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Custom Auto Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Parts to Supercharge Your Avanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Michael Myer Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Lionel Stone High Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Walter Miller - Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Stan Gundry books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Rediscovered Paper - Loewy Litho. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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AOAI Membership services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
IN THIS ISSUE
Raymond Loewy Designs..................20
From the president ....................................4
Editor’s Ramblings ....................................5
Letters...................................................4-6
AOAI January board meeting minutes ....8-10
AOAI judging guidelines......................10-11
Chicago Auto Show Avanti display.......12-13
Otis Romine on Avanti production .......14-19
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Lucky Strike Jr. Designer Award ........31
A California Avanti in Tokyo.................31-33
Preservation through exhibition................31
Review: Never Leave Well Enough Alone ..35
Review: Designs for a Consumer Culture.....36
Obituary: Puget Sound’s John Beveridge...43
Obituary: Sam Miller................................43
63R-1242 heads home ......................44-46
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ON THE COVER:
San Francisco AOAI member Steve Cabella’s 1963
Avanti was flown to Tokyo, Japan in October for the
Raymond Loewy Foundation-Japan exhibit and Junior
Designer Awards ceremony. Read about the Tokyo
exhibit and Steve’s Avanti beginning on page 31.
REAR COVER:
The entrance to the Spiral Hall/Wacoal Arts Center in
the heart of Tokyo’s trendy entertainment and busi-
ness section. The center was the site of November’s
Raymond Loewy Foundation exhibit in Tokyo, Japan.
African Avanti Renewal ...............37-38
Avanti repair......................................31-36
Q&A with Jon Myers...........................39-40
Avanti in Miniature...............................62
Chapter Happenings ........................50-59
2003 AOAI Sacramento Meet...........55-59
AOAI 2003 Meet Registration................59
Acquiring an Avanti after 40 years ...60-61
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Winter/Spring
2003 Issue 121
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