PROLOGUE
FEATURES
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PROLOGUE
President ’ s Corner ............................................................... 5 Editor ’ s Ramblings .............................................................. 6 In The News ........................................................................ 7 Remembrances David Burton .................................................................... 8 Joseph Papai Jr ............................................................... 8 Mary Ann Harbit ............................................................... 8
In The Kitchen with Loewy Loewy ’ s Unique BLT Sandwich ..................................... 10
2024 MCACN Show .......................................................... 11
FEATURES
Welcome Back Old Friend ................................................... 9 Chat GPT and Studebakers .............................................. 12 Harold Le May Tribute ....................................................... 13 A Studebaker Odyssey ...................................................... 14 A Fly-In Re-creation in Indiana .......................................... 18 Avanti in Miniature ............................................................. 20 The Servant and the Great Negotiator .............................. 21 Last Flip of the Hourglass for Sherwood Egbert ................ 22 Fate Unknown : Relics from Avanti ’ s Ohio Years ............... 23
DEPARTMENTS
Tech & Repair : Jon Myer ............................................................. 24-25 Odds ‘ N Ends .......................................................... 26 1983-1984 Dash Pads ............................................. 30 Avanti Antennas ....................................................... 32 AOAI Board Minutes ................................................... 38-43 AOAI Treasurer ’ s Report ................................................ 46 New Members ................................................................. 47 AOAI Chapter Happenings ......................................... 48-55 Avanti Marketplace ..................................................... 74-77 Membership Services ...................................................... 81 Advertiser index / Chapter Directory .................................. 82 Parting Shot ..................................................................... 83
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ON THE COVERS
FRONT : Phil Allen and Glenda Winder ’ s 1963 Avanti posed on the rear ramps of a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar , similar to the C-82 Packet that carried two prototype Avantis around the nation in 1962 . Phil Allen photo
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BACK : A vintage 1963 full-line advertisement from Studebaker .
Ad courtesy AOAI memorabilia archives Page 30
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