Cheap Avanti

Seller: "If you are an old Stude lover or just want the greatest project car on EBay today you will be happy with this one".

John Poulos wrote:

Its really a great photograph,#5, I mean. The car sitting alone with the sides well defined. But with the rest of the garage overflowing, but auto related stuff in the background,like the books. The car doesn't look beat to death, but just in the middle of being put back together. But alot of the good pieces have gone missing. The picture could have been a lttle sharper, but really like the lighting of this one. Made a great background picture.

wonder what those rims are?

rob

John Poulos wrote:

Looks like vintage cragars- w/ primer over pitted chrome.

Perfect base unit for a drag car or salt flats car... Jeff

"John Poulos" wrote...

Seeing that it's a RI car originally, rust will be an issue.

But, if the presenter had taken a few more pictures and provided more details, it might be the basis for a drag car or ???

JT

John Poulos wrote:

I've been lurking here for 8 years, but I never saw this suggested before.

Why R1 and rust? Does it take a supercharger to outrun ferrous oxide? Better hog troughs on performance models? Or perhaps folks are just so happy to have R2 or R3 that they don't make an issue out of rust.

Thanks in advance for any illumination.

John Larkin snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com '49 Commander Starlight "Ernestine" '49 truckbed trailer "Shadow"

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Yep, aluminum frame and hog-troughs for lighter weight!

Actually, I think he means 'RI' for Rhode Island, not R1.

Craig.

Joe, run it thru babelfish or put your glasses on and re-read the msg.

whizzo wrote:

Yep... My old Avanti was purchased when I lived in RI but it was a Connecticut car which meant even more rust. I had to replace the bottom plates on the frame from the spring supports rearward in 1973. I understand that it now resides somewhere in Oz...

JT

oldcarfart wrote: