lschuc
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Tom, must be something on your end.... I just added this JPG image. Can you just drag a JPEG image into the photo space at the bottom of the message window, like I just did with this screenshot showing how to add photos to a post?
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6 hours ago, mfg said:
Hey that sounds great!....I'll find a decent background and take some pics this coming weekend.....Thanks, Ed
No rush to get the photos... I won't really need them until spring.
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You should have brought it through the Chunnel and into France for the Weekend Loewy meeting in Raymond village Sept 1-3
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You should still be able to post more photos...
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Very nice looking Avanti!! Get some good pictures and submit it to me for the next Avanti calendar.
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oh meant to say False...
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On 8/26/2017 at 8:47 AM, mfg said:
Hard to believe!.....................Just a few days ago a seized Paxton supercharger, used Avanti R2 type carb air bonnet, rusty R2 type air cleaner, a couple used hoses, and the Avanti type side mount supercharger mounting bracket/tension arm assembly sold for $5100.00 on e-bay!!!!!................
Buyer said it was all about obtaining that NLA side mount blower bracket!
What's the link to that ebay auction?
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Wow... now in England! Avanti as a world-traveler !
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I found the issue online.... here is a screenshot of the page. Thanks for letting us know about the Loewy reference! !
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True.... It has the Hurst shifter installed as it sits in the Studebaker Museum today.
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I thought they were/are Magnum 500s.
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Matt, you might want to purchase the AOAI's 1963-1964 Avanti Authenticity Manual. It is over 350 pages with color photographs on most every page, and can show the correct routing of hoses and wires, as well as how various things mount to the engine and on the rest of the car. You can get it online here: https://www.aoai.org/shop/product.php?productid=45&cat=0&page=&featured=Y
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Hint: The correct answer is in Avanti Magazine Issue #171, Summer/Fall 2015. And the number in the choices above is the high range. Get out your magazines and re-read.
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Lancer, Schuyler is right... go with a major transporter and deal direct with them. It might cost a little more, but they use their own trucks and trailers and normally don't drop the car off somewhere else to another driver. Reliable Transport, Passport Transport are great to deal with, as is Intercity and Horseless Carriage.
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It's near you in Stafford, VA, owner is in Derwood, MD
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Dennis Richard Gallatin, who went by his middle name, Richard, died March 16, 2017 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Richard created and ran the website, TheAvanti.net (formerly TheAvanti.com) in the early 2000s and continued cataloging maintaining the site until shortly before his death. Avanti Magazine Issue 179 is in production and should be in the mail next week. We have a full obituary on Richard Gallatin in the magazine.
He was 72 and died from cancer of the liver and esophagus. A graveside service was held Saturday, March 25 at Fairfax Memorial Park in Fairfax, Virginia. Memorial contributions maybe be made in his name to Capital Caring Hospice, Resource Development Dept., 2900 Telestar Court, Falls Church, VA 22042.
Although his email and website are no longer active, the AOAI will publish his complete website as a link off of our site in the near future, as a continuing memorial and legacy to Richard.
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He was driving a (think this is the correct year car) 2002 Mercedes Kompressor coupe. Before the Mercedes, he owned an red Acura NSX
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Scott and R1Lark..... You're correct. Photos were reprinted on page 48 of Avanti Magazine Issue 128 Fall/Winter 2004. They were reprinted from the Petersen Publishing Complete Books of Engine Swapping. And someone did indeed removed an R4 engine from a 1963 Avanti and replace it with an Oldsmobile 455.
Of course, no Avanti came from the factory with a dual four-barrel R4 engine, but this was Southern California, and the Avanti owner most likely bought the R4 engine from Granatelli's Paxton Products. I'm guessing that something broke inside the R4 engine, and that is the reason it got replaced with the 455.
Any guesses who the man is that's leaning on the passenger side fender?
this magazine is now available as either a digital version or you can order a bound, printed copy from the magazine page of the AOAI webisite: http://www.aoai.org/magazine/
Wonder where this car is today?
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Still looking for a few good, high resolution photos for the next Avanti calendar. Send photos that are sharp, have a good background and has no identifiable people in the photos. Also send a detail photo of the car interior or engine compartment. Avantis from the 1970s and 1980s are expecially needed, and maybe from the 2000s.
We like to feature cars that have not already been in a previous calendar.
Also include a 3 or 4 short paragraphs about your Avanti's history, when you got it, serial number and any featuers.
Email the photos and description to me at editor@aoai.org. Thanks!
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Here are three photos of Brad's R2 with air from above, these showing the belt wrap for the compressor, Paxton and mini one wire alternator. This is using an aluminum radiator with electric fan operated automatically by an electronic fan controller. The fan comes on at a set temperature normally, but also is turned on with the AC. All the brackets and the pulleys are Brad's custom engineering.
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The link is there for anyone to get the digital pages.
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Does anyone know what happened to Richard Gallatin, the creator and webmaster of theavanti.net? It is not working for me today, and doesn't go anywhere. I tried to email Richard, using 3 email accounts that have worked for him in the past, but the messages are all returned as undeliverable. Hope he is OK.
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More content will be coming... photo galleries and more! Stay tuned!
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So.. where is that Avanti today?
Dick Vaux
in Avanti Pub
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You can Dick's Avanti in the video at the bottom of the AOAI home page: https://www.aoai.org Click on the arrow in the middle of the image to start the video.