mfg Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 A heater/defroster was not standard equipment on a 1967 Avanti ll....True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 False. According to my 1977 Avanti II price list effective April 15, 1977 -- heater and defroster was part of the standard equipment. (I did notice that the boat trailer hitch, mentioned in a Trivia question a few days ago, was chrome plated and priced at $50. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 5 hours ago, r1lark said: False. According to my 1977 Avanti II price list effective April 15, 1977 -- heater and defroster was part of the standard equipment. (I did notice that the boat trailer hitch, mentioned in a Trivia question a few days ago, was chrome plated and priced at $50. ) By 4/15/77 company policy had changed, but on earlier '67 Avanti ll's the heater/defroster was a $100 option! So, the answer to this question would be TRUE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lschuc Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Wonder if any 1967 Avantis were built without a heater and defroster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 18 hours ago, lschuc said: Wonder if any 1967 Avantis were built without a heater and defroster? Good question. I find it hard to believe it was ever considered an option!..... A heater/defroster was standard equipment on Studebaker Avantis, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 On 3/13/2017 at 0:02 AM, lschuc said: Wonder if any 1967 Avantis were built without a heater and defroster? I see it as a possibility. I have bought cars from the south that never had a heater. I was friends with the owner of a large Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in Poughkeepsie NY. He had a customer that bought a new car every year and would not have a heater in it. The dealer even offered to include a heater at no charge because he knew that he would be getting the car back in a year. The dealer ended up ordering a heater kit when he ordered the car and installing it the following year when the guy traded the car in. I know that this was still going on in the mid-1960s. This is where 20 below zero F is not unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 WOW!....it's hard to believe someone living in New York wouldn't want a heater! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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