Gunslinger
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Contact Mike Myer at Myer's Studebaker. He's a VintageAir dealer and has installed many VintageAir units in Avantis...including the '70 I owned. He can provide everything needed and all the advice necessary.
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It looks more like Avanti II seat upholstery...Studebakers didn't use that pattern even if it is similar. Avanti Motors used similar for years but an owner could order a different number of pleats, whether they went completely to the top of the back or to the front of the seat base, etc.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if that seat cover came from Avanti Motors...or at least the upholstery came from Avanti Motors and a local shop put it together.
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Is the noise you hear a constant or does it go up and down with the engine rpms? If it's constant it's ignition noise. If it changes with engine rpms it's alternator whine. An appropriate noise elimination condenser at the distributor or the alternator may fix the problem. A noise filter being added under the dash in the radio power lead might help as well but it may not be necessary of the others do the job.
Check the antenna ground and make sure it's a solid connection and not corroded. The antenna may also need to be "trimmed" which is done at the radio itself. Its pretty much a lost art but easy to do depending on the radio.
To "Trim" the antenna, remove the tuning knob of the radio and the escutcheon behind it...you should see a small screw just behind and above the shaft. Set the radio to as strong a station as you can find around 1400 on the dial. Turn the screw until you get the best signal and the antenna is trimmed. After so many years it would not be unusual to find this necessary.
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Oil temperature?
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I would think the fender skirts...if they weren't installed entirely flush with the body then airflow could pull them off or turbulence from inside the tire well could force them to fail.
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Gotta agree with Gary..published Avanti Motors history shows a base price of $7200. The difference between that and Studebaker's base MSRP for an Avanti ($4445) is $2755.
There are discrepancies in the history of the Avanti II base price. According to John Hull's "Avanti...The Complete Story", the initial MSRP was $7200 which would make the difference $2755 as Studegary said...but the first published price sheet wasn't until August 1, 1965 which lowered the MSRP to $6575 by leaving off items that were standard and now made to be options. That MSRP would make for a difference of $2130 with Studebaker's MSRP of $4445...which is not a choice given. Seven months later the MSRP was changed again...to $6041.01 which made for a difference of $1596.01 between Studebaker MSRP...again...not one of the above choices.
The changes Avanti Motors made in the MSRP really don't matter...it's on record the initial MSRP was $7200...that minus Studebaker's MSRP of $4445 is $2755 as Studegary said. If solid documentation...not the statement of a "noted Avanti historian" without documentation to back his statement up...I'm willing to change my answer.
We all know that Avanti history is always in flux...accepted histories have shown to be wrong as further investigation and found documents have shown. I realize that accepting something just because someone says it in print doesn't necessarily makes it correct...but it's what we have to go on until something is found to change it. It can come under the heading of "I read it on the Internet so it must be right!"
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Not positive but I think it was either a strictly boost gauge or a fuel pressure gauge.
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Only if it was a dual point distributor. The Avanti points were substantially the same as the '60s Hemi...there was a slight difference but were interchangeable.
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I believe those bodies were made from kevlar rather than fiberglass.
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Other than a couple of prototypes, 1987-'89 and 2001-2007.
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Only prototype Avantis had the dash mounted mirror and the different steering wheel center cap. Production cars were different...but never say never. You can never know for sure what Studebaker was doing with Avantis...particularly very early or possibly very late cars to use up parts.
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It's not listed in the current 2020/2021 AOAI membership roster.
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With the '70 I owned, the speed shop installer had to fabricate a new bracket and switches for the swap from a PowerShift to the 700R4. You're also gonna need a shifter quadrant from a later Avanti that came originally with the overdrive transmission or the shifter won't line up properly. Dan Booth at Nostalgic should have everything needed.
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I have these window regulator mechanisms to sell...at least some of the parts are NOS...some maybe not but due to their age they might be. I'm not saying all the parts are present but they substantially are. These are for power windows...not manual. $135 for all and I'll pay the shipping.
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Nice article...condensed as you said. Here's the link to click on...Avanti article.
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One of the cars that had the dash and console inlays changed to black when the intended finish didn't work out.
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Avanti Motors advertised they would paint a new car in any automotive color available. That Cadillac may have been popular might be a preference by Nate Altman or buyers. GM often offered the exact same colors from every division but each had a different name depending whether it was Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile or Buick...maybe the Cadillac colors were exclusive to the division within the GM structure.
The '70 Avanti I owned was a Cadillac color from the factory as well...Dark Walnut I believe but it was silver when I purchased the car.
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That depends on what brand cruise control is on the car. It might be a GM unit or aftermarket. Calling Dan Booth at Nostalgic would be a good move...he was an Avanti dealer and purchased all their parts inventory when Avanti Motors moved to Youngstown.
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Was that one the custom Avanti JJ Caffaro had made for his wife?
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When Steve Blake purchased the company there were some styling changes that included the body color impact absorbing bumpers and the rectangular headlights. They began in the '84 body year I believe. The rectangular headlights stayed through the end of production for the 1991 model year.
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I got the valve covers from Ansen valve covers...they laser engraved the Avanti script onto the covers.
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This is what I had done to the '70 Avanti I owned...https://www.studebaker-info.org/Tech/bblum/bblum210911.html. Go to a speed shop and talk with them and see what they can do for you.
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You'll need a transmission adapter plate...they're custom made and sold by a few of the vendors who specialize in Studebaker's and Avantis. Mike Myer at Myer's Studebaker sells an exceptional adapter...there's at least one other excellent one from Fairborne Studebaker. You'll also need a different starter and I'm pretty sure have your transmission shaft modified. You might consider a new driveshaft made of aluminum...less unsprung weight and less rotating mass and will help with performance.
If you call and talk to Mike Myer he can fill you in on everything related to doing the swap and answer any questions.
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It was during the 1977 model year that Avanti Motors ran out of original Avanti frames and began using lighter gauge frames from the Lark series with stiffeners added where necessary as well as the "X" welded into it as the original frame had. Avantis RQB2596 and RQB2599 received the new frames at first then the new frame was used continuously beginning with RQB2607. Cars weren't always built in numerical order so that explains why there are gaps in where the new frames were used.
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in 1965-83 Avanti
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The first Avanti II factory equipped with the GM 350 as RQ-A0315.