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Contact George at Olympus Avanti. I saw these window switches at his South Bend swap meet tables last weekend. His contact information is in his full page ad in the last several issues of Avanti Magazine.
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The AOAI memorabilia committee has what is probably the only tractor feed computer printout of virtually all the parts used for the 1990 Avanti four-door cars. Let me know here what you're looking for and when we usually meet once a week, I can look up the part number.
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8 hours ago, mfg said:
The P.O. for Fleming's 63R1728 indicates that it's very similar to Lew's 63R1250 Avanti.....'Avanti Black' with black and fawn interior.
63R1728 was equipped with the R2 engine...I believe Lew's Avanti is R1 powered......Both automatics.
But my '63 black Avanti is an R1 and was built much earlier than the one supposedly sent to England. Mine was the 250th Avanti produced and the 15th black car with black and fawn interior.
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It was not the first black Avanti. My black '63 R1 is 63R-1250, and was the 15th black car.... but the first black car with a black & fawn interior.
I've heard not long ago that Ian Fleming's car may be somewhere in Spain, but no confirmation yet.
Lew
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Wow... where did you find this information? As far as I have heard, no one knew the car's serial number or engine number.
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if so, it is not even listed on my theavanticom site: http://www.theavanti.com/fleming.html
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Ian Fleming's Avanti?? I didn't realize that this was the serial number!
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Gary, it is more work than even I imagined!!
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It is now 10 am Tuesday, April 30 and was up very late (or early this morning) fixing a number of issues with tech support from the very good people at our software supplier. It seems that everything is fixed and working. I am still testing, but think we're over the hurdle.
Lew
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MFG, just trying to reply to this to trouble shoot the forum problems.
Lew
PS: it works... for now..
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Thanks Bob!! 👍
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In order to get better service from our web hosting provider and much better features and website security, I backed up our AOAI Avanti forum and database early last week and transferred everything to a new, faster and more secure web server and finally got everything changed over and online.
But because there was about a week delay in getting the forum and the rest of the AOAI website working from the new web server, any forum topics from the last week are not included. The latest posts are from March 31 and April 1, depending on the category.
I am sorry that some topics or replies from the last week or two are not available, but in the long run, we should see a much better and secure website, both for this forum, as well as the main AOAI.org website and also the new, improved and more secure shopping system at aoai.org/shop .
You may remember last month with the forum and the rest of our websites were offline for a few days because of hackers that loaded malware into our systems. I got the site cleaned up and operating again, but decided to install new version of our shopping system and forum making them more secure, as well as moving to new web servers with more built-in security features and faster response time.
Friday, April 26 update: After applying a software update early Wednesday morning, the update stalled and blew up the forum files. I got everything restored to the forum early this morning and the forum is back online. But like I mentioned Wednesday before the forum went down, there are forum topics that are not here between April 1 and April 23, the time it took to get everything in place, for the regular website, aoai.org, and the new, improved and more secure internet shopping system.
There are still a number of housekeeping items I need to do on the site, but hoping you all have the site available for a long time!
Again, I'm sorry for any delay or inconvenience. Hoping for better service in the long run.
Lew
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37 minutes ago, studegary said:
Thank you for your efforts on this. Even though it can be frustrating, I understand.
Thanks Gary.... and yes, frustrating and very much time-consuming. But I'm working on what should be a more permanent and secure solution for the future.
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I am sorry for anyone that has been puzzled or inconvenienced the last few days, since Sunday (March 24) when our AOAI forum was offline with various issues.
We finally got the AOAI forum back online on Wednesday with a few times when it went offline for various issues. It might be a little slow for awhile as the server reindexes the site. Last week, we had to clean out and delete malware that looked like it originated from Chinese hackers. We got the main AOAI site working earlier in the week but in updating the forum on Saturday evening, some of the updated scripts kept the forum from being viewed. We got the forum back online today from backups from earlier on Saturday, and it looks like everything is there, although there might be a couple posts that where written late Saturday that might have been lost.
Part of the problem is that the updated forum software relies on updated script versions, but the shopping cart has to use the older script versions on the server side. As an aside, I'm working to move the site to a different, better and even more secure server host that should provide better and faster load times through a dedicated IP address that will also host a new and improved and even more secure internet sales app for joining or renewing memberships. This will take a little time to fully complete, but first on the move will be the forum.
As we seemed to have zeroed in on the source of the malware from China, that country has been a huge problem, and still remains a huge problem and cannot be trusted. A friend in the Washington DC area who used to teach Marketing at Georgetown University, said at the time that a senior official from the legal department at Department of Commerce come to talk to the students about legal protection for global branding. He said 95% of all international cases stemmed from China. (Also, I read a report a few years ago…China is expanding it’s military at a rate four times faster than Russia at the height of the cold war.)
Hopefully the site will respond better as the day goes on the the forum finishes indexing itself.
Please be patient. We/I am spending a LOT of time to keep things working for the AOAI, most of which is all volunteer time.
Lew
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Yes, just noticed the video of the headlight glass being made.
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You will soon be able to buy the rear quarter window rubber seals sometime this month or at latest, hopefully in April.
See their website for these and other very high quality Avanti parts at: https://endurancebuiltproducts.com/
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Mike's business address and phone number are in his full page ad in recent Avanti Magazine issues.
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New rear quarter window seals are being made exactly like the originals and better than the former window seals that have not been available for several years. They should be for sale soon. message me with your contact information and I'll let you know when available. The first two samples are on a 1963 gray Avanti that is just about finished with a frame off restoration and will be at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance next month. The quarter window seals fit perfectly.
Lew
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I've seen these repro sun visors and they do look good, but the visors are not as soft as the originals. The material is somewhat more dense or harder. Also, as received, the fawn dye was flaking off. We had to remove the dye and scuff the visor before spraying fawn dye to cover it. Whoever dyed the new visors did not scuff the visors or prep them well for the dye to stick.
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On 1/8/2019 at 7:06 PM, mfg said:
That white Avanti has a nice 'look'!
This white Avanti won the Gold award in the 2016 Muscle Car and Corvette National show in the street modified class. It beat out a number of very nice, well done cars.
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Stacey, I don't have any more ignition keys with the Avanti logo in the head of the key, but have more trunk/console keys with a round head.. These also have the Avanti logo. there is a slight difference in the main part of the key, but can probably be made to work in the doors and ignition with a little modification, mostly just filing the long groove in the side of the key, although depending on your car, that may not be neccessary.
Lew
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On 12/30/2018 at 4:49 PM, WayneC said:
OK, thanks, sorry, obviously I got confused. I re-sent it to M&M
BTW, in looking at my profile, I am reaching the limit on attachments (photos, etc)... many are from posts that are quite old, doesn't appear to allow me to delete any, anyone know how I can get rid of some of these?
Wayne, you should be able to call up your old posts and delete the photos, or probably the entire post if you desire.... but first delete the photos in your old posts to make sure they are gone, then you can delete the post too if you wish.
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I have a blank ignition key for the 1987 Avanti. It looks like a GM key, with square head, but has the Avanti script logo on the head. It should work for 1988 and 1989 and 1990 models, although slight modifications may be needed.
Also have a bunch of trunk/glove box/console keys with the Avanti script logo. These are the GM style key with the round head, typically used for truck latches.
I can sell them for $5 each. ONLY 3 ignition keys left, but many of the trunk keys.
Lew
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Here's the link to buy the calendar: http://www.aoai.org/shop/product.php?productid=51
One year new U.S. membership: http://www.aoai.org/shop/product.php?productid=2
Air Pressure
in 1963-64 Avanti
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If the bubble is on the sidewall, It sounds like the tire has a broken belt and needs to be replaced. If left on the car, it could result in a blowout.