[Anatomy of the HVAC '87-'88 ('89?)]

Any idea on the part number for the evaporator core? Or regular application? 

[Saginaw manual box in Avanti]

Haven’t updated my profile. This is a 63 R2. 
 

Aren’t the Saginaw boxes touted as superior in feel to the Rosses? 

[Saginaw manual box in Avanti]

I am looking to take some weight/complexity/ leaking hoses off the front of my Avanti. Has anyone installed a Saginaw manual box off a 63-64 Lark? I have an entire setup from box/pitman arm/bellcrank to tie rods.  Best I can tell the shaft could be cut and rag joint fitted to make the existing column work. 
 

 Is the mounting of the Saginaw box different than a Ross?

[2002 Avanti, but..]

I do not believe that the pictures are showing a large amount of "filler". You are looking at the thickness of the broken fiberglass panel that makes up the "overlay" for a fender, etc.

I don't think it is metal firebird underneath that filler but fiberglass. I included another picture plus supersized one.

[2002 Avanti, but..]

Donald Kelly's 6 speed coupe originally sold for $25,100. It was 13,000 miles. It was peddeled by a flipper after that, might have sold for $28K.

Alice Coopers 2007 convertible sold for $24,700 with 20000 miles

The damage on the passenger front extended into the engine bay. There was popped fiberglass there with missing filler. This image was on the craigslist ad but not the eBay ad.

Dad got some more pictures of the back from the guy- look at how much filler the factory put on these cars!

I thought it was a 4-6K car but who knows!

[Chassis swaps]

No hog troughs on the Monte Carlo style- that would be an 87-88 avanti. I haven't looked at a caprice framed car but I am sure it is the same.

The rear frame rails are modified as well from the monte carlo- just after the rear axle hump they cut and rewelded them heading closer together. This leaves a bump of frame sticking out which is why you often see these cars with wheels sticking out of the rear fender wells- to get anything of width on the rear you have to go wider outwards. The wheel wells are effectively smaller than on 63-85 models.

There was a 63 on craigslist a few years ago that supposedly had a g-body frame grafted to the studebaker at the firewall. Never got any pictures of that but it is a plausible swap.

Art Morrison has made a frame for an avanti. See this page: http://www.speedhunters.com/2010/06/car_builder_gt_gt_a_visit_to_art_morrison/ 3/4 to the bottom, "1962 avanti". Laurie Peterson I believe is from Canada Custom's Hot Rods. (https://www.facebook.com/CanadaCustomsHotRods) They have a few scant pictures of a 63 on their facebook page like this one https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=396027933832225&set=a.300242223410797.53723.299685203466499&type=1&theater. . I have been meaning to email them to see if they would comment on fitment/price of the frame. I bet it was expensive.

[Paxton NOVI 2000 Supercharger]

I thought NOVI 2000's were tapped into the Oil Pan. You sure it isn't a SN-2000?

["Last Production Car Made in South Bend"- 87 Avanti]

I had the opportunity this week to try and tighten up the door gaps on the Kelly 1987 Avanti #142 and repair the passenger power window. See the registry here: http://www.studebake...v0142x0911.html

Passenger Door panel had this underneath, looks like the assembler's initials and a date:

Attention was turned to the drivers side door

Here is the car number on the cardboard rear of the panel:

And again initials but with an interesting message:

Closeup:

This car was sold with 332 miles on 5/6/88 in Youngstown, Ohio. Google maps says a general distance from South Bend to Youngstown is 313 miles. Looks like it was the last car produced in the old Studebaker factory.