TerryR2 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 I just bought this one owner R2 today and it came with these wheels. Has anyone seen these before? From receipts looks like they were purchased in 1974. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lschuc Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 they look like old Appliance brand wheels.... What is the serial number on the frame plate. That would let you look up the production order and see how it was originally equipped, ie: color, interior, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Congrats!!... looks like it has great 'bones'!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryR2 Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 Thank you! It is all there... bought it from the son of the deceased owner. They are old Appliance Plating mags, I had forgotten about that brand. I have the build sheet as well as the original window sticker. It was Avanti Gold and Elk interior. My least favorite color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, TerryR2 said: Thank you! It is all there... bought it from the son of the deceased owner. They are old Appliance Plating mags, I had forgotten about that brand. I have the build sheet as well as the original window sticker. It was Avanti Gold and Elk interior. My least favorite color! Agreed on the Gold/ Elk combo...Same as my '63...Which I changed to 'Avanti Turquoise' thirty years ago!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 11 hours ago, TerryR2 said: . I have the build sheet as well as the original window sticker. It was Avanti Gold and Elk interior. My least favorite color! I used to think the same thing on the color combination. However, the older I get the more I appreciate the gold/elk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight FitzSimons Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 The Avanti Gold is a nice shade of gold - not gaudy and not weak. It works well on an Avanti. Perhaps that is why Studebaker's ad agency chose it for their brochure car. I have always wondered, though, why the carpets on a gold/elk car were solid black, rather than salt & pepper like most of the other 1963 exterior/interior color combinations.. I like the salt & pepper carpets. --Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TerryR2 Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 Interesting here it says it had fawn and black carpet. Was there such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lschuc Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Fawn and black carpet is a speckled carpet with fawn and black threads. Here is a picture from the sample book showing Fawn and black, Turquoise and Black, All black, and red and black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryR2 Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 Thank you! what an amazing resource you guys are here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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