Famous Avanti!

[mfg]

‘64 Avanti R5482 is ‘famous’ for the engine under its hood… That engine is:

1) The original Bill Burke Bonneville Stude engine

2) The R3 engine which was crated, shipped to England by Paxton, then shipped back to the U.S.

3) The ‘Studependous’ drag racing R3 engine (run in ‘60 Lark drag car)

or….

4) Authentic R4 twin four barrel engine (once in Studebaker Museum)

[Mark63Avanti]

#4 Authentic R4

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2 hours ago, Mark63Avanti said:

#4 Authentic R4

Good guess but no… not the R4!

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Any other thoughts on this one?

[mfg]

P S …. The R4 engine, referred to in answer #4, is still on display at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend.

[1963r2]

Number 2

[Dwight FitzSimons]

1 hour ago, mfg said:

P S …. The R4 engine, referred to in answer #4, is still on display at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend.

That R4 engine belonged to the late, lamented Paul Johnson.

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1 hour ago, Dwight FitzSimons said:

That R4 engine belonged to the late, lamented Paul Johnson.

Yes, a good man…. Paul sold me different NOS Avanti items over the years at very fair prices… and was certainly thinking ahead when he purchased and brought back to the U.S. the two still crated R3 and R4 Paxton built Studebaker engines.

[Nelson]

The Cadillac powered Avanti that was probably destined to be an R4 ac prototype? 
Whoops! Sorry, too late a serial number.

Edited 2 hours ago by Nelson

[regnalbob]

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1 hour ago, Nelson said:

The Cadillac powered Avanti that was probably destined to be an R4 ac prototype? 
Whoops! Sorry, too late a serial number.

Good thought Nels… but the answer would be found in one of the four (now 3!) above.

[mfg]

Answer…. #3… The R3 engine that was previously raced in the ‘Studependous’ drag race ‘60 Lark!

Edited 54 minutes ago by mfg
Added ‘60!