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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
IN THIS ISSUE
ACD’s Stairway to Heaven...........14-16
From the president ....................................4
Editor’s Ramblings ....................................5
Letters...................................................6-7
Designer Tom Kellogg dies ....................8-12
Board member elections .....................15-17
Studebaker Museum site decided .............17
Avanti at general car shows ................13-14
Showing an Avanti: Commentary.........14-18
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Sacramento 2003 recap .............19-23
AOAI annual board minutes ................24-25
Avanti fund raising charitible project .........25
2003 Loewy Foundation designer award...26
John Ebstein-Loewy documentary.............27
Avanti Motors–GM lawsuit settled.............28
AOAI membership survey results..............29
Q&A with Jon Myer..................................30
Avanti repair......................................32-35
Raymond Loewy renderings found ............36
Hagley Museum national grant .................37
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ON THE COVER:
A row of shiny Avantis lined up on a hot Thursday dur-
ing the concours de elegance at the AOAI international
gathering in Sacramento, Calif.
REAR COVER:
Another view of the show field in Sacramento, where
rows of Avantis were mixed in with other classic
Studebakers.
Scale model AVX..............................56
AOAI Business Plan ........................38-39
Studebaker V8 valve/head modifications 41
Chapter Happenings ........................43-51
Travels with Roland (Canada chapter) ....52
2004 AOAI/SDC Charlotte Meet ......58-63
Avanti Calendar ...................................78
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PHOTOS BY LEWIS SCHUCART
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tember, & December) by the AOAI. EDITOR: Lewis Schucart, 12102 Josephine Marie Drive, Maryland Heights, MO., 63043-4200; (314) 298-9991. PRINTING: The Ovid
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Summer/Fall
2003 Issue 123
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