mfg Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 Interestingly, the engine in R5089, the first production R3 Studebaker Avanti, was first rebuilt in.......?........ 1) 1968........2) 1971.......3) 1974.....or.....4) 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Lets guess it was so well built the first time that it made it to 1980 so #4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1963r2 Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 I think it would have been hammered so 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Any other ideas on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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