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Yes, that story is true…. It was for a Raymond Loewy tribute… A custom moving dolly was crafted by a local moving company which somehow put that Avanti ll on its side….apparently without damaging it… UNREAL!!!

That’s a good question!!….I’ll grab a used assy, and give it a weigh soon.

You certainly have the ‘touch’ !!!

You got a bullseye!

Splitting hairs here, but the answer is actually FALSE…. Reportedly this Avanti has just under 6,500 miles on its odometer!

We owned an ‘08 Toyota Corolla like that…. With the A/C running,it was frequently necessary to shift the automatic trans down a gear to stop the engine from laboring on hills.

The last production Studebaker Avanti, serial R5643, has just under 5,000 miles on its odometer…..True?

A Studebaker Avanti’s driver or passenger door window glass weighs approx….?….. lbs. 1) ten…..2) fifteen…..3) twenty…..or…4) twenty five

It definitely reminds me of the original Studebaker Avanti steering wheel!

That ‘200’ figure came from an ad Paxton Products (Granatellis) ran when they were selling off their remaining Studebaker parts inventory…. I’d bet 99% of those new Carter AFB carbs were types made for Stude Avanti R1, 2, 3, and 4 engines.

Ooooh Florida… sounds warm!… we’ve had quite a cold spell up here in Mass!!

Yes Paul… even you!!!….and all my Stude buddies from the great State of Maine!

I like the two spoke steering wheel… As you say, the three spoke types tend to block the gauges.

Merry Christmas to all of my Avanti Forum friends!!

Guesses always welcome here Wdaly!

Well, I guess going to college was worth it… because you are CORRECT Dwight!!!

No thoughts/ guesses here?

I knew a fellow who purchased a brand new ‘58 Packard Hawk in late 1959…. Like many Studebaker Avantis, it sat on the dealer lot for quite awhile until the ‘right’ person came along…… George kept that Hawk for approx thirty years, and actually bought a second one sometime in the late sixties! Like many Avanti owners, he couldn’t own just one!!!

Ford could have at least come up with a name other than Mustang for that “car”???

A Studebaker—Packard—Hudson—Nash merger certainly would have have been interesting!

Nothing good!….Ask any Ford dealer!!!!!

After what happened to the poor Ford Mustang, do we really want to see a battery powered Avanti??

The (I believe) four Packard Panther sports cars created in the early fifties looked a bit strange…. However, the Packard Predictor show car of 1956 really looked outstanding! It’s worth a trip to the SNM just to see that car!

The only difference between those heads is indeed combustion chamber volume.

I get originality.. it’s important to identify what’s correct and what isn’t… Having said that, it’s sure hard to beat the ‘look’ of Dayton wire wheels on a Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk!!