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Thanks for that..I remember having heard something at one point about manifold interchangeability, so that makes sense considering Cadillac's 2X4 and 3X2 setups vs Studebaker's

The intake manifold..

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Interesting......I have different info that is in Raymond Loewy's own words. In an interview with Loewy in 1974, he states that Egbert contacted him on March 9th, 1961, specifically regarding a project that ultimately became known as the Studebaker Avanti.....perhaps RL contacted Egbert via Francis offering his services to be a Studebaker designer yet once again, armed with design ideas and/or sketches for Studebaker prior to that phone call on March 9th, but, from what I'm reading, Egbert contacted Loewy SPECIFICALLY regarding the project that was to become the Studebaker Avanti.

Correct....

Happy New Year, everyone.... What date did Sherwood Egbert make the telephone call to Raymond Loewy, asking him to come to South Bend to talk about designing the new sports car that subsequently became known as the Studebaker Avanti?

Very well stated...

Correct on your first guess. At the Studebaker annual stockholder meeting on April 26, 1962 at the Indiana Club in South Bend, Studebaker president Sherwood Egbert spoke about how he had developed the concept of the Studebaker Avanti. At the conclusion of his remarks, the stage curtain behind him swung open to reveal the gorgeous new car. Witnessing Egbert's enthusiasm, Studebaker Corporation Board Chairman Clarence Francis remarked "I judge that Sherwood likes that car". To which Egbert replied "My whole heart is in that car, boy"

To whom is the following remark attributed to, "My whole heart is in that car" in replying to a high-level Studebaker Executive regarding the Studebaker Avanti ??????

With your depth of knowledge about the Avanti, you were ALMOST correct, even down to the car being an Avanti ll rather than a Studebaker Avanti-it was just simply the wrong venue..

Nailed it!...I remember receiving an article about it in some Avanti ll promotional literature some years back, and somehow subsequently always remembered the venue as being MoMA until a debate ensued. It was a '75 Avanti ll on display at a Raymond Loewy exhibition,The Designs of Raymond Loewy,and it was indeed at the Smithsonian in the Renwick Gallery. The Renwick was once a private home, thus the "narrow" passageways that necessitated the '75 Avanti ll being brought in on it's side.

That darn sure would not have been my Avanti, either-and it was absolutely amazing that the car sustained no damage during the installation............But I can't call your "true" answer correct.

Because of its acclaimed styling, a 1963 Studebaker Avanti was a featured exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City in 1971, and it had to be turned on its side to be brought into the building . True or false, and why ???