R5089!

[mfg]

Interestingly, the engine in R5089, the first production R3 Studebaker Avanti, was first rebuilt in.......?........

1) 1968........2) 1971.......3) 1974.....or.....4) 1980

[Stacey]

Lets guess it was so well built the first time that it made it to 1980 so #4.

[1963r2]

I think it would have been hammered so 1968.

[mfg]

12 hours ago, Stacey said:

Lets guess it was so well built the first time that it made it to 1980 so #4.

Good thought!...however, 1980 wasn't the year.

[mfg]

11 hours ago, 1963r2 said:

I think it would have been hammered so 1968.

I'd have thought so also!...but 1968 was not the year.

[mfg]

Any other ideas on this one?

[studegary]

57 minutes ago, mfg said:

Any other ideas on this one?

I do not know why it would matter to anyone, even from a historical perspective.  To give you a guess, I will say 1974, just before the advent of unleaded gasoline. 

[mfg]

4 hours ago, studegary said:

I do not know why it would matter to anyone, even from a historical perspective.  To give you a guess, I will say 1974, just before the advent of unleaded gasoline. 

1974 is the CORRECT year Gary!

[brad]

I helped get it running for the current owner . They put a milder cam in it, when it was rebuilt in Chicago. 

 

Edited July 13, 2019 by brad