help new to studebaker world

check out the Studebaker Driver's Club website, there is a good overview there of what you ought to do to a "new to you" Studebaker. If you can put up a pic of the engine we can help identify exactly what you have, also what is the engine number? It will be stamped on a pad just in front of the valley cover, slightly on the driver's side of the engine. For an Avanti, check the condition of the frame and hog troughs (torque boxes) as they are known to rust.

Where in Virginia are you? there's two local SDC chapters, one DC- centric and one Richmond-centric.

nate

Hi Sam,

Welcome to the newsgroup!

This is a pretty good resource for anybody wanting to learn about and be involved in driving and restoring Studebakers.

Our little corner of the internet has gotten smaller in the last few years, as more forums opened up, but this is still a good place to come and learn Oh yeah - we do a LOTof Off Topic BS, but that's what makes it a fun group. ('Cept for the political crap we get caught up in)

Lotsa resources here:

Post your needs and questions here- many of the vendors hang out here.

Mark

What is the serial number of the car. It is on a plate on the drivers side door post. When you open the door look at the doorpost at the front of the door. Thanks Bob

Sorry.on the Avanti the serial number is on a plate welded to the frame on the drivers side looking down under the hood on the drivers side you will see a stainless steel serial number plate

Correction again.it is on the passenger side!!!

here are some pics of the car and the serial number still looking for the number stamped on the driver side of the engine found some on the intake manifold and there was some number on passenger side just below the alternator View the attachments for this post at:

The only thing with numbers I saw was evidently the body number.

The VIN should be spotwelded (IIRC) to the top frame rail in the engine compartment just forward of the firewall.

JT

It's a R2 engine.

samskee wrote:

The body tag number 1737 indicates a car fairly early in the '63 production. The serial number plate is on top of the frame rail, on the passenger side, just forward of the firewall. It can be a little hard to see and may be covered with years of crud. Look from above with a good strong light. The serial plate is about 1-3/4" x 2-1/2" IIRC. If you need to clean it off to read the engraved number, clean it with a detergent, not a solvent, so that you don't remove the paint from the plate.

Jim Bradley

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Sam,

If you look a the very front top of the engine you should see a plate bolted to the block, just to the left of that (drivers side), you should see numbers stamped into the block. THOSE are the engine ID numbers.

Until we know what those numbers are we can't tell you exactly what you have, but at least to me the supercharger setup looks like a standard R2 setup. Of course your father in law could very well have replaced the engine long block with an R3 but kept the R2 setup.

I believe the 63 RQ 1737 is the body ID tag, and it looks to me like the car is a 63, not a 64, but Studebaker and some DMV's played kind of loose with the years.

Does the car have round or square headlights?

How about some pictures of the rest of the car?

Good luck, and welcome!

Jeff DeWitt

samskee wrote:

I found the serial number it is 63R-2592 i am still looking for the one stamped on the engine. thanks you everyone for the help so far

I will post more pics when i can push it out of my garage to get some better pics. It does have round head lights and a four speed transmission.

Actually it would be 63r-25921. Studebaker used a capital I for the number

No, the number is 63R-2592 is correct. The Avanti numbers were 4-digit. IIRC, they started with 63R-1001, which would make this car 1592 in the production. This would be consistent with the 1737 body number. The serial numbers and body numbers did not normally match up, but were reasonably close.

Jim Bradley

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blacklarkviii Actually it would be 63r-25921. Studebaker used a capital I for the number

In my not-so-humble opinion, If you are not Studebaker mechanically inclined (and they are a "little different" as also the people that play with them ) and you being in Virginia, I would suggest contacting John Poulos (DC area), Jon Meyer (Ohio?), Bob Kapitan (Mi?) or many other RECONIZED EXPERTS to evaluate your vehicle and repair and maintain it correctly to retain value and operational safety. Even if you incur shipping costs to these qualified people you are money ahead and less apt to incur grief with this exceptional prize that also has emontional value to the person that controls your highway to happiness (aka: current wife unit, ). Calvin 864-547-0272

Bob, Hopefully this bout of "Crainialrectumitus" will clear soon and you will see the light again with your own eyes, try slow withdrawl and here's hoping all else is well with you! Calvin.

I would suggest joining the Avanti Owners Association International (AOAI). This club is a spin off of the Studebaker Drivers Club (SDC) dedicated to the Avanti model only. They have a quartley magazine full of technical and historical information. I would also suggest attending the joint SDC/AOAI meet scheduled for June 17 - 23 this year in South Bend Indiana, the home of Studebaker. There will be many vendors and hundreds of members of both clubs in attendance. More info on the meet can be found at