mfg Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Authentic (and extremely rare) Studebaker Avanti R3-4 cylinder heads were made in California.....True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) False, they were not even "R3" heads, but were made for the upcoming larger Studebaker V eight that never went into production. They adapted these to the high performance line. That is why you have to notch the cylinder bores....they were designed for a much larger bore, experimental 34O cubic inch block Edited February 20, 2015 by brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Well, 'sort of' correct brad!....They WERE R3 heads, but they were not made in California....Answer....FALSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackardV8 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Then, who knows the back story of how the R3 head patterns made it to Stu-V in San Diego and then, less the intake cores, on to Lionel Stone in LA and now to John Erb in Nevada jack vines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Then, who knows the back story of how the R3 head patterns made it to Stu-V in San Diego and then, less the intake cores, on to Lionel Stone in LA and now to John Erb in Nevada jack vines I don't know that back story. but I'd like to hear it!!....Original Studebaker R3-R4 heads were, of course, cast at the South Bend foundary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2Andy Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) The heads were cast and machined in South Bend. The pattern equipment ended up in the hands of the Granatelli bros. along with a lot of other things when South Bend was winding down. At some point Stu-V got them from Paxton. At some point they ended up being purchased by a man from the east coast in a deal which was brokered by (IIRC) Gary Johnson. The guy from out east advertised them in the classified ad section of Turning Wheels sometime around 1982 with an $8K price tag. Lionel Stone bought the lot from him. AFIK everything but the pattern equipment for the R4 intake was purchased by John Erb when Lionel had his going out of business sale. I have spoken with the man who sold everything to Lionel both when everything was for sale in the '80's and a few years ago but can't remember his name off the top of my head. Edited March 15, 2015 by R2Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Thanks for....'the rest of the story'!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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