mfg Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 What was the one thing that Eugene Hardig was dead set against concerning the 'new' Studebaker Avanti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 There was more than one...he was dead set against making it a 2-seater as Egbert envisioned and against trying to build it out of sheet metal...too many compound curves for the body stamping technology they had at the time and fiberglass was far cheaper for initial setup for low volume production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 There was more than one...he was dead set against making it a 2-seater as Egbert envisioned and against trying to build it out of sheet metal...too many compound curves for the body stamping technology they had at the time and fiberglass was far cheaper for initial setup for low volume production. No...my info indicates that wasn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dapy Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Who was Hardig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Who was Hardig? Studebaker chief engineer during the Avanti era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Any other opinions on what Hardig's 'beef' about the 'new' Studebaker Avanti was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dapy Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 When a plastic Avanti broke the dealer couldn't fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 When a plastic Avanti broke the dealer couldn't fix it? Dapy,...You're quite right here!...Hardig's early on concern over the Avanti project was the use of fiberglass in its construction...He wanted to stay with steel...something he clearly understood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Gene Hardig was the one who wanted the fiberglass body work farmed out. He told management that if they set up a fiberglass shop it would look like the inside of a flour mill. As it turns out circumstances forced them to set up the fiberglass body line anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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