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9 hours ago, mfg said:
As a side note..a Mopar friend of Mine's eyes popped out when he saw the factory brake booster on my '63 Avanti....It's exactly the same as the one Chrysler used on his '69 Dodge Daytona. which he thought was an extremely rare unit!
They are not exactly the same.
The Dodge is 8 inches in diameter,
The Avanti is 8 3/4 inches in diameter.
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Number 4 is the vacuum line to the throttle kicker used on the original Carter AFB.
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11 hours ago, DON GURY said:
Thank you for all your help. Cannot find the color code anywhere. Looks like the going to a paint supply house.
This may help in your search.
GM / General Motors Colonial Yellow / #eed69a Hex Color Code The hexadecimal color code #eed69a is a light shade of yellow. In the RGB color model #eed69a is comprised of 93.33% red, 83.92% green and 60.39% blue. In the HSL color space #eed69a has a hue of 43° (degrees), 71% saturation and 77% lightness.
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This Service Letter may help.
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Studebaker purchased Paxton Products.
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This problem was corrected in mid 1961 production for V8 engines.
Studebaker used a smaller oil passage in the rocker arm shafts to restrict oil to the top end and a larger drain hole in the heads to get the oil back to the pan more quickly.
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43 minutes ago, Leo B said:
Thank you regnalbob.👍
SI sells these to Standard Trans. This means that three speed T-10 is standard. Didnt think that.🤔
To clarify, the grommets were only used on 3 speed column shift transmissions.
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Those grommets were used on three speed transmissions.
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9 hours ago, Dunkin said:
What size well nuts for the mirror? The instructions say drill 3/8" hole and the screw size is 3/8", so I am confused. Thank you.
The well nuts use a 10-32 x 1.25 inch Phillips oval head screw.
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The 66-67 Roster does not show Edward Albert as a member and the cars are not listed by serial number, only by year, model and color.
The 1970 Roster does not show him as a member.
Also 63R-1204 and 63R-1889 are not listed.
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Edward Albert is listed in the 1986 Roster as owning 63R-1889.
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R 5642 sold for $104,500 at Sotheby's Auction in September, 2019.
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From the 1976 Roster.
Edward V. Albert
4486 Monahan Rd.
La Mesa, CA 92041
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The change was made at a body number and not a serial number.
My Avanti is R4137 and body number RQ-2998. Built April, 1963
R4341 has body number RQ-3011. Built May, 1963
R4130 has a South Bend body, RQ-5190. Built April, 1963
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2 hours ago, mfg said:
I believe that the inner construction hood cross brace was eliminated on the '64 Studebaker Avanti (square light) models due to the R3 engine option (with air box) coming on line....?
The hood brace was eliminated during the 1963 model year.
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Without some documentation there is no way to know for sure when it was placed in service as a demonstrator or when it was sold.
It could have been placed in service in October or a later date.
Studebaker paid some incentives to dealers at the end of the model year and this may one of them.
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On 10/30/2023 at 12:18 PM, DWR46 said:
My Avanti Factory Invoice shows it was Invoiced to a San Diego, CA dealer on October 18, 1962. However, the invoice is also stamped in the lower center section "AVANTI DEMO" with a $200.00 notation and the date August 14, 1963. Can some of the Avanti historians tell me what this means. Obviously I would assume the dealer used the car as a demonstrator and possibly did not actually sell the car to a final customer until August 1963. Does the "$200.00" notation mean the factory reduced the final invoice amount by $200.00, but that was 10 months after the date of the invoice? Did the car come back to the factory for an "update" before being finally sold? Hopefully the experts on the forum can tell me how this process worked and what this all means.
The $200.00 would be a credit to the dealer when the Avanti was put into service as a demonstrator.
The Avanti could have been in stock for several months, however it would not qualify for the credit until the dealer registered it with Studebaker's Demonstrator Program.
From Studebaker:
" The retail purchaser of any vehicles previously used as a demonstrator is entitled to any mileage or time period remaining in the warranty, calculated from the date the vehicle was first placed in service as a demonstrator"
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Standard Motor Products RC-1
Standard Motor Products RC-1 Standard Motor Radio Capacitors | Summit Racing
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Remember that there is a right and a left.
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It's attached with three pal nuts.
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7 hours ago, Dan Williams said:
I have a 1972 Avanti II RQB 1882 with round headlight trim as was used on 1963 production. Was there an option to have round headlight trim in 1972 or 1973 when these cars were built?
The round headlight was not listed as a regular production option. However, it may have been a special order.
The build sheet might verify if it was factory installed. They are available from Dan Booth at Nostalgic Motor Cars, 248 349-4884
Most likely it was installed by a previous owner.
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3 hours ago, Leo B said:
There has never been any glue in this trunk. I cleaned it up and painted the worn areas with matte black. I also cleaned and painted the antenna ground. Also new felt pieces. Since the wheel wrench is under the carpet, it cannot be under the glue. The drilled holes show no signs of anything being in them. The fabric is probably held in place with the spare tire cover. I will use some holes to install carpet fasteners and I cover the rest of the holes.
This Avanti had carpet only on bottom area.
BTW. I found original trunk tools.
Those holes are not factory. The floor carpet had a vinyl strip attached to the edge and was glued to the edge of the spare tire well.
The rest of the carpet was not glued.
The carpet on the tire cover also had a vinyl strip and was stapled to the cover.
Dual master cylinder on a 63 Avanti
in 1963-64 Avanti
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Try doing some research Eddy!