mfg Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) Avanti designer Bob Andrews once described the rather unusual fuel inlet intrusion into the passenger compartment of a 1963 Studebaker Avanti as .......?....... Edited April 6, 2023 by mfg added text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantera928 Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 time bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 18 hours ago, pantera928 said: time bomb Nope, not " time bomb"!🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantera928 Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regnalbob Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 10:10 AM, mfg said: Avanti designer Bob Andrews once described the rather unusual fuel inlet intrusion into the passenger compartment of a 1963 Studebaker Avanti as .......?....... "very aircraft" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 4 hours ago, pantera928 said: dumb Sorry, not "dumb"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, regnalbob said: "very aircraft" That's it!.... a cool way of describing it! (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight FitzSimons Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 What "fuel inlet intrusion into the passenger compartment"? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1963r2 Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 Useless hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dwight FitzSimons said: What "fuel inlet intrusion into the passenger compartment"? Â I apologize this isn't the greatest shot as the foreground is what is in focus but the gist can be conveyed. The left side gauge is for fuel pressure. The right side is a gauge for blower pressure. The fuel pressure gauge has pressurized gasoline coming inside the cabin via a hose. If that hose were to burst or come off the fitting, it'd start spraying gasoline all over wherever the hole was oriented. As much as 1025 was driven daily in the 1970s and 1990s, there were a lot of down days, but that was never an issue. The tapered axles were. The blower belts were. The under hood fuel filter was. 4 of 5 RF lugs sheered off. The engine fan spun off and embedded itself in the radiator. I'm sure there are more I'm missing but, fuel spraying everywhere on the interior wasn't a reason the car let my dad or I down. We did carry a fire extinguisher in the car but that was just for "general purpose" as resin just likes to catch fire and melt when you know, fuego. I usually stowed it behind the front passenger seat. I knew exactly where it was at all times. Edited April 7, 2023 by GeoffC312 Added last paragraph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 Very interesting Geoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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