Picking up Your '63/'64 at the factory

[GlennW]

I'm curious where one actually picked up their new Studebaker Avanti or other Stude if electing to, "pick it up at the factory"? Did it go through Newman & Altman? Anyone know if this was this even still an option in late '63?

[bigdaddy]

The original owner of my '63 worked @ the Studebaker plant, so I assumed that he just picked it up at the plant. When I asked him about this, he told me that he picked up the car at Freeman Spicer in South Bend. I have the window sticker to verify this. He did order the car and watched it go down the line....That would be a pretty cool thing!

[GlennW]

The original owner of my '63 worked @ the Studebaker plant, so I assumed that he just picked it up at the plant. When I asked him about this, he told me that he picked up the car at Freeman Spicer in South Bend. I have the window sticker to verify this. He did order the car and watched it go down the line....That would be a pretty cool thing!

Cool,thanks! I've always wondered about the lineage of my '64. I'm the 4th and 6th owner (different story) and did get a chance to talk with the 2nd owner back in '81 or '82 when I bought the car. He said the original owner was an engineer at Studebaker. Some years later I found you could get build order copies from N&A so I ordered a set. the DESTINATION is listed as; "South Bend Indiana" and the SHIP VIA is; "2 ENGR".

[bigdaddy]

I purchased the inspection sheets for mine and found them very interesting. The 1st owner told me that if I could get these inspection sheets it would probably show a lot of time in the paint shop (Buddy System!) He was right! Build sheet did not show TT. It has 3.73TT, yep another Buddy! Nothing beats talking to the guy that bought it new. I'm very fortunate.

[GlennW]

I purchased the inspection sheets for mine and found them very interesting. The 1st owner told me that if I could get these inspection sheets it would probably show a lot of time in the paint shop (Buddy System!) He was right! Build sheet did not show TT. It has 3.73TT, yep another Buddy! Nothing beats talking to the guy that bought it new. I'm very fortunate.

Sad that I could forget all about Freeman Spicer considering the building's history and all. A mind is a terrible thing to, um, er, what was I saying? I hadn't heard of inpection sheets or their being available, where would I purchase those? Maybe I'll find mine spent an inordinate amount of it's build time in the breakroom ☺ Edited August 26, 2014 by GlennW

[bigdaddy]

Inspection sheets for '63/'63 Avantis can be purchased on Ebay from Dan booth @ Nostalgic Motors for around 60 bucks. Give him your Vin# and he'll see if he has them. Mine had 5or 6 sheets. I held off for a long time, I'd rather buy parts than paper, but they were well worth it. It shows problems found as your car came down the line ( loose bolts, fit and finish, etc.)

[GlennW]

Inspection sheets for '63/'63 Avantis can be purchased on Ebay from Dan booth @ Nostalgic Motors for around 60 bucks. Give him your Vin# and he'll see if he has them. Mine had 5or 6 sheets. I held off for a long time, I'd rather buy parts than paper, but they were well worth it. It shows problems found as your car came down the line ( loose bolts, fit and finish, etc.)

Thanks much, I appreciate the help. Bummer to have to go through ebay BS but I don't make the rules

[mfg]

Thanks much, I appreciate the help. Bummer to have to go through ebay BS but I don't make the rules ;

Dan Booth advertises on e-bay, but I believe he can be contacted directly at Nostalgic Motors in Wixom, Michigan. The phone # is (was?) 248-349-4884.

[GlennW]

Thanks much, I appreciate the help. Bummer to have to go through ebay BS but I don't make the rules ;

Dan Booth advertises on e-bay, but I believe he can be contacted directly at Nostalgic Motors in Wixom, Michigan. The phone # is (was?) 248-349-4884.

Thanks, I appreciate your effort. I went ahead and ordered via ebay right after the first post. Nothing earthshaking on my build sheets but still good to have. 50 years later a few of the items still need attention-maybe I should call the factory and get somebody fired ☺☺☺