Avanti Project Photos

[tluz]

Hi, Guys,

Here are a few pics of the Avanti eight months later.



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Hope this works.

Tom

[Tom Bredehoft]

I'm Jealous. Wish I had the time to do my 55 that way, but I won't live long enough.

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Tom Bredehoft
'53 Commander Coupe (since 1959)
'55 President (6H Y6) State Sedan
(Under Construction 617 hrs.)
'05 Legacy Ltd Wagon
All Indiana built cars

[Warren Webb]

That is one classy chassis! I like the detail work you've put into it.

60 Lark convertible
61 Champ
62 Daytona convertible
63 G.T. R-2,4 speed
63 Avanti (2)
66 Daytona Sport Sedan

[sbca96]

Who's exhaust system is that?

"From Ghoulies and Ghosties and long-leggity beasties and things that
go bump in the night, may the good Lord deliver us"

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: TKO 5-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires

[tluz]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

Tom, the exhaust system comes from Don Simmons at Silvertone in Ontario. Stainless steel pipes with glasspacks. It fit perfectly and Don's a pleasure to deal with.

The poem is on a Halloween sign my kids put out to make the house look creepy.

Question for the forum -- One gent asked whether the bleeder screw on the front disk brakes is supposed to go on the top, so that the air will come out. This makes sense, but unless I've completely misread it, the picture in the shop manual shows the bleeder screw on the bottom. Does anyone have any intel on this point and, if the screw goes on the top, why the shop manual might have shown it the other way?

Tom

[JDP]

Double check, but I think you have the crossover line on backwards. If it rubs on the wheel you could lose the brakes. I don't recall a bleed screw on the bottom.

JDP/Maryland

[Bob Langer]

quote:

Question for the forum -- One gent asked whether the bleeder screw on the front disk brakes is supposed to go on the top, so that the air will come out. This makes sense, but unless I've completely misread it, the picture in the shop manual shows the bleeder screw on the bottom.

Tom

The shop manual shows the bleeder screw on top. Page 5, figure 6 shows it clearly.

Bob Langer
Glenshaw,PA

[tluz]

OK, thanks, guys. I'll switch them tonight and clean my glasses the next time I look at the manual.

[sbca96]

Yah, it looks like you have the calipers reversed, R on L and L on R.
The bleeder most definately must go on top. Also make sure you check
the alignment of the caliper on the rotor and that its parallel to it.

Is that the stock Silvertone or the larger one? Can you post more pics
of the system and side views of the bends? I am curious as to how the
bends flow, and how crushed they are. They look really good in your
pictures, not reduced in diameter that much.

Tom

[DEEPNHOCK]

CINDER BLOCKS - BAD! BAD! BAD!

GET REAL JACKSTANDS! NOW!



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[tluz]

I have jack stands but I need them from time to time.

What's wrong with cinder blocks?

[DEEPNHOCK]

In three words... YOU COULD DIE!
They are not made to support any kind of load, especially the way you have them.
A lot of people are killed each year doing just what you are doing.
I had one crumble on me when I was 14..a long long time ago.
PLEASE put them outside and put some real jackstands under there...
Seriously, this is a MAJOR safety issue...for YOU!
We don't need to hear about a tragedy later on that could be easily avoided now.
Dump the cinder blocks.
Read up on it here...
http://tinyurl.com/mawvxz
Jeff[8D]

quote:Originally posted by tluz

I have jack stands but I need them from time to time.
What's wrong with cinder blocks?

[sbca96]

Jeff is right, cinderblocks are kinda like a house of cards, they do
seem strong enough, but just the right change in load and they will
suddenly crumble. I didnt even notice them in the picture. Make sure
to get quality jack stands, not the split round tube style. When I've
needed my jack stands, or wanted it to sit higher, some lumber yards
have large square blocks of wood, and as ugly as they look old wheels
make decent stands in a pinch (laying flat, not upright like salvage
yards use them, and never stacked).

Tom

[tluz]

Hmmm. Never heard that. I'll pick up a few more stands this weekend. For what it's worth, i have no need to crawl under the frame at the moment.

I switched the disk brake crossover tubes so they match the shop manual pic. Makes more sense that way. What, if anything, plugs the remaining hole on the bottom inner caliper? Right now both calipers have one open hole.

Tom, I'll get a few exhaust pics for you ASAP. This is the stock Silvertone. Don and I discussed the 2 1/4" diameter and we concluded that, the way I intend to drive the car, I will almost never be in the RPM range where it will improve anything. He thinks it is worth 5-10 HP in the 4500 RPM range, so if you're drag racing it might be worth a couple of tenths. I assume if you go for the wider diameter you'd want headers, too.

[tluz]

Exhaust pics for Tom. I'm not Don's sales agent, but he will tell you that he has copies of the original Studebaker templates.











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