I know guys used to make their own by carefully grinding away the sidewall to expose the white banding underneath. I don't think that would work with today's tires.
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03 Marauder DPB, HS, 6disk, Organizer Mods> LED's in & Out, M&Z rear control arms, Oil deflector, U-Haul Trans Pan, Blue Fuzzy Dice
02 SL500 Silver Arrow
08 TC Signature Limited, HID's Mods>06 Mustang Bullet Rims 235/55-17 Z rated BFG G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus, Addco 1" rear Sway, Posi Carrier, Compustar Remote Start, floor liners, trunk organizer, Two part Sun Visors, B&M Trans drain Plug, Winter=05 Mustang GT rims, Nokian Hakkapeliitta R-2 235/55-17
12 Escape Limited V6 AWD, 225/65R17 Vredestein Quatrac Pro, Winter 235/70-16 Conti Viking Contact7 Mods>Beamtech LED headlight bulbs, Husky floor liners -
Back from the shop. Excuse everything being filthy:
The left front wheel is super glossy since the clear coat didn't do the orange peel like the others. The rest will get wet-sanded in a few days along with minor touch up around the wheel lip since some got chipped, but I expect as much when doing a rattle can job. Some might say this is what a Mercury police package could have looked like should one have actually existed in the '90s.
My Cars:
-1964 Comet 202 (116K Miles) - Long Term Project
-1979 Ford LTD Landau (38K Miles) - New Cruiser
-1986 Dodge D-150 Royale SE (112K Miles) - Slowly Getting Put Back Together
-1987 Grand Marquis Colony Park LS (343K Miles) - April 2017 + September 2019 POTM Winner
-1997 Grand Marquis LS (244K Miles) - March 2015 + January 2019 POTM Winner - Sold (05/2011 - 07/2024)Comment
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Looks good. I dig the dog dish hub caps. What happened to the red wheels, you spray them back to black?1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
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The red has been gone for a few months. I could never run the red ones without trim rings because of how eaten the paint was from the pieces that dig in to grip the rim. Made me a little sad since I really liked that look. It was something different. Maybe someday, but not now. I'd like to media blast the wheels if I was going body color again; there's too many overlayed coats of paint. Its factory black, then the primer, red, clear, primer, black, and clear.Originally posted by DerekTheGreat View Post
My Cars:
-1964 Comet 202 (116K Miles) - Long Term Project
-1979 Ford LTD Landau (38K Miles) - New Cruiser
-1986 Dodge D-150 Royale SE (112K Miles) - Slowly Getting Put Back Together
-1987 Grand Marquis Colony Park LS (343K Miles) - April 2017 + September 2019 POTM Winner
-1997 Grand Marquis LS (244K Miles) - March 2015 + January 2019 POTM Winner - Sold (05/2011 - 07/2024)Comment
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Yeah, not bad! What is that, an Avanti?1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party BargeComment
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Yes-sir-ee-bob.......that she is
....a 1964 Studebaker Avanti..... 4-speed, supercharged with 3:54 posi, proudly owned by me since 1966 Originally posted by DerekTheGreat View PostComment
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Pretty cool man! Weren't those powered by Ford engines or did people swap them in? When I was younger a guy in the neighborhood had one, a dark pewter/gold color and it just sat there, was nice back then but if storage conditions never changed then it's faded and shot to hell by now. That's how I recognized yours though.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party BargeComment
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The real ones were powered by Studebaker engines. The later ones were sort of a kit car, I think those ran Chevy engines. I think '64 was the last model year, though they went out of production in 1963. The leftovers were re-titled as a '64. Pretty rare to have an original, especially the supercharged version.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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Derek, no FoMoCo engines....after Studebaker folded nate Altman a large Stude dealer purchased all the rights to the car......and began to sell the Avanti 2....starting in late 1965....since Stude closed their engine foundry, a new engine was needed....and they choose a Chevy 327/300...very long story as to what happened for the next 40 years....do a web search...tons of info on the car....Originally posted by DerekTheGreat View PostComment
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I have hundreds of original ads etc..........here is a nice one.......
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This car a 1957 BMW 507 was the "grandparent" of the Avanti.......look how advanced, and some of the styling cues.......both designed by Raymond Loewy........Comment
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The car in the ad with the swingin' 60's ladies is exactly like the one I remember from long ago.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party BargeComment
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I think Derek got confused by the same thing that confused me for a very long time. That being that the engines in these were 289CI in displacement. I just took for granted it was a Ford motor until I did some reading much later on. They were a wild-looking car at the time and I still do a double-take whenever I see one. Very cool toploader.
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