Hot Rod Magazine Article

[Bernie]

I have this magazine from June 1963 with a multipage Avanti article.  Would there be interest if I post it?  I don't think it would violate any copywrite laws being 60 years ago?

[Dwight FitzSimons]

I don't really know copyright laws, but I would guess that you are ok with posting the article, for a couple reasons:

1) Hot Rod's copyright on this article expired a long time ago.

2) Posting it would be good advertising for Hot Rod.

3) You are not posting the article for any financial gain.

--Dwight

[wildfelr]

what is the fuel capacity of 1971 avanti ?

[Dwight FitzSimons]

IIRC, the fuel tank capacity of Studebaker Avantis and Avanti IIs, at least up through 1971, is 21 gallons.

--Dwight

[mfg]

An AOAI Forum member owns that particular Avanti tested by HRM in 1963!

[Bernie]

Very cool!   Bear with me as I try to upload scans of that article.

[mfg]

Thanks!…. hadn’t seen that article in years!

[Nelson]

I always thought that R3 Avanti was red with a black interior and it turned out to be turquoise with a matching interior. 

[mfg]

7 hours ago, Nelson said:

I always thought that R3 Avanti was red with a black interior and it turned out to be turquoise with a matching interior. 

Ditto!… In the black & white pics ‘Avanti Red’ seems to me the most likely exterior color… and that interior shot sure looks like a black interior!

[mfg]

Actually… it’s VERY hard to believe those seats aren’t black….Could HRM have substituted a photo of another Avanti’s interior??

[mfg]

Perhaps the same Avanti which HRM used forthe R2 engine picture??

[mfg]

Note the correct black painted Paxton supercharger in the R2 engine photo.

[Bernie]

21 hours ago, Bernie said:

Very cool!   Bear with me as I try to upload scans of that article.

Forgot a page!

[Nelson]

I think the photos in the article we all thought was the R3 Avanti were actually the R2 or R1?

[Geoff]

Definitely a possibility. Photographers will shoot "B roll" just for backup purposes, though sometimes those are what hit print.

I was granted a media pass once to shoot an ALMS race at Laguna Seca. It was at the 6-hour season ending race in '05. Amazing access, fun times. Some of my "I don't think this'll make it" shots were what got published.