Wrecked 1964 R-2 Avanti in North Carolina

[Collection Doctor]

The seller claims it is a R-2, but there is an air cleaner on it now. The asking price is $1500, someone may get a deal on the power train.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1033907593.html

[wcarroll@outrageous.net]

Does look like it wore badges at one time...

http://community.webshots.com/user/s2dbaker?vhost=community

[bams50]

Worth the money if it has the r2 setup in there somewhere, and the right engine. Worth looking into if somebody's not too far away.

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"Do they all not, by mere virtue of having survived as relics of a bygone era, amass a level of respect perhaps not accorded to them when they were new?"

[starliner62]

I'm going to stop and look at it on the way to work. I am curious to see what can be saved.

Jamie McLeod
Hope Mills, NC

[BobPalma]

quote:Originally posted by starliner62

I'm going to stop and look at it on the way to work. I am curious to see what can be saved.

Jamie McLeod
Hope Mills, NC

Be sure to check the stamped engine number to see what is still in it, Jamie. BP

[JBOYLE]

Check to see if some interior parts might be worth saving....the steering wheel and any hardware.

Also, check the body number (big tag on passenger side of engine bay).

63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[JDP]

Looks like a R1 now, no blower stuff under hood.

JDP/Maryland

[starliner62]

The car is sold and gone!! I didn't even get to look at it.

Jamie McLeod
Hope Mills, NC

[winchesterhawk]

Im picking it up on Sat.

[starliner62]

The seller wouldn't let me see it. He told me that it was gone.

Jamie McLeod
Hope Mills, NC

[JBOYLE]

quote:Originally posted by winchesterhawk

Im picking it up on Sat.

What are your plans for it? Rebuild or part out?
If you're not a member, I'd recommend joining the SDC and AOAI...the ads alone will be worth it if you're going to buy parts.
Or even if you're going to part it out, its a good place to advertise parts.

63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[JDP]

Rebuild it ???

JDP/Maryland

[MikeValent]

What was the interior colot on this car? If red, I might have been the original owner.

MikeV
Pompano Beach, FL
83 Avanti 377I

[Allan Songer]

quote:Originally posted by JDP

Rebuild it ???

JDP/Maryland

Can you IMAGINE what that would cost? I shudder even THINKING about it!

Of course, if it were a big block '67 Vette SOMEONE would tackle it!

[JeffDeWitt]

I know the guy who was selling this car and we had notes flying back and forth all day. I told him it looked like an R1 and explained the difference between and R1 and an R2. He checked with the guy he was working with to sell it and said the supercharger was there but it had been removed and was in the trunk.

I understand the story is a tree fell on the car, and from the looks of it I believe it.

Jeff DeWitt

http://carolinastudes.net