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1963 R-2296


THIS IS A 1963 STUDEBAKER AVANTI. CAR RUNS AND DRIVES, BUT NEEDS SOME TLC. HERE'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE CAR. LOOKS TO HAVE 54,000 ORIGINAL MILES.

PAINT AND EXTERIOR: CAR WAS STRIPPED AND PAINTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. THE PAINT HAS STOOD UP WELL, BUT THERE A FEW NICKS AND SCRATCHES FROM BEING MOVED AROUND. THERE ARE TWO CRACKS IN THE LEFT REAR CORNER BELOW THE TAIL LIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT WAS TAPPED IN THE BACK. HAPPENED WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT THE RESTORATION SHOP. AN EASY REPAIR. I HAVE INCLUDED A PICTURE OF THAT AREA. THE BODY IS MOSTLY FIBERGLASS SO IT IS RUST FREE. THE HOOD HAS SOME BUBBLING, PROBABLY FROM BAD PREP. ALL IN ALL THE PAINT IS VERY PRESENTABLE. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME ROT ON THE SHEET METAL BAFFLING ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THIS CAN EASILY BE REPAIRED OR REMOVED AND IS NON STRUCTURAL. ALSO THE DRIVERS DOOR HINGE HAS COME UNBONDED AT THE DOOR. IT WILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, ONE HUBCAP IS MISSING

INTERIOR: THE INTERIOR APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FRONT SEATS WHICH WERE STOLEN WHEN IT WAS AT THE RESTORATION SHOP. THE CARPET IS IN NICE SHAPE, AND SO IS THE BACK SEAT. THE HEADLINER AND THE DASH ARE INTACT, BUT ARE SHOWING THEIR AGE. PRESENTABLE ENOUGH FOR A STREET CAR HOWEVER. THE DRIVERS DOOR HARDWARE NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY INSTALLED. IT WAS REMOVED FOR SERVICE AND NOT COMPLETELY FASTENED. THERE IS SOME SURFACE RUST ON THE INTERIOR CHROME TRIM FROM SITTING.

ENGINE: MOTOR IS A 289 V8, WITH A FOUR BARREL CARBURETOR AND DUAL EXHAUST. STARTS RIGHT UP AND IDLES NICE. I WOULD RECOMMEND A TUNE UP SINCE IT HAS NOT HAD ONE IN SOME TIME. TRANSMISSION IS AN AUTOMATIC AND SHIFTS SMOOTH AND WORKS FINE. EXHAUST SOUNDS GOOD AS WELL. CAR NEEDS A BATTERY, AND THE ALTERNATOR IS A LITTLE NOISEY. OTHERWISE ALL APPEARS GOOD.

OPTIONS: CAR HAS POWER STEERING, POWER WINDOWS, POWER BRAKES.

ALL IN ALL THIS IS A NICE DRIVER. JUST NEEDS A BATTERY AND SOME FRONT SEATS AND A FEW HOURS LABOR AND YOU WILL BE ON THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CAR, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING THROUGH ALL THE SYSTEMS BEFORE TAKING TO THE ROAD. AT THE MOMENT I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE KEYS, BUT I HAVE A REMOTE STARTER SWITCH INSTALLED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CAR RUNS AND DRIVES. CONDITION IS VERY SUBJECTIVE, SO I RECOMMEND YOU COME SEE THE CAR FOR YOURSELF. DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CAR IT IS BEING SOLD AS IS.

CAR IS LOCATED IN AIRMONT, NY. ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY.

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