mfg Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 The last production Studebaker Avanti, R5643, was completed on December 20th, 1963......True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 37 minutes ago, mfg said: The last production Studebaker Avanti, R5643, was completed on December 20th, 1963......True? False. ISTR, December 26, 1963. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 2 hours ago, studegary said: False. ISTR, December 26, 1963. False is CORRECT!....however, your completion date is wrong. Anyone know the correct completion date of R5643? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 This is the one that WH Bennett Sr left a letter in the trunk (copy below) saying this was the last Studebaker Avanti built. He dated it 12/31/1963 but sources that I have seen give a 12/26/63 completion date, just like Gary says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Not written in stone, however that last Avanti was supposed to have been "ushered down the final assembly line" on 12/31/63....Now, this possibly was last minute 'doll-up' on a technically previously completed automobile, but in my mind R5643 was completely finished and 'out the door' on 12/31/63. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Somewhere I have an article (probably Turing Wheel?) that has all of the 9 R3 Avanti Production Orders pictured, but I can't find it. In this thread: http://www.studebaker-info.org/AVDB1/R5000/64R5642/sdc33915b.html post #6, George Krem states that R5643 was built 12/26/1963 but does not provide documentation. (But I will say that I put a lot of store in what George says.......) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) 41 minutes ago, r1lark said: Somewhere I have an article (probably Turing Wheel?) that has all of the 9 R3 Avanti Production Orders pictured, but I can't find it. In this thread: http://www.studebaker-info.org/AVDB1/R5000/64R5642/sdc33915b.html post #6, George Krem states that R5643 was built 12/26/1963 but does not provide documentation. (But I will say that I put a lot of store in what George says.......) I have the TW issue with the article you're referring to ......4/78....In that article, Mr.Krem said that no final assembly dates of Studebaker Avantis after serial # R5606 (final assy 11/4/63) were ever published by the company.. Edited September 19, 2017 by mfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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