INSIDE
Issue 180
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A Grand
Celebration
for the Father
of Industrial
Design
The End of the Course
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28
On Tour in Switzerland
FEATURES
The Last Avanti
NEWS
DEPARTMENTS
In the Kitchen with Loewy: ...........................12
Citroën Avant: The Prototype is out There....14
Loewy's Avantis Reunited.............................20
Studebakers at Concours of America...........23
Avanti Disease..............................................37 Keep on Truckin'.............................................8
Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show............................9
Passing: Don Nichols...................................10
Review: Detroit Muscle................................. 11
AOAI 2018 Meet...........................................24
Avanti Motors Owner at the Avanti House....61
ON THE COVERS
FRONT: Two of Raymond Loewy’s personal
Avantis, a 1963 and 1972 were together
in September at Loewy’s former home in
Photo by Lewis Schucart
France. BACK: A full-page Studebaker advertisement
promoting their high-performance options for
1963 models.
Fall/Winter 2017 Issue 180
Ad courtesy John Hull
President’s Message......................................... 5
Editor’s Ramblings............................................ 6
Letters............................................................... 7
Election results.................................................. 7
Tech:
Q&A with Jon Myer...................................34
Quick Steering Arms replacement saga...35
Auto-for-Manual Transmission swap........38
Bad Warning Signs for Your Engine.........39
AOAI Board Minutes..................................44-46
AOAI Treasurer's Report................................47
AOAI Chapter Happenings.............................50
Avanti Marketplace.........................................74
Parting Shot.......................... Inside Back Cover
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