Avanti gas tank pictures? Help out a modeler!

[mr moto]

I have another crazy idea for a 1/25 scale model Stude. I don't know where I get these ideas but I'm thinking about building a model of an Avanti as a cutaway car with the body and interior cut down the middle to reveal the mechanicals underneath. I think I've figured out how to do it but there's one problem with this project. I don't know what the gas tank looks like and this project would make it visible. Does anybody have some pictures of an Avanti gas tank that would help me scratch build a replica?

[JDP]

Click to enlarge one you follow the link

http://stude.com/tank.jpg

64 Commander 2 dr.
64 Daytona HT
63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk (Black) #2
63 Avanti R1
63 Daytona convert
63 Lark 2 door
63 Lark 2 door #2
62 Daytona HT/ 4 speed
62 Lark 2 door
62 GT Hawk 4 speed
60 Lark HT
60 Hawk
59 3E truck
52 Starliner
51 Commander

[JDP]

Click to enlarge one you follow the link

http://stude.com/tank.jpg

64 Commander 2 dr.
64 Daytona HT
63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk (Black) #2
63 Avanti R1
63 Daytona convert
63 Lark 2 door
63 Lark 2 door #2
62 Daytona HT/ 4 speed
62 Lark 2 door
62 GT Hawk 4 speed
60 Lark HT
60 Hawk
59 3E truck
52 Starliner
51 Commander

[mr moto]

Thanks, JDP! That's just what I need!

[mr moto]

Thanks, JDP! That's just what I need!

[Gary1953]

Mr. moto
I would be very interested in your project for The Toy Studebaker Collectors Club Newsletter. If you could take pictures. Keep in touch.

Gary Sanders
Nixa, MO
President Toy Studebaker Collectors Club. Have an interest in Toy Studebakers? Contact me for details.

[Gary1953]

Mr. moto
I would be very interested in your project for The Toy Studebaker Collectors Club Newsletter. If you could take pictures. Keep in touch.

Gary Sanders
Nixa, MO
President Toy Studebaker Collectors Club. Have an interest in Toy Studebakers? Contact me for details.

[mr moto]

I'll try to do that, Gary. I haven't started working on the project yet - just laying the groundwork - but the majority of my model building centers around Studebakers. I have a number of interesting Studebaker projects planned and I'll try to get pictures of the ones I've built so far in case you're interested. It's good to know that there is interest in little Studebakers, too!

[mr moto]

I'll try to do that, Gary. I haven't started working on the project yet - just laying the groundwork - but the majority of my model building centers around Studebakers. I have a number of interesting Studebaker projects planned and I'll try to get pictures of the ones I've built so far in case you're interested. It's good to know that there is interest in little Studebakers, too!

[lstude]

quote:It's good to know that there is interest in little Studebakers, too!

Mr. Moto, I too, will be interested in seeing your model when it is finished. I have the complete collection of Studebaker models that Sam Miller collected before he died. He had done some unusual Avanti models, such as an El Camino type and a convertible and was working on a limo.

There is a great book published by Jim Geary called "Studebaker Toy Treasures" that I am sure you would like. It has thousands of Studebaker models in it. I imagine that Jim still has a copy if you are interested.

Here are Sam's Avanti model prototypes.







Leonard Shepherd, editor, The Commanding Leader, Central Virginia Chapter, http://centralvirginiachapter.org/

[lstude]

quote:It's good to know that there is interest in little Studebakers, too!

Mr. Moto, I too, will be interested in seeing your model when it is finished. I have the complete collection of Studebaker models that Sam Miller collected before he died. He had done some unusual Avanti models, such as an El Camino type and a convertible and was working on a limo.

There is a great book published by Jim Geary called "Studebaker Toy Treasures" that I am sure you would like. It has thousands of Studebaker models in it. I imagine that Jim still has a copy if you are interested.

Here are Sam's Avanti model prototypes.







Leonard Shepherd, editor, The Commanding Leader, Central Virginia Chapter, http://centralvirginiachapter.org/

[sbca96]

Tom

'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires

[sbca96]

Tom

'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires