PROLOGUE
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
PROLOGUE
President ’ s Corner .................................................................. 5 Editor ’ s Ramblings ................................................................. 6 Letters ..................................................................................... 7 Remembrance : Francis Michael Dattilo .................................. 8 In The Kitchen with Loewy
Blackened Salmon ............................................................ 10
FEATURES
Ninth Annual Palm Springs Brunch ........................................ 9 Palm Springs Gets a Loewy-Designed Food Truck .............. 11 2024 MCACN Muscle Car Exhibit ........................................ 12 Some Historical Studebaker Surprises ................................. 14 What It Was Like to be an Avanti Dealer & Service Center .. 17 2000s Avanti Registry ........................................................... 60
DEPARTMENTS
Tech & Repair : Q & A with Jon Myer ........................................................ 22 Cooling Miseries .............................................................. 23 Avanti Short Tip ............................................................... 23 Changing Spark Plugs ..................................................... 23 Odds ’ N Ends –................................................................ 24 History of Glass in the Automobile .................................. 26 Altman Tooling Changes .................................................. 28 Avanti Weather Seals ...................................................... 30 AOAI Board Minutes ....................................................... 42-47 Final AOAI Bylaw Changes ................................................. 47 AOAI Treasurer ’ s Report .................................................... 48 New Members ..................................................................... 50 AOAI Chapter Happenings ............................................. 51-58 Avanti Marketplace ......................................................... 74-77 Membership Services .......................................................... 81 Advertiser index / Chapter Directory ...................................... 82 Parting Shot ......................................................................... 83
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ON THE COVERS
FRONT : Bob Dudeck ’ s red 1964 Avanti and Tom Queen ’ s 1987 Avanti convertible are in front of Pennsylvania ’ s Trolley Museum , set to feature our cars during the national meet in Washington County , Pennsylvania in September .
Photo by Tom Pawlesh
BACK : A vintage 1963 Studebaker Avanti ad for featuring speed records set by the new model at the Bonneville Salt Flats .
Ad courtesy AOAI memorabilia archives
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