mfg Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Anyone out there in Avantiland venture to guess how many die cast (pot metal) chrome items can be found on the exterior of an original 1964 'square light' R2 Studebaker Avanti? Are there.....17.....18......19......23......24......27....or....28 items..? Don't figure in accessory (Acc) items! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Off the top of my head, I can only come up with 17, so I will say 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Off the top of my head, I can only come up with 17, so I will say 17. Sorry Gary,...seventeen is incorrect!.....Anyone else care to give this one a shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanti83 Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Slow night so: 2 -front turn 2-headlight trim ring 2-headlight filler 2-Avanti script f/r 2-supercharged emblems 1-hood emblem 4-door handle pieces 2x per door 2-wiper trim 2-sail panel emblems 2-backup light trim 2-tail light housings 2-under bumper verticle trim 2-mirror bases 27 unless the radio antenna base has a diecast washer then 28. Best I can do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) I think you did great!....27 it is!... And you did it leaving NINE legitimate pieces out!!!.....(I considered the exterior door handles as 2 'assemblies'...but indeed you're correct in saying "4 pieces"...also, the mirror bases should not be counted, as the outside mirrors are accessory items.... also, there is of course only 1 Avanti nameplate......and also,the rear bumper verticals are made of chrome plated steel on original Studebaker Avantis. (many later Avanti ll's used diecast verticals....and rubber ones too!) Still, 27 is indeed the total, you just got there a bit differently! Edited August 18, 2016 by mfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Can anyone else come up with the nine legit exterior diecast pieces that Avanti83 left out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Anyone else out there want to try this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 ANSWER!.......The actual number of 'diecast' chrome pieces on the exterior of a '64 Avanti R2 is twenty-seven...Here's the list!...... Tailamp housings...2 1/4 emblem retainers...2 Door handles....2 (assemblies) hood ornament...1 Washer 'squirter'...1 Inner headlamp bezels....2 'Studebaker' nameplate...1 'Avanti' nameplate...1 Vent window frames...2 R2 emblems...2 Parking lamp housings...2 Wiper arm 'bases'...2 Antenna 'nut'...1 1/4 window hinge 'bases'....4 Headlamp glass cover retainers...2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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