murph the surf
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1 hour ago, Gunslinger said:
I used to have a '67 Dodge Charger with a 4-speed. The boot had a chrome ring just barely oval and could have been mistaken for round. I found a reproduction ring to replace the original piece that was rusted...for all I know it could be identical to what your car had. If you can't find something that works through a speed shop or SI, you might look at vendors that serve the Mopar market or even Ford, GM or AMC. Trim pieces like those could have been more or less universal as a cost-cutting measure.
Thankss again,Gunslinger-pretty sure the part Regnalbob saw in his catalog may do the trick...Thanks!..Jim
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Thanks,Regnalbob-they described it on Friday as being oblong or rectangular-looks like it should do the trick-thanks!
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Hi 64-is your ring chrome?..If the rings were added late in production,perhaps mine was retrofitted at a later date.Thank you,64
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Thanks,Gunslinger-good idea about the speed shop.The one SI carries for the '64 is square/oblong,so a round will have to be sourced elsewhere.Just dawned on me that I should check the authenticity manual.
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Hi.my 63 R-1 is a factory 4 speed.On the console surrounding the boot,there are 4 screw holes that would fit the pattern of a round ring of some kind.Was there some sort of (perhaps chome) decorative ring that originally went around the boot?.I am replacing the boot,and SI said they only had a listing for a '64 model.Mine is serial number is 63R-1707,so it's a somewhat early production model.Does anyone have any ideas?..Thank you!...Jim
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Yes-I know the first of the three that were built had a Paxton supercharger,so as to to remain true to it's Studebaker Avanti heritage.
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False-pretty sure it's somewhat closer to wheel opening rather than a direct center.
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That is indeed correct,mfg!..The Novi cars were purchased for a purported $250,000 from Andy Granatelli,,which exceeded any company expenditure in excess of $200,000 that required Board of Directors approval.There has been some supposition that this purchase,done without Board approval,was the official reason for Mr. Egbert's departure.
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Sorry R1-purchasing Paxton is incorrect.
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In one of his last acts as President of Studebaker,Sherwood Egbert purchased ___ ____ ____ from ____ __________ for $250,000.
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$100,000 is correct-and you're right-seems I'm always a day late and a dollar short.....This is the full page ad that appeared in a 1976 issue of AOAI magazine.
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Joe Erdelac offered R5643,the last Avanti to go down the production line,for sale for the then princely sum of $ _______ in the mid 1970's????????????
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Bridge of Weir leather
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3)-loaded 38-I recall reading that in an AOAI issue
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That has to be a killer color combo on your car,Lew-hope to see it someday!
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True-on the "supercharged" emblems
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Nate and Ari (Arnold) Altman
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I think it was strength (and length) for the 4 door and subsequent Avanti development.
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I'll say false-pretty sure it was 3 members of the Studebaker Avanti design team-Raymond Loewy,Bob Andrews,and Tom Kellogg.
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Yes,that's right,Gary-now I remember that-been a long day at Dave Rupp's Ft Lauderdale car auction!...pretty sure Baker's plan involved some sort of vehicle for Law Enforcement....don't remember any concrete plans or drawings for a resurrected Avanti.
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Chris Baker-don't remember the plans for an Avanti,but I remember they wanted to resurrect the Studebaker name,and pretty sure they got as far as building an SUV that GM sued them over as they considered it too similar to their Hummer,and "production" stopped
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Correct,Ed!-in a letter dated August 18,1962,from Paxton Products to Studebaker President Sherwood Egbert,Andy Granatelli writes " Can you imagine what it is like covering a mile in 20 seconds in pitch darkness with only the car's headlights? Thanks to Avanti's aircraft instrument lighting,it would have otherwise been impossible."
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yet another good guess,but that's not the reason he gave,specifically to management at the Studebaker Corporation.
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correct!
4 speed shifter boot "ring"
in 1963-64 Avanti
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Sounds like I'm ordering tomorrow!..thank you all for your help-what a great group!!!