1963 R-3000
Gary Grammond (AvantiVette), Tucson, AZ
Ebay Sale - April 2008

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1963 R-3003


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R1 R-3024
25 September 2002
John Poulos, Arnold, MD
EBAY Sale
Stored since 71
New hog troughs


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R1 R-3025

24 November 2001
R. F. Christopherson
Ogden UT 84404


(Frame only)-this was initial notation
R2 four speed, red with black seats and tan dash and trim, purchased from the original owner in the fall of 72 in Salt Lake City, Utah I drove it to my home in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I now live in Ogden Utah. ps. It is the little sister of my 56 Packard.


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R1 R-3035
Feb 12, 2003
William Nadolskey


R1, white, orange interior. automatic, AC, PW, am radio , rear speaker, 135,000 miles, originally purchased in NJ, father-son owned since new.

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R1 R-3039
Nov 23, 2006
Robert L. Weir

R1, Avanti red with AT and PS. Does not have AC. This R1 was purchased on 11-21-06 from a gentleman in Hollywood, Ca. This is my 6th 1963 Avanti. One cannot have too many Avantis! Car is currently in Warner Springs, Ca. I currently own: 63R1810, 63R2116, 63R2824A, 63R2859, 63R13039 and 63R3404.

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R1 R-3042
Jeff Grohs
San Ramon, CA 94583

R1, automatic, no A/C or P/W. Gold/Elk. Restoration nearly complete. Sat from 82 til purchase in 99.

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R2 R-3047
0-1 April 2002
Jeff grohs


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R1 R-3054
Dec 2003
John N. Pacella


R2, automatic original white exterior/ red interior. 2nd. owner since 1979. PS/PB/AM radio. 74,000 miles. 2nd place studebaker drivers club Ligonier Pennsylvania.

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1963 R-3062
Jim & Dotty Carto, Bethlehem, Ga 30620

Since 09 July 2008

Previous :
Ron Beardsley, Deland, Florida


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R1 R-3066
Randy Knipe
Linden, PA 17744

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R2 R-3068
Aug 2004
Joseph A. Barrow


R2 Avanti blue, second owner, 113,000 miles. Engine rebuilt at 100,000 miles.

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1963 R-3074


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R1 R-3088
Sep 2004
Bob Thomasson
Black R1. Good driver. Recently acquired and I am providing the tlc required to make it a great driver. 77K miles and complete car. Was restored several years ago. Black with fawn and black interior. Factory air original AM radio.

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R1 R-3111A
John Caiazzo (jlc7111@iinet.com)
Murrieta California 92563
(800)830 0525 Office 5AM to 1PM PCT
Home 951-696-2081


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R1 R-3117

Dec 2005
Rick Armontrout


My dream is on its way from Indiana. I am the 4th owner. The car is an R-1 automatic, engine rebuilt by Cambridge Emerson Fitapaldi Associates in England at 125,000, and repainted white from gold original. Any repairs needed at that time at Southbend Indiana in 1975. The car has been quite a world traveler. I still have to pinch myself to believe she's mine. Would Love to hear from other owners. I ts been a long 40 year wait.RRARMONTROUT@YAHOO.COM

Latest :
R1 R-3117
Austin, TX
May 2007


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R1 R-3124

Sep 2007
Clarence Lehman


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1963 R1 R-3137
Dave Watkins, somewhere USA
Jan 2008 - ?
Previous
(tinystrains), Ebay sale
? - Jan 2008

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1963 R-3133
History
Roy Billings, Brush Prarie, WA
First contact, November 1999
owned since 1966

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1963 R-3138
Tim Wilson, Independence, MO
Turning Wheels Sale, November 1999

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R2 R-3141
Mark Mc Connell
San Diego, CA 92127

Real Italian Provenance...

 

also 1987 LSC H1000128

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R2 R-3142
(kompactkarcorner), Lynnwood, WA
Ebay Sale, October 2007


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R2 R-3143
Nov 2007
Brian Thomas
Somewhere, USAThis is a unique car and has a ton of correspondance between the original owner and the factory about the a/c instalation so the owner could put the factory a/c in himself . This is a supercharged car also .
Brian

R2 R-3152

Since July 2008

12 May 2002
Greg Meyers, Minnetonka, MN

Closed storage for 23 years
5200 original miles

R1 R-3154
Feb 2001
Larry Hahn

R1 gold, automatic, AC

R1 R-3160

Edward Farley, Ardmore, PA
Turning Wheels, September 1983

and

Turning Wheels, August 1983

and

Rosemont, PA
Turning Wheels, November 1982

R2 R-3163
May 2001
Ernest Stover

and

R1 R-3168
Jim LaBenz, Rex, AZ
Turning Wheels, July 1982

R1 R-3172
Mike Baker
Greenfield, IN 46140

also R1 r-1898, R1 r-2259, R1 r-3820

R1 R-3209
01 June 2001
Jim Kozbelt
Murrysville, PA 15668

body #63r)-2338
4 speed, 3:54 Axle, Dyno'd at 280 BHP...

R2 R-3217
Pete Carelli, Cleveland, OH
Turning Wheels, June 1990

1963 R-3224

AND

R1 R-3224
Evergreen, CO
Turning Wheels, November 1983

1963 R-3229

1963 R-3236

R1 R-3246
24 May 2005
Dave Johnson
Downers Grove, IL

Project - R&P steering GM Disk brakes

Also 63r4636

1963 R1 R-3266
Richard & Lynette Maxon
Winston-Salem, NC April 2008 owned for 2 yrs

Automatic

R2 R-3270
06 Jun 2002
Doc
Conifer, CO 81002

comments: Frame #R4225, R2, automatic, PS, PW, AM radio, sea mist exterior, black interior with white dash. Car was delivered to San Francisco dealer in late summer 1963. Spent about ten years with one family in S. SF. Sold to a Professor of American Literature at Berkeley in about 1974. He drove it on and off for about 11 years, then parked it after getting hit in a Safeway parking lot. Light damage to left front fender and headlight ring. I bought the car in 2001 with the "1986" yellow registration sticker still on the plate. Engine, auto trans, Diff and brakes refurbed and installed. Body repaired winter 01/02, final sea mist green paint May 2002. Needs to have interior cleaned up, but runs strong and looks sharp. Doc

R-3274
Feb 2004

1963 R2 R-3277

and

R2 R-3277
Feb 2001
Cal & Barb Roe

R2, 4-speed manual transmission, 3.73 ratio in differential with twin traction, PS & PB, AM radio and tinted glass side windows. Original Avanti red with tan interior. 4th owner of this original car with less than 30,000 miles. Purcased in Santee CA in November of 2001. At 7000 feet elevation in the mountains of Southern California, the Paxton supercharger still puts out 5 psi boost. I plan upgrades that Avanti fans will recognize such as the new Flowmaster based exhaust system I had installed.

1963 R-3294

OOOP!

R2 R-3295

05 February 2002
Tom Covington
Midlothian, VA
Engine Fire damage, November 2001
fire wall and driver fender damage (all gone)
Will be re-bodied in 2002

Jan 12, 2005
1963 Avanti R-2 titled as 1964. Sold in North Carolina from Honeycut Motors in 1964. Owned since 1967. Factory built with R-2, automatic transmission, Avanti red with red interior, power steering, AM radio, non-power windows, tinted glass. First Avanti to run the quarter mile in under 12 seconds. Current record holding at 11.68 @ 116 mph on 13 pounds of boost with factory intake, manifolds, and R-2 cam.

1963 R-3297

1963 R1 R-3299
Nick Berger
Westminster, CA

Jag rear axle

R1 that needs everything!

R2 Avanti white with orange interior. Perforated seat and back insets. Restored in 1983. Won First Place in 1983 for a 1963 Avanti in the AOA Eastern National Meet in South Bend and First Place in its class by the Studebaker Drivers Club. Also Second Place in 1988 at the SDC International Meet in South Bend.

R1 R-3310

R1 powershift, long term restoration, turquoise with turquoise interior, new interior will be white.

1963 Avanti R2 four speed. Newer gold paint with the original fawn interior and new carpet. Engine and supercharger rebuilt with all new chrome in engine compartment. This beautiful Avanti is fast and reliable. $18,500

R2 R-3327
July 2007
TW Classifieds

auto, white with black/fawn interior, new door panels, Myers supercharger, R-3 box, Thibeault calipers, 89,000 miles, Michelins, new carburetor, distributor. Ph. 918-629-3095, 918-743-5512. $14,900. OK (6f)

1963 R-3328
John & Karen Dendy
Irving, TX
Nee: Frank Letts ( R1311)

1963 R-3328
Frank Letts, Houston, TX
Turning Wheels, September 1990

PS,PB,PW, automatic, air, transmission oil cooler
two lucas fog lights. New Pirelli steel belted tires. New
holley carburetor, motor and automatic complety overhauled last
year. Body excellent.

R1 R-3336

R1 R-3337
James Jacobsen, Aneheim, CA
Turning Wheels, November 1982

R1 R-3351

R1, Automatic, PS, gold w/fawn interior

R2 automatic, with a nicely installed AC (compressor is mounted where the lower pulley used to be and uses Avanti II vents). Turquoise with turquoise/fawn interior. Custom Air-conditioned R2

R2 R-3366
Feb 2007
Joseph R. Kobelak

R2 automatic, 3.73 TT, PS/PB, Avanti red w faw n interior. 67000 original miles.

Purchased 1986 in Fort Wayne, IN
Previous owner - M. Nicklin, Studebaker designer

The car has an R-3 engine B109 in it and was installed back around 69-70 by George Krem

1963 R-3373

and

R1 R-3373
J. A. Old(?), Manchester, IN
Turning Wheels, March 1976

R1 R-3378
Brian J. Idzik
03 Feb 2001
Juneau,AK 99801

R1, automatic, PS, PB, factory AC, & power windows
body number 63r Q 2536, engine number R2397

1963 R-3379
January 2007
Ebay Sale

R1 R-3384
Mar 2007
Robert L. Ratcliff

Gold, automatic, PS, PB, PW.

R2 4-speed manual. Black exterior/White interior. Purchased from the second owner on 7/4/04. Car was restored in 1980 then parked for 24 years. I plan to drive the car daily.

Dec 2005
Robert L. Weir

R2 with A/T. Turquoise with turquoise/fawn interior. Originally a California car, in Illinois for only a few years (transported back to Calif.)

1963 R-3404(B?)

1963 R-3414

1963 R-3415

May 2003

Ebay Sale

1963 R-3424

R1 R-3430
27 April 2007

63 R1 Avanti 3430 for sale. The car was purchased new by her husbands family who drove it very little. It was last registered in 1969 and parked in the garage since. The engine was rebuilt by her late husband who was an auto machinist and the body was repainted at the same time. The engine was never installed, has 0 miles on it. There is nothing missing on this one. The interior is all most like new including carpet and is all original. The exterior is white with turquoise interior. It as always been stored in a garage. The car is located in Auburn, California which is near Sacramento.
Asking $17,500. Her name is Deni and she can be reached at 530-823-6336 and her e-mail is _aubured@sbcglobal.net_(mailto:aubured@sbcglobal.net)

R2 R-3462
18 Sep 2001
George Kennedy
Hudson, CO 80642
Owned since August 2001
Previous owner: Curtis Carney
1976-2001

R1 R-3464

1963 R-3470

Jack Vines
Spokane, WA 99223

AT, AC, PS. One owner for 37 years; customized for him by George Barris according to Raymond Loewy's plans for the '65 Avanti. Has quad headlights, flared rear fenders, vinyl roof and Dayton knock-off wire wheels.

1963 R-3473

R1 R-3484

01 April 2004
Ernie Peters
Chantilly, VA
Purchased 2002

R1 automatic. Purchased in May 2002. Under re-restoration. Had major cosmetic/mechanical restoration in 1985, car was parked and sat inside garage for 16 years. Engine out, being gone through (head gaskets leaked while sitting). Interior will be redone in original red. Exterior paint is good (Avanti white). Will need some minor cosmetic parts, but car is all there. Now Avanti white with orange interior, automatic, powersteering and windows, whitewalls, and radio

1963 R-3493

07 Apr 2005
Nemesh Solanki
Atlanta, Ga

SOLD: July 2005

New owner: VWandSTUDEBAKER@rocketmail.com David in Gainesville, FL
25 Nov05-Original engine found

Very Interesting history

R2 R-3494

Portland, OR
Turning Wheels, March, 1990

R1 R-3506
Ebay, Feb 2008

1963 R-3499

R2 R-3514
29 Aug 2002
New Hampshire Dealer

Bought on Ebay previous year
Previous owner:
R2/ 4speed
White formerly Gold
Body damage RF
Non Original Seats
Bad interior
Good troughs/frame
Engine/trans rebuilt(?)

R1 R-3538
Brent, Springhuil, FL
Turning Wheels, January 1997

R2, 4-speed. White with original red and white interior. I bought this car in Nashville, Tennesse in 1973 and put a new short block from Newman-Altman in it in 74 with SS heads. It has 3.73 TT. I bought this car when I was in high school and have many fond memories leaving the "detroit specials" behind in the 1/4 mile. Car has been stored for the last 13 years and I am now beginning a complete restoration.Modified R2 (ported standard 289 heads), 4 speed, White w/ red & white interior

R1 R-3549

R2, orginally white, now black with tan interior, automatic, 94,000 miles. Body no. 63R-2600, assembled on 2/28/63. Power windows and silent muffler. Delivered in San Francisco. Now in Sacramento, CA.

1963 R-3565

Body # 63RQ2612
Engine # RS 2087
Larry McGann
Las Vegas, NV 89031
Notes
January 2005
Sold to Doug Fullers
Southern California
May 2006 to
Thomas Cummings
Garden Grove CA
92843

This Avanti is highly documented with window sticker, dealer paperwork, warranty, etc., etc. Originally sold in San Diego CA, it moved to Arizona, to Las Vegas, back to California in Simi Valley, and then to me.
red '63 with wire wheels and goofy Recarro Turbo seats.

1963 R4 R-3571

03 Feb 2004
Mike Float
Roseland FL 32957

The factory Studebaker R4 intake manifold and the Halibrands came from Allan Songer in California. The engine is bored .90 over to 304.5 and has a 6 quart oil pan. It has the 288 degree camshaft and the two correct carter 4 barrell AFB carbs. I will shoot some more pictures and get them to you when I have done some more work under the hood if you would like.

R4 Clone

R1 R-3581
John Myer, Los Angeles, CA
Turning Wheels, February 1983

R1 R-3588
Walter ? Austin, TX
CraigsList Sale, November 2008

1963 R3 R-3590 (B104)

1963 registered as 1964, not sure why. Red R-1, power windows, auto, air, power steering and brakes. In storage and has not been started in almost two years. Was running when parked. Purchased from Merson's in Ohio 2001. Supposedly previous owner had for twenty years. Currently in Hawaii. Has 113,000+ miles.

R1 R-3621

R1 R-3621
Aug 2003
LTC. Richard E. Pianca USA (Ret)
Davenport IA

Built 5 March 1963, R-1, Serial #63R3621, Engine # R 2540, Body# RQ2710

Purchased in 1976 from Avanti Motors, South Bend, Indiana. I am the third owner. The first owner received the Avanti as a high school graduation present from her father. The vehicle ID is RQ 3621, body RQ 2710, engine R 2540. It has the perforated seat inserts, auto trans, PS.PB, radio w/rear speaker, TT, AC, dual fender mounted rear view mirrors, white walls, turn signals, front and rear seat belts, windshield washers, and tinted glass It has been repainted its original Avanti Turquoise.

#3626, auto, air, owned since 1970, green with black interior, this is my first Studebaker.

R1 R-3628
Jun 2006
Larry Fuerman

Gold R1, air, 120K, originally purchased from Bud Lee in 1971, it was my first car! My other studie is a 53 Starliner hartop.

57K miles total, left in a garage from 1966-1996 after having 46K hard miles - not preped for storage. Restored 1996-1998 by Bruce Ford. R1, automatic, PS, PB, & Factory Air. I call her Ruby-Ruby. This car sports gorgous red paint (not Avanti), red cloth seats, and ventage Crager 72 spoke wheels. Shown 26 times in 2004 in the NM-AZ area. 61st place, 42nd place, and 13th in the shows that gave awards. See R1880 for my daily driver.

Phoenix, AZ

1963 R-3633
EBAY Sale - 10 June 2005

and

1963 R(0) R-3633
John Hastings, Eden, NY
Turning Wheels Ad - June 1985

R2 R-3639
Sal Levy, New York
Turning Wheels Ad - September 1984

R2 R-3650
22 Mar 2005
Studeski

63 Avanti R3650. This has a 63 Super Hawk R1 engine made into an R2

R1 R-3672
23 Nov 2004
Mike Seery
Oregon OH 43616

R3672 was originally a white R2 with 4-speed and 3.31 TT, sold new in Columbia SC to a music professor at Juilliard, with me since 1988. During its early career, it had the supercharger removed and AC mounted. The 64 front nose, and the presence of fire extinguisher powder in the old front seat pad, leads me to believe the first owner found the R2 a bit much. I had Myer's do it up to "R-two-and-a-half" with R3 valves, heads, cam and headers, R3 bonnet and front suspension, big sway bars. It retains the ex-Pontiac 600CFM AFB that was used to step it down from R2, and it works.

R1 R-3673
Mike Sevier, Wichita, KS

and

Turning Wheels, April 1982

Owned since: 1991
White, R2 4-speed - Turquoise & Fawn interior, Black vinyl top (installed at the dealership, prior to delivery at the (original) owners request.

R2 R-3693

03 October 2004
Los Angeles, CA
EBAY Sale

R2 R-3698
David Brown, Hayward, CA
Turning Wheels, October 1978 <>

R2, 4-speed, 3.73 TT, PS, PW & PB, AM radio and tinted glass. Original Avanti grey with black interior. Mods include Chevy valve conversion, Edelbrock 750 carb with after market bonnet, Hurst shifter, 2 1/4 in SS exhaust with loud mufflers, dual master cylinder, rear battery, 3 core rad, 6 in front & 7 in rear wheels, finned valve and valley covers, new interior (black with grey), Recaro power seats, carpets, NOS dash, front grill, exterior paint Honda crystal blue clear coat. Future, styled wheels and air conditioning.

R1 R-3707
Richard Bennett, Irwin,PA
Turning Wheels, August 1988

R2 R-3713
03 January 2001
Tom Luoma
Sault Ste. Marie MI 49783

Body #RQ-2759
Frame off restoration in progress

All new frame, sub floor boxes, mechanicals
Owned since June 2000

R-2 automatic, 3.73 TT, Long-term frame up restoration in progress. Originally grey with red interior, will be painted Avanti gold. Purchased in 2000 in very poor condition. This car has not been in drivable condition for more than 17 years. Now 50% completed, the target date for this project is June 2003.

1963 R2 R-3719
Marilyn & Keith Brooks
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2W 3V3

R2 A/T built March 1963 but not sold to original owner in Oklahoma until September 1963. Currently being modified with a/c, bored block and new interior.

R3719 - mine was originally Bordeaux Red when delivered to a veterinarian in Oklahoma in September 1963, though it was manufactured in March and thus allowed to be titled as a 1964.

R2 R-3724

Previous owner - Roland Gagne
Manual Steering, A/C compressor in place of PS Pump

R1 R-3725
Canton, GA
August 2005

R1 R-3748
16 Oct 2005
Willowick, OH

R2 R-3749
Aug 2001
Steve Grant
Russel, PA

R2 4-speed, gold with fawn interior. PW and factory AM/FM radio.

R2 R-3756
E.J.'Buck' Buchanan
Jacksonville, FL 32226

R1 R-3772
June 2007
Indiana
Ebay Sale

R1 R-3779
Paul Cronkwright
Smithville, Ontario, Canada L0R 2A0

4th owner; the car never left Canada after delivery

R1 R-3783
26 feb 2002
RoyPeg3094A
Martinsburg, PA

Ebay Sale 26 Feb 2002

• 60000 Miles - Automatic transmission
  
• PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED IN 1982. ALSO, NEW CARPETING, HUBCAPS, AND INSIGNIA. HAS BEEN DRIVEN LESS THAN 8,000 MILES SINCE PURCHASE IN 1981. A TRUELY BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC CAR FOR A STUDEBAKER BUFF.
  

R1 R-3793
August 2007
Cincinnatti, OH
Ebay Sale

R1 R-3799
Michael Lawsky
Dunwoody, GA 30338

R3 R-3801
William G. Brandt
St. Joseph, MO 64506
What I do with the car

Listen to this!

Dyno test

2001 race Start

R1 R-3814
21 April 2001
Roger Canfield
Foster City CA 94404

Owned since 1983

R1 R-3820
Mike Baker
Greenfield, IN 46140

1963 R-3821

R2 R-3824

1963 R-3827

R2 R-3838
Harold Freeze
Cleveland, NC 27013

Titled as a '64

1963 R-3844

1963 R1 R-3848
Steve Cabella, San Anselmo, CA

also r-2582, r-2564

May 2005


R2 R-3865
Random Find

R1 R-3867
Larry moore, Parsons, KY
Turning Wheels, October 1985

Owned since 1989

It was originally Avanti Red. It belonged to the son of the Studebaker dealer , here in Tulsa. I purchased the car from him. It has, to my knowledge, never been on ebay. I have owned the car for 15 years. So the car is a 2 owner. The previous owner told me his father gave he and his twin brother each, a Avanti upon high school graduation.(I saw the price on mine on the original title ($4955). He also stated that the car was special ordered from the factory with the AC stuff in the passenger compartment. I have no way of verifying that.

You are more than likely correct about the headlights, but the AC stuff in the passenger compartment is old, real old. (but it still works). I added all the air-conditioning stuff under the hood, compressor, dryer, condensor and all. (Just converted it to r134)

I believe this to be the 3rd engine in the car, and I cannot find a serial number on it. ( I know, upper left front of the block). The alternator mounts like other R2 Avantis also

R2 R-3873
Edmond, OK
Turning Wheels, August 1988

R1 R-3891
Jan 2001
Harry Truschinskis

Red with fawn interior, Automatic, PB, PS

R1 R-3922
Don Hedgepeth
Los Angeles CA 90004

R1 automatic, AC. Stripped and painted Madera Red in 1995, custom cork color leather interior including walnut dash and custom reclining seats with tan headliner and floor covering. Daily driver with 160,000 miles on the original engine.

R1 R-3940(A)
John B. Gran
Ovilla,(Dallas) TX 75154-1402

EBAY SAle

R1 R-3940
May 2005

R2 R-3944

May 2007
Jim Hack
Fort Edward, NY

R1 R-3946
Dennis Eichinger, Grand Junction, CO
Turning Wheels, February 1980

R2 R-3951
August 2007
Columbus Station, OH
Ebay Sale

R1 R-3961
22 August 2001
John Poulos
From Indiana
Body #63RQ-2882 Engine #R2761
Old Storage

and

F. D. McAnally, Jackson, MI
Turning Wheels, March 1982

R1 R-3977
Franklin T. Lerx
LYNDHURST OH 44124

R2 R-3981
21 May 2002
Hernann Haller
Rinstr 25,Olten CH-4600
Switzerland
062-2123938