plwindish
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It's my understanding that engine selection changed as the ever increasing pollution regulations changed.
65-68 - 327's
69-71 - 350's
72-76 - 400's- some early 400's were 2 bbl carbs and later ones were 4 bbl.
77-80 - 350's again
81 - on - 305's
Wasn't 74 the last year for 4 speeds?
305's on the Silver Anniversary models were also supercharged.
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There is a similar thread on the Studebaker forum about the supercharged car. I remember seeing a picture or a Utube video of a supercharged Avanti, I believe red in color with a bubble type expansion of the hood that looked a little better than this hood enlargement.
There may not have been any other supercharged II's, but what about the 30th Anniversary Avantis? A supercharged example was at the IM in Dover.
Price-wise, if the seller gets any bids above 25K, I would be very surprised.
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I did my 76 with Fat Mat a couple of years ago. It does help reduce the road noise as well as insulating some heat coming back from the engine compartment.
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My understanding is that the hood support was moved to the other side with the Avanti II production.
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The Hawk.
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Gordon, Please keep us posted on your progress. I have an 89 rest-mod convertible. Wheel wise, Dayton Wheel Company in Dayton OH would be a source for wires. I also have a 76 that I put Dayton's on 2 years ago and have been happy with them, except for the cleaning. My 89 has American Torque Thrust Mag style wheels, 18's on the front and 20's on the back. PM me with your email and I'll send some pics of the 89's wheels as my pic files are larger than whats allowed to be uploaded on the forum.
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I was able to use enough graphite to loosen both locks up, but I went another route, due to having the (interior) electric door locks on my 76. I put a keyless entry on it that locks and unlocks the doors remotely as well as having a button for the trunk to open the trunk as well. It works great for the doors and brings it a little more into modern times and conveniences.
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That would have been a tall order, I'm assuming no.
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It is on the Avanti II's and later, so I'll bite and say yes it is.
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There was an 89 Avanti convertible at Dover that had a crate tunnel port(I think 350) supercharged with a Paxton unit. It also had a Gear Venders overdrive unit as well. There is a ton of room under the 89 hood due to the Caprice frame. It would not be as easy to do on an older II.
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1987?
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I have not heard of any of the Avanti II's having VIN #'s on the frame. BTW, I also have a 76 II with the VIN of 2392, a little ahead of the one you had.
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Wasn't the Avanti the first American car with curved side windows?
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Wasn't Ian Fleming a very early purchaser?
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I'm going from the published numbers, so no hard and fast proof of 97 sedans.
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Warren, Studebaker International has them in both the black background and also in the Silver background. The 1 3/4" size does work fine for putting on the wheel center caps. They've been on my 76 for two years and have not come off, so its a good adhesive.
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I did some googling after posting and saw a number of the Appliance wheels and caps on Ebay. I did pass the info on to Joe D. to look on Ebay.
The first picture of the round caps with the Avanti logo and silver background have the logos/stickers available through Studebaker International as well as the Avanti logo with the black background. I put the logos with the black background on my Dayton wheel caps and they look very nice. I believe the size of the stickers is 1 3/4". The one thing I don't like about the Dayton's is the fasteners, 2 screws and a backing plate mounted from the back side of the wheel. If the Appliance wheels have plastic clips, that may be easier to mount than the Dayton's.
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My 76 has the mirror mounted low, but the day/night mirror is twice as wide as the 63 and 64 mirror, so I've left it in that position.
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Yes Touring Sedan is the 4 door. The LSC is a longer bodied Avanti, basically about 9" in the rear seat area. Its noticeable in the rear windows. Are they worth more???? They would be a more comfortable ride for the rear seat passengers. The Silver Anniversary Coupes were supercharged, low numbers and special color. One was out at the Dover Meet. It would be a nice addition to anyone's Avanti collection.
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Year # Coupes # Convertibles # Touring Sedans Silver Anniv. Coupe Luxury Spt Cpe Total
1984 2 Prototypes 200
1985 3 0 0 0 100
1986 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 91 54 0 0 18 163
1988 37 73 0 27 13 150
1989 47 101 0 0 0 148
1990 0 0 97 0 0 97
1991 0 15 0 0 0 15
When I saw the numbers, I was surprised with the '88 and '89 convertible production.
AVANTI PRODUCTION NUMBERS
in 1965-83 Avanti
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The 400 2bbl engine is interesting in that the information I looked up for the GM 400's is that they had a higher nickel content block and also had 4 bolt mains while the quadrate 400's had a lower nickel content block and 2 bolt mains. If the earlier 400 was a stronger built motor, then why the 2 bbl instead of the quadrajet?
When I had the 400 in my 76 rebuilt, I wanted to keep it original so I had the motor redone and warmed up. From what I put into the whole process, I could have gone with an LS for not much more money.
Regarding trans swaps, the 200R4 required no drive shaft mods from the THM 400, just a rear trans mount.