Restoring a toasted Avanti dash pad the cheap way

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21 minutes ago, regnalbob said:

The Avanti Registry (part of the AOAI) and Bob Johnstone's Studebaker - Info.org are separate sites.

If you read my post you will see it was posted on the Avanti Registry first and then posted on Bob's site.

Your problem is with the Avanti Registry and not Bob Johnstone.

Thank you… I did not realize they were separate sights… My apologies to Bob Johnstone.

[AG-R3]

Ah...  I tried to contact Larry Crapo, but to no avail with either email or phone text.      Many of the listings are rooted in the AOAI roster, but only a  few rosters are at hand.    Some entries originated from the old Avanti dot net site, which I believe AOAI now owns.     My drives have twice as much information on "for sale" cars whose owners didn't advertise the serial and refused to when asked or those who mix up the body tag with the serial number.  There were also, either no reply   or those who passed a bogus number just to end the conversation.  

So, I do this as a pseudo-hobby and when time permits.    Managing this kind of database isn't an exact science unless you are appraised of changes and who does that?   AOAI rosters  still show owners of cars that were sold many years earlier. In fact the 2025 AOAI roster shows all the Minnesota owners now live in Michigan.  

  Many new owners don't join AOAI.      It was once suggested that serial number should be noted when showing the cars at meet or for sale, but that fell on deaf ears.  

If I can straighten out the issue with R3544, it will be noted as soon as possible.    Larry Crapo also owns/owned R4560 and I have pics of that one from Facebook, but I deleted my account on that platform.  If anyone has an avenue to contact Larry, please do so.
 

[regnalbob]

3 hours ago, AG-R3 said:

In fact the 2025 AOAI roster shows all the Minnesota owners now live in Michigan.   

  
 

The AOAI sent out a replacement page to correct that.

[AG-R3]

I'll let you know if I find it...