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Studebaker International............................ 64-65
Raymond Loewy AOAI Chapter .......................... 67
Turner Brake...................................................... 67
First Books ........................................................ 65
AOAI Meet Merchandise ..................................... 68
JC Taylor Antique Auto Insurance ........................ 69
Studebaker Parts & Service........................... 70, 74
Silvertone Exhaust Systems .......................... 70, 78
Classic Enterprises ............................................. 71
Nostalgic Motors ................................................ 71
Avanti Marketplace -- Classified ..................... 72-78
Custom Auto Wood ............................................ 77
Phillips Auto Glass ............................................. 77
Myer Studebaker Parts ................................. 75, 77
Avanti Parts and Restoration............................... 76
Rogers Protofab ................................................. 76
Parts to Supercharge Your Avanti ........................ 76
Michael Myer Performance ................................. 77
Lionel Stone High Performance ........................... 76
Walter Miller - Literature..................................... 77
Stan Gundry books............................................. 77
Rediscovered Paper - Loewy Litho ....................... 77
Avanti Magazine Tech Index................................ 80
Back issues ....................................................... 80
AOAI Membership services ................................. 81
ACD’s Stairway to Heaven ..........10-11
From the president....................................4
Editor’s Ramblings....................................5
Letters ................................................. 6-8
New AOAI board members ........................9
Avanti repair .................................... 16-17
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From Hollywood to Sunshine.......19-21
Ironstone Vineyards Avanti Ltd.. meet ......18
Allstate Tire brochure ..............................21
Avanti drive across America.....................22
Studebaker Museum move details............29
RL Foundation Jr. Designer Awards ..........30
Fall Touring across Iowa ..........................31
Trailering an Avanti .................................32
Avanti repair .................................... 34-38
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ON THE COVER:
AOAI Florida member Keith Phildius recently
acquired the 1989 Avanti convertible that was origi-
nally a prize on the popular television game show,
“Wheel of Fortune.”
SPECIAL SECTION: Avanti racing ....23
Chapter Happenings ....................... 39-51
Different By Design.............................. 52
2004 AOAI/SDC Charlotte Meet...... 58-63
Avanti Calendar .................................. 78
REAR COVER:
A popular ad for Champion Spark Plugs was placed
in many newspapers and magazines in the early
and mid-1960s. This one featured the Studebaker
Avanti.
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Fall/Winter
2003 Issue 124
AVANTI Magazine
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