Avanti Wheelcover!

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How many stamping operations were required to convert the 1954 Studebaker passenger car full wheelcover into the 1963 Studebaker Avanti wheelcover?

1) One…..2) Two…..3) Three….or…..4) Four

[Dwight FitzSimons]

3) Three.  One for each change in the original '53 wheel cover.

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Sorry not 3 Dwight……(I skipped to the 1954 wheelcover to rule out the 1953 mid year change when the ‘tri-bars’ were eliminated)

[Dwight FitzSimons]

I'm not quite sure what the question is.  I assume that there were no leftover late-53--55 wheel covers to re-stamp.  So, a new piece of stainless steel sheet was stamped into a correct Avanti wheel cover with a modified late-53--55 die.  I also assume that the three modifications were machined into the new (Avanti) dies.

But, it may have taken more than one strike to fully form all the curves in the Avanti wheel cover (just as it may have taken more tan one strike on the late-53--55 wheel cover).

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8 hours ago, Dwight FitzSimons said:

I'm not quite sure what the question is.  I assume that there were no leftover late-53--55 wheel covers to re-stamp.  So, a new piece of stainless steel sheet was stamped into a correct Avanti wheel cover with a modified late-53--55 die.  I also assume that the three modifications were machined into the new (Avanti) dies.

But, it may have taken more than one strike to fully form all the curves in the Avanti wheel cover (just as it may have taken more tan one strike on the late-53--55 wheel cover).

I understand what you mean Dwight.

What I’m looking for here are the amount of modifications which needed to be done on the original 1954 (or late ‘53) Stude full wheelcover to produce the 1963 Avanti wheelcover…. Perhaps asking how many stamping operations were required to accomplish this was a step in the wrong direction.

[Dwight FitzSimons]

Perhaps, four, then?  The gold in the center was eliminated, the indented black ring around the center was added, the five fake vents (also indented) near the periphery were added, and the indented silver areas (5) were added.

BTW, the shape of those indented silver areas is sweet - not just a simple curve.  I wonder who designed the wheel covers.

Also BTW I prefer the Avanti wheel covers without the silver paint.  With the black areas, but no silver.