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  1. I had the same problem when I had to have my starter rebuilt. I had to drop the exhaust pipe from the manifold to have enough room to drop the starter. If I recall correctly original Studebaker exhaust pipes had a flat spot near the starter which allowed just enough room to slide the starter by it.

  2. I remember seeing this car I think in 1972 at the South Bend meet. At that time it was considered brand new and there were hardly any miles on it, still had the new car smell etc. think I have pictures of it somewhere. I believe the fellow’s name was Elmer not Earl.

  3. I have a metric speedometer in my 63 Avanti. I have had the car since 1970 and when I got it there was a 140 mph in it as it was originally sold in the U.S. I live in Canada and when we switched to metric here in 1976 I noticed there was a part # for a metric speedometer in the parts book. On a trip to Avanti Motors around 1978 I inquired if the part was available and it was in their inventory so I bought one and installed it a few years later. I have never seen another Avanti with one installed but it sounds like there are others out there. The speedo must have come over from Studebaker when all the parts were sold but who knows how many there were. It is identical to the mph speedo face and registers up to 280 kph. I can't remember how much I paid but I know it could not have been expensive or I would not have bought it. I'm sure Avanti motors were happy to sell these as they must have considered them a slow moving item.

  4. I would like to know if any 1963 Avantis were manufactured without the chrome Studebaker emblem on the trunk. I have found what is identified as a 1963 Studebaker Avanti on Ebay but it has no emblem on the lower right of the trunk lid. The seller swears the car was never in an accident and there for the emblem was never there to begin with. Please advise.

    When I bought my car in 1970 the emblem was gone and the holes filled but the seller had put an Avanti logo (same as the nose) on the left side of the trunk. The car was never in a collision but the fellow I bought it from was the second owner and he seemed to like people asking him what kind of car it was and who made it. Even in the late sixties a lot of people didn't know what an Avanti was. He gave me the Studebaker emblem when I bought the car.

  5. Can anyone give me any ideas where to look for Avanti taillight housings? Mine are in pretty sad shape (chrome flaking off corroding pot metal).

    George Dimitsis of Olympus Avanti had some at the South Bend Swap Meet on the weekend. Not sure the price.

  6. Has anyone installed these themselves and what tips can you share. Did you run into any problems getting the new arms to pull into the spindle all the way? I don't want to force them and strip the threads. Thanks

    As follow up the problem is the castle nut supplied with the arms, it is too tall compared to the old nut from the stock spindle, it is higher by about a 1/4 inch. In order to get the nut on far enough to install the cotter pin the entire tapered portion of the arm would have to be pulled into the spindle. This is impossible as the large end of the taper is bigger than the spindle hole. Apparently you cannot use the old nut as it is a different thread pattern, so for now a shorter nut with the same thread as the new arm is required. Secondly the installation instructions supplied are incorrect, the bolt required to lock the spindles while installing is a 3/8 24 thread not 5/16 as the instructions say. Studebaker Int'l will be addressing the problems.

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