mfg Posted December 8 Report Posted December 8 All Studebaker Avantis were factory equipped with the long antenna cable running from dashboard to trunk… whether the car was equipped with a radio or not….. True?
Stacey Posted December 9 Report Posted December 9 Trying to think like a "bean counter" I would say no, why waste the money, they didn't order a radio so they get nothing!!
mox Posted December 9 Report Posted December 9 I would say true as I believe when ordering an Avanti you would have to specify radio delete if you didn’t want one. I would guess all cars had the cable installed based on Studebaker assuming all cars would have radios installed. Too much trouble later to pull up carpet, run cable etc.
Gunslinger Posted December 9 Report Posted December 9 I would guess the cable was there regardless in case a radio would be dealer installed. Since all Avanti bodies were done ahead of time...painted and inventoried...all would have had the hole drilled for the antenna whether the car was radio delete or not. Would there there have been a plug installed in the antenna hole? Would there have been an antenna installed regardless of radio option?
regnalbob Posted December 9 Report Posted December 9 From an article by Dan Booth in the Avanti Magazine Issue 207.
mfg Posted December 9 Author Report Posted December 9 19 hours ago, wdaly said: 'Sounds' like something they would do! 🤔 That ‘sounds’ right to me!
mfg Posted December 9 Author Report Posted December 9 12 hours ago, Stacey said: Trying to think like a "bean counter" I would say no, why waste the money, they didn't order a radio so they get nothing!! Sorry Stacey… this cable question is TRUE!
mfg Posted December 9 Author Report Posted December 9 2 hours ago, mox said: I would say true as I believe when ordering an Avanti you would have to specify radio delete if you didn’t want one. I would guess all cars had the cable installed based on Studebaker assuming all cars would have radios installed. Too much trouble later to pull up carpet, run cable etc. Yes… TRUE… Good thought!
mfg Posted December 9 Author Report Posted December 9 1 hour ago, Gunslinger said: I would guess the cable was there regardless in case a radio would be dealer installed. Since all Avanti bodies were done ahead of time...painted and inventoried...all would have had the hole drilled for the antenna whether the car was radio delete or not. Would there there have been a plug installed in the antenna hole? Would there have been an antenna installed regardless of radio option? True on the cable Gun, but I don’t think hole was drilled in body if ‘Radio Delete’ was specified.
Gunslinger Posted December 9 Report Posted December 9 Did all Avanti bodies come pre-drilled for an antenna or was that done on the assembly line? It would seem there would be a fair amount of variation where the antenna hole was located if done on the assembly line assuming there was no locating device where to center the hole. Then again...Molded Fiberglass was contracted to supply complete, painted bodies to Studebaker...were they expected to pre-drill the antenna hole? I guess that would incur an extra expense paid to MFG when Studebaker had their own people to drill holes.
wdaly Posted December 9 Report Posted December 9 Damn - radios weren't Cheap (even if you didn't want one)! Wonder how many buyers 'deleted'. I bet they didn't even have FM (and tape wasn't even invented yet). We have come a long way since!😳
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