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In Thursday's (Dec. 18, '08) Chicago Sun-Times online blog, movie critic and Studebaker driver Roger Ebert posts a great journal of his Studebaker history:
Andy Granatelli designed the Avanti engine, and, Wikipedia says, he drove
it to establish or break broke 34 U.S. land speed records. So timeless was
this sports car, its manufacture was continued until four year ago, and
even now plans ...
Here is the link: Roger Ebert's Journal
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Happy Birthiday, Jack!!!
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Check out the story in the links below about Raymond Loewy, posted today, Nov. 5, the day he was born:
View this slideshow with mention of the late Laurence Loewy.
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I received a call early Thursday morning from Laurence's husband, David, informing me that Laurence had passed away peacefully in her sleep overnight Wednesday/Thursday morning. She had been having some medical problems over the last couple of years. She was 55.
As most of you are aware, her father was Raymond Loewy, lead designer of the Studebaker Avanti and the man often credited as being the "Father of Industrial Design."
There will be a visitation Monday, October 20 at the H.M. Patterson's & Sons Funeral Home, 1157 Old Canton Road NE, Marietta, Ga., 30068
Call the funeral home at 770-977-9485 for visitation times on Monday, which have not yet been set.
A funeral mass will be held at St. Anns Catholic Church, 4905 Roswell Road, Marietta, GA at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 .
A reception at the church will follow.
If I get any more information, I'll make sure to pass it on to all of you.
Those that knew Laurence for any length of time will truly miss her and the tireless work she continued for herself and to keep the memory and great designs of her father alive.
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Most AOAI members are familiar with Christine, Nick Berger's 1963 custom Avanti in Southern California.
He sent me a brief description and this photo that I am attaching of his new custom door panels. Nick also took pictures thruout the process.
As U know Nick can not get to our forum site on his ancient computer. He has email, but that is about it. I told him that I would at least post a picture for him.
You can reach him directly at: califdrmning@juno.com
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While looking through the iTunes music store, I found this song:
Anyone ever hear of this song by country artist Wailin Elroys of Cheap Motels? I never have!!
Lew
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I am passing this on to the group for AOAI board member Steve Cabella.
He got a call today from an ad agency / car wrangler in l.a. who needs a 63 or 64 avanti for a photo shoot for one day. it pays $400. he would consider a convertible if he can't get an earlier model.
anybody in l.a. have a spare day? the car is insured for the day and there is some food too.
he is looking for a silver, black, white or gray ONLY. no customs.....(sorry nick)
his name is gabriel and the number in l.a. is 213 369 0281 and call him anytime and tell him i said to call about the photo shoot rental.
regards, steve
steve cabella
stevecabella@mac.com
www.eamescollector.com
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Courtesy Mike Barany, here is the letter from South Bend's mayer:
Office of the Mayor
NEWS RELEASE
May 15, 2008
3p.m.
South Bend Lathe demolition gets under way Monday
Contact: Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications & Special Projects, 235-5855 or 876-1564 or Ann Kolata, Senior Redevelopment Specialist, 235-9371
When lane restrictions begin Monday along Sample Street near South Bend Police Headquarters, many months of preparation for demolition of a prominent structure in the former Studebaker Corridor will become visible.
The former South Bend Lathe Plant, a 500,000-square-foot structure at 400 W. Sample St., will begin coming down over the next few months. The building is the most visible remnant of the Studebaker complex, obscuring acres of already cleared land from the daily view of motorists.
One lane of traffic will flow in each direction May 19-30 as crews begin removal of asbestos and other hazardous materials in Phase I of work before beginning on demolition of the structure itself in June.
“This demolition will have a very visible impact on the entire area. It will open up the land for new jobs, new investment and new pride,” Mayor Stephen J. Luecke said. “With the decision by the world’s leading computer-chip makers to invest in key nanoelectronics research in our area, we are preparing the former Studebaker corridor for the commercialization of that research. In the same way that the railroads, the Oliver Chilled Plow and the Studebaker automobile changed this city, the Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures will move us into a new age and a new international prominence.”
When the Studebaker Corridor is cleared, the site will be prepared as a new campus for industries that will commercialize the findings of nanoelectronics research at the Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures at the University of Notre Dame. In March, Notre Dame was selected by a consortium of the world’s leading computer chip makers to host the fourth, and probably the final, U.S. nanoelectronics research center.
The City of South Bend, beyond commitments made with Notre Dame and the state to secure the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative, will invest tens of millions of dollars to support nanoelectronics commercialization in the former Studebaker corridor. IBM, Intel and officials from firms in the consortium said the city’s commitment was key in locating a fourth center in the South Bend area.
The 82-acre Studebaker site, southeast of Chapin and Sample streets, is being developed following intense community planning efforts since 2000 to remove former industrial buildings and remediate the state’s largest brownfield site. Along with Innovation Park @ Notre Dame, a 12-acre site south of campus at Edison Road and Twyckenham Drive, the former Studebaker Corridor is part of the City of South Bend’s application for the first two-site State Certified Technology Park in Indiana.
In January, Michigan-based J&L Management Corp. was awarded a $2.9 million contract to demolish the former South Bend Lathe facility. Not only was the firm the lowest of six contractors bidding in a range that reached nearly $10 million, J&L Management in interviews with city officials agreed to complete what was projected to be an 18-month project in 12 months.
This 15-acre site represents about 20 percent of land and structures in the Studebaker corridor’s Area A. The project will bring the total demolition in the entire Studebaker corridor to nearly 2 million square feet with another 1 million square feet in the Oliver Plow area.
The former South Bend Lathe facility was built in 1917 as the machine shop and engine plant of the Studebaker Corp., with additions in the 1930s and 1950s. South Bend Lathe moved to the site in 1965 when Studebaker went out of business. The firm grew to become the world’s leading manufacturer of precision lathes, employing 900 at its peak. South Bend Lathe stopped production on the site in May 2002.
The Sample Street facility has been vacant since 2003, but South Bend Lathe has continued to provide jobs in the community from a new location on Bendix Drive near the airport.
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Old Studebaker Building in South Bend Set to Come Down
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
A building that once housed the engine plant of the Studebaker Corp. in South Bend will start to come down in the next few months. The City of South Bend says lane restrictions will begin Monday to prepare for the demolition of the 500,000 square-foot structure. The building is the most visible remnant of the Studebaker complex. It was built in 1917. Studebaker went out of business in 1965, and that's when South Bend Lathe moved in. The company stopped production on the site in May 2002.
The City of South Bend is redeveloping the area as a new campus for industries that will commercialize the findings of nanoelectronics research at the Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures at the University of Notre Dame.
When lane restrictions begin Monday along Sample Street near South Bend Police Headquarters, many months of preparation for demolition of a prominent structure in the former Studebaker Corridor will become visible.
The former South Bend Lathe Plant, a 500,000-square-foot structure at 400 W. Sample St., will begin coming down over the next few months. The building is the most visible remnant of the Studebaker complex, obscuring acres of already cleared land from the daily view of motorists.
One lane of traffic will flow in each direction May 19-30 as crews begin removal of asbestos and other hazardous materials in Phase I of work before beginning on demolition of the structure itself in June.
“This demolition will have a very visible impact on the entire area. It will open up the land for new jobs, new investment and new pride,” Mayor Stephen J. Luecke said. “With the decision by the world’s leading computer-chip makers to invest in key nanoelectronics research in our area, we are preparing the former Studebaker corridor for the commercialization of that research. In the same way that the railroads, the Oliver Chilled Plow and the Studebaker automobile changed this city, the Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures will move us into a new age and a new international prominence.”
When the Studebaker Corridor is cleared, the site will be prepared as a new campus for industries that will commercialize the findings of nanoelectronics research at the Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures at the University of Notre Dame. In March, Notre Dame was selected by a consortium of the world’s leading computer chip makers to host the fourth, and probably the final, U.S. nanoelectronics research center.
The City of South Bend, beyond commitments made with Notre Dame and the state to secure the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative, will invest tens of millions of dollars to support nanoelectronics commercialization in the former Studebaker corridor. IBM, Intel and officials from firms in the consortium said the city’s commitment was key in locating a fourth center in the South Bend area.
The 82-acre Studebaker site, southeast of Chapin and Sample streets, is being developed following intense community planning efforts since 2000 to remove former industrial buildings and remediate the state’s largest brownfield site. Along with Innovation Park @ Notre Dame, a 12-acre site south of campus at Edison Road and Twyckenham Drive, the former Studebaker Corridor is part of the City of South Bend’s application for the first two-site State Certified Technology Park in Indiana.
In January, Michigan-based J&L Management Corp. was awarded a $2.9 million contract to demolish the former South Bend Lathe facility. Not only was the firm the lowest of six contractors bidding in a range that reached nearly $10 million, J&L Management in interviews with city officials agreed to complete what was projected to be an 18-month project in 12 months.
This 15-acre site represents about 20 percent of land and structures in the Studebaker corridor’s Area A. The project will bring the total demolition in the entire Studebaker corridor to nearly 2 million square feet with another 1 million square feet in the Oliver Plow area.
The former South Bend Lathe facility was built in 1917 as the machine shop and engine plant of the Studebaker Corp., with additions in the 1930s and 1950s. South Bend Lathe moved to the site in 1965 when Studebaker went out of business. The firm grew to become the world’s leading manufacturer of precision lathes, employing 900 at its peak. South Bend Lathe stopped production on the site in May 2002.
The Sample Street facility has been vacant since 2003, but South Bend Lathe has continued to provide jobs in the community from a new location on Bendix Drive near the airport.
Source: City of South Bend
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Tim, would you post a picture here of the engine in your Avanti?? You sent me exterior images for the magazine articles we did from your book tour, but I never saw the engine compartment. I almost bought a '69 Avanti back in the 1980s, but another one of our members here bought it instead. So I remember what the engine looked like.
Lew
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Ordered the book today - are these ready to ship now?
James
No. As the book page in our shopping cart says, they will not be available until April 1.
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Check out our updated AOAI homepage that features links to the new book being published by Avanti historian and former Avant Magazine editor John Hull. The new Issue 141 magazine went in the mail on Tuesday this week and includes a review of John's new book.
There's an image of the new magazine cover further down on the AOAI homepage too.
Also note that for the first time, the AOAI is selling a single CD-ROM with all 141 issues of Avanti newsletters and magazines spanning from 1965 with the AOAI was first formed in southern California, to our current Winter/Spring Issue #141 that is now in the mail.
Links to both in our secure shopping cart are with those items on the homepage.
Lew
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I hope this is the proper place for this inquiry. I inherited an email seeking a shop in the Dallas area with the experience/capability to change a torque box on a '78 Avanti. I have not done this myself and do not know of anyone who has. Does anyone out there have a suggestion?
Bob:
Look up the excellent how-to articles in Avanti Magazine Issue 134 (Spring-Summer 2006); one by AOAI members Thomas Gipe and the other by Ernie Wolf. Thom did it himself in his well-optioned shop, and Ernie worked with a local shop to replace the hog troughs. They did it in both a 1982 and 1983 Avanti.
After reading the article, you will quickly learn about whether you want to tackle the job yourself, like Thom did, or work with a shop to get the job done, like Ernie did.
Lew
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Check out this blog in the NY Times on Raymond Loewy's custom-bodied Lincoln that was sold last week at the Gooding & Co. auction in Scottsdale, Ariz.:
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Yes, it could be an optical illusion, but I'd bet that it is a poor artists's rendering!! When that ad was originally made, we all know that Studebaker was hemorrhaging money, but it must have been worse than we think!! They hired amateur artists!
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The book is also listed on Amazon.com, but at this link here: http://www.aoai.org/isell/, the AOAI is the only place to order the book both at a discounted price, AND AUTOGRAPHED signed copy by the author.
I've seen proofs of the book and it really is well done and the definitive book on the Avanti.
Also, The author was employed by Avanti Motor Corporation in Villa Rica Georgia from November of 1999 to July of 2001. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians, the Avanti Owners Association International Inc. and the Studebaker Drivers Club.
We'll have a review in the next issue of Avanti Magazine and will offer special introductory prices for AOAI and SDC members for both the book or a personally signed copy. You'll be able to order it from the magazine or the AOAI website for these special prices, and get a signed copy too.
Lew
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Avanti R3 5642 was indeed in Toronto and was the #8 of the nine total R3 factory cars.
It was owned by Dick Marty in Toronto and was featured in Avanti Magazine Issue 122, the Spring/Summer issue of 2003. I do not know if it was sold, but I don't think so.
According to the 2003 Avanti Magazine article, this Avanti's first owner was an Ohio Studebaker dealer, George Krem owned it second, followed by it's current owner in Toronto.
Lew
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hi im a new guy to the forum and cant seem to be able to post a message.....i go to my controls write out the message but cant seem to post it....can you help me...thanks dave waters.
Dave, you just posted your comment to the forum!!
Lew
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I mostly wanted to check out how the file attachment feature of this forum is working.
Enjoy this old advertisement, courtesy of Gateway AOAI member Ed Meyer.
Lew
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Thanx, Lew. The site is greatly improved. Sorry it took my complaining ... but glad I did!!
Ernie
Ernie:
In addition to the change in the forum software, we are also serving the site on brand new Intel Xserve servers, which are really fast.
Lew
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Actually, we had a problem on the forum this morning, and I talked to the software supplier, Invision Power, who made a change which brought the forum back online (it had been showing an error page when you tried to visit the forum) and the change they made seems to have GREATLY sped up the page response time.
I need to talk to them again this evening and/or Monday morning, but it seems much better for response time on all pages.
Lew
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To whom it may concern, thank you for the 4444_L formula refferral , I was able to proceed from that point and come up with a good formula and cosequently, a very good color match on the project, Allen
Allen, glad that it worked out for you and you got your correct paint!!
Lew
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Thanks for the reply.
I contacted the wholesaler where I purchased the car but he did not have any keys. I asked him to contact the previous owner but have not heard back yet.
I also ordered the shop manual so that I can remove any switches that I need to.
Does the trunk key match the ignition key?
George:
The ignition key is the same as the doors, so you only have to remove the ignition switch to use to make a key. That key will also open the doors.
The other "trunk key" is used for only the glove box door and console cover. (The trunk of course uses no key; you access the trunk by pulling the cable release behind the driver's seat at the far left edge of the back seat, just above the floor.)
Lew
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The car carrier has taken responsibility and will reimburse me for any costs associated with the new keys. I was just hoping for an easier solution.
Are the codes available anywhere?
George:
You can order a copy of the original factory production order for you Avanti from either the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, (574) 235-9714, or from Nostalgic Motors in Michigan (1-800-Avanti-X).
You just need to give them the car's serial number.
Listed on the production order are the Ignition Key number and the Trunk key number. (The trunk number is just for the glove box and console locks on an Avanti, of course).
These are four-digit numbers, so I'm not sure if a locksmith can decode this four-digit code, but is is worth a try.
Original keys are available from Studebaker International in Greenfield, Indiana, and also probably from Nostalgic Motors.
By the way, I noticed that you mention this is your first Avanti. Are you in the Avanti Owners Association and/or receiving our quarterly, 84 page color magazine? We also have been selling an Avanti Calendar, now in it's third year.
Good luck!!
Lew
Steering Wheel Question original style
in 1963-64 Avanti
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Yes, the steel inner core horizontal bars of the steering wheel are welded to the main round portion of the steering wheel inner core before they were incased in plastic.
My steering wheel was also loose because the welds broke. I had the steel welded again and was able to do this because the plastic cracked and was removed from the area behind the wheel at the joint.
Now that it is welded and strong, I'll use JB Weld to glue the plastic pieces back onto the wheel and once set up, refinish and paint.