avanti parts dealer

[CASSIUS]

So my gold 1963 avanti has just been delidered to my nearest classic garage a from the classic cars dealer I bought it from.

The car is coming from redwood city california where it was owned from the middle 80's to the end of the previous century by a pediatric doctor.

Among the things i've notice about the car the brakes must be overhauled as it seems that the car stayed non running for a while.

The thing is as i'm french (like mister Loewy by the way) i live in France. And this side of the Atlantic studebaker parts dealers are scarce if non existent.

So i'm looking for advices about who i must contact as parts dealer in US for for better quality and price choice.

Merci beaucoup pour votre aide.

[BobS]

Welcome to Avanti ownership and to AOAI also.

Two things I would suggest:

1- Go To http://www.studebakervendors.com/ remember that Studebaker built your car and many of the vendors carry both Stude and Avanti parts

2- Go To http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/sdcforum.asp and join the forum. A ton of knowledge by asking questions or searching for previous posts. It says down 9/3 and 9/4 but it's up and running. Just introduce yourself on the forum and ask the same question. You will be surprised by the feedback you will get. Also, your English is impressive.

Bob

Edited September 5, 2010 by BobS

[CASSIUS]

Welcome to Avanti ownership and to AOAI also.

Two things I would suggest:

1- Go To http://www.studebakervendors.com/ remember that Studebaker built your car and many of the vendors carry both Stude and Avanti parts

2- Go To http://www.studebake...om/sdcforum.asp and join the forum. A ton of knowledge by asking questions or searching for previous posts. It says down 9/3 and 9/4 but it's up and running. Just introduce yourself on the forum and ask the same question. You will be surprised by the feedback you will get. Also, your English is impressive.

Bob

Thank you bob for those links.

Concerning my english i don't know if i deserve any compliment but it come from:

Many efforts from my english school teachers trying to get the best out of me (it worked not that much)

Listening to a lot of us bands ( from the beach boys to the ramones and it worked better)

Watching a lot of US tv series and movies (soprano, twin peaks, six feet under, it helped improvement)

And reading a lot of us and english classic cars litterature (it has done much good for the technical part of it).

A BIENTOT

Pierre

[BobS]

Posted by CASSIUS

Concerning my english i don't know if i deserve any compliment but it come from:

Well it's decades better than my French.

A couple more thoughts.

I use Studebaker International for most of my Stude and Avanti parts because they are close and shipping is only a day or two. I'd send for a catalog. 

A good place to get Avanti parts is Nostalgic Motors in Wixom Michigan. The problem is there website has been inactive for a long time so you would need to use the phone.

Lastly, If you need exhaust parts I'd use Silvertone exhaust from Canada. Don Simmons bends to original patterns and he seems to be the only supplier that gets them correct consistently. They are somewhat more expensive as they are stainless steel but well worth the cost. I did mine a couple of months ago and they fit like OEM.

Bob