Does your Avanti grunt at you?
I promise this post is truthful and not a gag. I've often said in jest that I believed my Studebakers were haunted. Well my '63 Avanti now seems to be trying to communicate with us - literally. My mechanic brother has been doing unlimited work on the car for some time now. He works on her while she's safely parked under his carport, beside his '70 Trans Am. He asked me recently if I was aware that the car occasionally made "grunting" noises. I laughed at first, but he was serious. He said while working long hours on it, sometimes he'd hear a grunting noise, like somebody going "unhh." The mysterious noise seems to originate from under the hood, or specifically around the motor. I said it must be something electrical. He said it made the noise whether or not the battery was connected. I said maybe it was from cooling down or heating up. He said it does it after the motor's been run and the car driven or when it has sat for days uncranked and is cold. My brother had his 15 year old daughter come out and listen for awhile. Sure enough she heard the noise too and called it "creepy." I've only heard it one time myself. My brother said yesterday while he was struggling to get the power windows going that it grunted at him 7-8 times through the course of the the day. He finally said (yes, he said this to the car); "look I'm only trying to help you." Well today, she only grunted twice. Furthermore, she seems to have spontaneously recovered from a charging system problem. My brother was also able to get BOTH power windows operating today. Maybe her mechanical spirit just wanted to be acknowledged. Maybe she's wondering why after 47 1/2 years she's still expected to transport people around?? Anyway, if you've got a non-paranormal explanation for the noise. we'd love to hear it.
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