Foreign Avanti!

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Two mechanical parts found on a Studebaker Avanti which were made outside the United States were ……?……

[aardvark]

What years?... they made em till '07'.

[64studeavanti]

Studebaker Avantis are only 63 and 64 year models.

 

One of the items are the door catches made by Mercedes.

I discounted the disk brake pistons as they were made by Bendix under license from Dunlop. 

Maybe count the ball bearings in the super charger. I believe they were made in Germany. 

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7 hours ago, 64studeavanti said:

Studebaker Avantis are only 63 and 64 year models.

 

One of the items are the door catches made by Mercedes.

I discounted the disk brake pistons as they were made by Bendix under license from Dunlop. 

Maybe count the ball bearings in the super charger. I believe they were made in Germany. 

Yes, exactly on the door latch assemblies.. and I feel the same concerning the Dunlop disc brakes!

As far as the  closer tolerance German ball bearings… Paxton Products offered these as a more expensive option… but the jury is out as to whether or not they were OEM in period Paxton SN blowers.

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8 hours ago, aardvark said:

What years?... they made em till '07'. 
 

As 64studeavanti said.

[aardvark]

The reason I ask is my Nameplate on my '02' has both Studie and Avanti on Her.  Yes ... It's Bass Ackwards.

If a newer model there are likely numerous parts from around the world.

Edited June 12 by aardvark

[mfg]

It is interesting and kind of ‘cool’ Avanti Motors tried to bring back the Studebaker name… SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!!!!!!

[aardvark]

I appreciate it as well., and it is not found on nameplates of a few other years in that time era.  The '01' as I understand doesn't have that on the plate.

Seems they acquired the Studie Name after in production.

I wish someone could address the differences but guess it's of little importance.

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I clearly remember how an Avanti friend of mine, Ron Morrison, had a lot of grief trying to register and insure his ‘02 Avanti ( brand new at the time) over the confusion of the car having a GM serial number!!

[aardvark]

Yeah, It's Pontiac, and at the time far more expensive than the Firebird Trans Am.... Maybe $30k more.

I wouldn't think the Registration was an issue, but Insuring to value? Yeah, that's even a headache now.\

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On 6/12/2024 at 3:21 PM, aardvark said:

Yeah, It's Pontiac, and at the time far more expensive than the Firebird Trans Am.... Maybe $30k more.

I wouldn't think the Registration was an issue, but Insuring to value? Yeah, that's even a headache now.\

 

Sometimes it all depends who you deal with at the registry!

[TMA62]

I think some of the interior light bulbs and fuses were made by Mazda from Japan.

[aardvark]

MFG.

For my '63' they had to create a whole new vin number.. since it didn't meet NC Standards.

But that wasn't really an issue.

On the '02' it's registered and taxed as a Firebird. It worked to my advantage from a $$ stance.

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1 hour ago, aardvark said:

MFG.

For my '63' they had to create a whole new vin number.. since it didn't meet NC Standards.

But that wasn't really an issue.

On the '02' it's registered and taxed as a Firebird. It worked to my advantage from a $$ stance.

Good deal!… The problem with the (then new) ‘02 here in Mass was that they would not accept a vehicle titled as an Avanti could somehow have a General Motors serial number… it took Morrison several weeks to get everyone on the same page.