Avanti Magazine Winter/Spring 2018 #181 | Page 3

INSIDE Issue 181 16 13 Avanti Muscle in the Windy City 16 Seconds of Fame 22 32 An Avanti Pilot’s South Africa FEATURES In the Kitchen with Loewy: ...........................12 Visitor from Canada......................................17 A First Time Participant’s Perspective..........17 Gibson GT: Wrapup......................................18 The Hawk Returns to Chicago......................21 The Studebaker That Could Have Been.......33 Design & Conquer in Palm Springs..............48 ON THE COVERS FRONT: The Avanti timeline and a few of the car owners and others at November’s Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois. Photo ©2017, Tim Costello, Bob Ashton & MCACN Winter/Spring 2018 Issue 181 The Sherwood Egbert Tribute Edition NEWS Missing Avanti.................................................8 Passing: Virgil Marple.....................................9 Exhibits: Studebaker Relics....................................10 Granatelli.................................................. 11 AOAI 2018 Meet...........................................24 Stellar Scholars 2018 scholarship..................42 BACK: Timeless, original art by Tony Randazzo with a 1963 Avanti and GT Hawk in front of the Flatiron building in New York. DEPARTMENTS President’s Message.........................................5 Editor’s Ramblings............................................6 Letters...............................................................7 Tech: Q&A with Jon Myer.................................. 36 Floppy Strato-Vue................................... 37 Heater Hose Replacement...................... 37 Brake Primer........................................... 38 Jet Thrust carburetor service letter......... 40 Jet Thrust spark plug service letter......... 61 AOAI Board Minutes.......................................44 AOAI Treasurer's Report................................46 AOAI Chapter Happenings.............................50 Avanti Marketplace.........................................74 AVANTI Magazine 3