projects/7757277036.html

     

    No longer listed on Craigslist in Oregon.   Must have been sold. 

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