mfg Posted January 14, 2018 Report Posted January 14, 2018 What unusual item did Raymond Loewy have installed under the hood of BOTH his supercharged Studebaker Avantis?
mfg Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Posted January 15, 2018 12 hours ago, studegary said: A manifold pressure gauge. Sorry no, that's not the item.
mfg Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Posted January 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, wdaly said: A large - wide "V". Sorry no, that wasn't under the hood (in engine compartment)
lschuc Posted January 21, 2018 Report Posted January 21, 2018 No... Not Chevy engines I know.... I've been in both... but waiting to see who else might know. (hint: pictures of both have been published in Avanti Magazine) And for extra points, what performance modification was installed in Loewy's '63 R2 Avanti that he drove in southern California?
mfg Posted January 21, 2018 Author Report Posted January 21, 2018 1 hour ago, lschuc said: No... Not Chevy engines I know.... I've been in both... but waiting to see who else might know. (hint: pictures of both have been published in Avanti Magazine) And for extra points, what performance modification was installed in Loewy's '63 R2 Avanti that he drove in southern California? We'll wait a bit on the original question......but I'd like to go for the x-tra points now! Was it exhaust cutouts?
mfg Posted January 21, 2018 Author Report Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, iamrgh said: IIRC, Horns Sorry no, not horns.
lschuc Posted January 22, 2018 Report Posted January 22, 2018 1 hour ago, mfg said: We'll wait a bit on the original question......but I'd like to go for the x-tra points now! Was it exhaust cutouts? extra points for you!! exhaust cutouts on his California car only.... cable to open and close the exhaust cut-outs were on the console, behind the heater/vent controls on his '63 Avanti 63R-3422. Pull the two handles in front of the automatic gear shifter and the noise quotient goes up! give up yet on what was unique on 3422 and 4578 under the hood?
mfg Posted January 23, 2018 Author Report Posted January 23, 2018 ANSWER....Loewy had a small toolbox installed under the hood of both his Studebaker Avantis....It was installed on the horizontal 'flat ' part of the upper firewall....In one of the toolboxes he carried an extra set of sparkplugs!
lschuc Posted January 24, 2018 Report Posted January 24, 2018 Finally, an answer! I thought someone else would know this one! First photo is R4578, still on the road in France. Second photo is R3422, still on the road in southern California.
mfg Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Posted January 24, 2018 Two real nice photos of the R2 engines in Raymond Loewy's Studebaker Avantis!.........In the first photo, (R4578), it looks like the Paxton outlet is tilted more to the left than on typical R2 setups.....Is that just an optical illusion Lew?
lschuc Posted January 24, 2018 Report Posted January 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, mfg said: Two real nice photos of the R2 engines in Raymond Loewy's Studebaker Avantis!.........In the first photo, (R4578), it looks like the Paxton outlet is tilted more to the left than on typical R2 setups.....Is that just an optical illusion Lew? Probably just an illusion..... although whoever assembled it in France may have clocked the compressor halves a little off to one side.
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