Original/Unrestored 1963 Studebaker Avanti - a “Survivor”

Studebaker 1963 Description

Original/Unrestored 1963 Studebaker Avanti - a “Survivor”

The car is a 1963 Studebaker AvantiR1and was the 3,668th ever built at the Studebaker Plant in South Bend, ndiana. The car was originally purchased new from Simonson-Schactmayer, nc., Studebaker/Mercedes-Benz dealer in Santa Monica, alifornia on March 27, 964 for 5,063.00but wasn't delivered to the dealer until very late in 1963 and was titled by the dealer as a 1964. Upon purchase, he owner drove it to his home in San Luis Obispo, alifornia and continued to drive it as his everyday car until January of 1965 at which time I purchased the car which had 9,000 miles showing on the odometer. It is Avanti Red with fawn and black interior, R-1 with a 4 speed B/Wtransmission and a 3:63 rear end with 56,868 original miles on it. The interior is all original with slight normal wear on the drivers seat and virtually no wear on the back seat. It has won many awards in past years at SDC and, vanti Shows not to mention many Concours d Elegance shows on the west coast. The car is 100% Original/Unrestored or a “Survivor” as they now are called. The only “new" equipment that I have installed are rubber items like belts and hoses, NOS regulator, ater pump, nd fuel pump. When I rebuilt the brake system I had stainless steel inserts put in the disk brake cylinders Everything else is as it came from the factory.

The car has been garaged, overed and run but not driven for the last two years as I was working on my 5 other Collector cars. In October of this year I decided to sell the car to trim down my cars as we are downsizing our lifestyle and moving to a smaller house with less garage space. With this in mind, drained all of the few gallons of “old” gas, lushed 3 gallons of new gas thru and drained that and put in 3 gallons of fresh 97 octane gas. I have installed new distributor cap, otor, oints, ondenser, lug wires, park plugs, nd rebuilt the original Carter AFB 4 barrel carburetor with a new kit that works with ethanol fuel. I also installed new radiator hoses, ew belts and a new 3EE battery. Everything else is as it came from the factory including the original spare tire.

This vehicle is being sold “as is, here is” and is the responsibility of the winning bidder to arrange for pickup/transportation of this vehicle. You are bidding on a classic example of Studebaker history, he 1963 Studebaker Avanti. Vehicle is incredibly solid, ith original paint starting to show its age in places & all numbers matching. The car spent its life in the San Francisco Bay Area with the majority of the mileage being freeway miles; all original panels, ncut and unmolested. Description as follows:

Mechanical:

·Correct original Studebaker 289 R-1 V-8 motor #R-3173

·Borg-Warner T-10 close ratio 4 speed manual transmission

·Power steering and power disc brakes on the front brakes

·2" dual exhaust

Interior:

·All original interior with dealer installed head rests

·Full set working original gauges

·Original headliner with roll bar

·All upholstery is in very nice condition with normal wear on the driver’s seat

·All glass in very good condition

Exterior: Body # RQ3540

·52 year old original paint is in good shape for its age showing some wear from waxing and has a few parking lot paint nicks

·Exterior chrome and trim in good shape for its age

·A solid, traight example, reat panel fit, o accidents

·Comes with car cover, ra, riginal owner ‘s manual and full set of shop manuals, 963 Avanti sales brochure, actory build sheet and work/dealer delivery order.

In closing, survivor like this are near to impossible to find in this original/unrestored condition.

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