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echo: oldcars
to: ELVIS HARGROVE
from: JOHN DEMOTT
date: 1996-07-01 16:56:00
subject: Avanti

Hello Elvis!
28 Jun 96 22:58, Elvis Hargrove wrote to John Demott:
 EH> Paid particular attention to the engine compatment too, and it is
 EH> definitely a Studebaker engine.  Looked like a 289, and had chrome valve
 EH> covers like the old Caddie engine.  The valley cover is also chrome.
 EH> For some weird reason the fan was painted bright ORANGE which I never
 EH> saw on a studbuster before.  (They were replacing all the belts and
 EH> checking pulley alignment.  No supercharger.)
The valley cover was originally chrome but was replaced with a painted one in 
August of 1963.
I think they came up with two new versions of the 289. The one without the 
supercharger had 10.25:1 pistons and a new cam that gave it 240 HP.
John
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