Skip Lackie

Here are a few more pictures.

Howard- Sorry, for some reason I missed your post above -- and now I'm away for a couple of days. Yes, it is for sale. I will post more pix no later than Tuesday when I can get back to the computer on which they are stored. Sorry for the screwup. Skip PS: One more picture already posted in the Virtual Car Show section above.

Your 73 is probably the same as my 74. As stated, there is an elbow screwed into the bottom of the tank to which the rubber hose attaches. That elbow must be removed to remove the tank. It's been a few years since I pulled my tank and replaced the hoses, but I don't remember a drain plug or valve. My car had a return line from the fuel pump which makes a circuitous turn around the top of the tank.

My 74 (need to close the hood the next time , , , ,).

I don't know about how the Cars & Coffee shows are run where you live, but around the DC area, most shows have no limits of what can be shown. As a result, many (most?) of the cars that show up are either modern expensive toys or modern daily drivers. I have no particular desire to go to a show just to see a 2025 BMW.

Asking price and editing still under ponderation. And need to get some better/more pictures. But this is what I have come up with so far. 1974 Avanti II. Original drive train, 400 cu in Chevy, T-10 4-speed trans, Dana 44 rear axle w/Twin Traction. Saturn Bronze Firemist with Gladstone Bittersweet vinyl interior. 69,000 miles since new. Repainted original color in early 1990s; otherwise all original inside and out. A/C, PS, PB, electric windows, Nardi tilt wheel, Lucas fog lights, rear defogger. 1990s-era Sanyo AM/FM/cassette (original Blaupunkt comes with car). New Diamond Back tires on original Magnum 500 wheels. New fuel pump and hoses; rebuilt carb, fuel tank boiled out and sealed. Halogen headlights. Front bumper guard shortened. Was either the last or next-to-last Altman Avanti with 4-speed. Briefly owned by Steve Blake in 1980s and was supposedly the car that convinced him to bring back the 4-speed when he bought Avanti Motors. One owner since 1992. Always sleeps in climate-controlled garage. Never been in rain. Very solid hog troughs and frame. Comes with original sale paperwork and all service records since 1992. Everything works, except A/C needs to be recharged – drive anywhere.

Am not in North Jersey, but a couple of hours south -- Turmont, Maryland. I have only recently decided to sell my 74 Avanti II, all original except for a repaint in the 1990s. Am still writing up a description and pondering asking price, but thought I would respond to your post.

Thanks Dwight. I shoulda looked at my own engine number table! My memory said 1963 because I believe it actually started in August 1963 (for the 1964 model year).

Until 1963, Studebaker engines were sequentially numbered within each series. Beginning with the 1963 [edit: 1964] model year, they were dated as of the date of assembly, so more than one engine could have the same engine number. The V8 engine table lists the FIRST/STARTING engine number for each year and model series. There is no way the table can list all possible engine numbers. Studebaker-V-8-Engine-Identification.pdf

Good plan. Don't be in a hurry though -- only a few nice Avanti IIs are available at any given time. One will turn up that'll be perfect if you give it a bit of time.

As you said, you have made this point before. That makes it important to you, but maybe less so for others. IMs exist for lots of reasons. I was on the SDC board of directors for a number of years and remember the lengthy and heated discussions of how to best accomplish their many requirements: parking for Studebakers, parking for others, indoor and outdoor flea market spaces, security, cars-for-sale parking, trailer parking, RV parking, tours, family amusements, economy hotels, upscale hotels, shuttle busses, conference and hospitality rooms, volunteer assignments, etc, etc. Some of us just go to look at the cars, see old friends and make a few new ones, and maybe drink a few beers. Most of us have budget limitations, but turning a profit is not a consideration. It takes all kinds.

Not sure this will help, but here is my stock 74 gas tank.

I think I have a new-in-the-box 1980s-vintage Sanyo AM/FM/cassette with adjustable shafts in my stash somewhere. I have the same radio in my 74 and it fits fine.

Not sure I'm qualified to answer your question, but the idea is to remove all air bubbles from the master cylinder before it's hooked up to the brake lines for further bleeding. I don't remember being told to do that ~30 years ago -- so we didn't. But I now do it automatically, especially when instructed to do so.

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