[3 speed Avanti Survival]

Hello All,

This is my first post and I'm truly an eager newby to the Studebaker world being a new owner of a rough but restorable R1 for a little over a week. I'll keep this brief...the barn-fresh Avanti that I just bought originally came with a 3 speed and after buying the build sheet from the museum Andy noticed that the total production of 3 speed Avantis was around 30 cars. Is there an Avanti registry that would show how many 3 speed cars have survived?

Curious.....

[3 Speed Avanti survival]

Hello All,

This is my first post and I'm truly an eager newby to the Studebaker world being a new owner of a rough but restorable R1 for a little over a week. I'll keep this brief...the barn-fresh Avanti that I just bought originally came with a 3 speed and after buying the build sheet from the museum Andy noticed that the total production of 3 speed Avantis was around 30 cars. Is there an Avanti registry that would show how many 3 speed cars have survived?

Curious.....

[New Avanti Book 63-2000+]

I found this while searching the Motorbooks publishing company's website...

Avanti - The complete Story by John Hull will be published in April.

It promises the entire Avanti saga..."This book tells the amazing story from the Avanti inception in South Bend, Indiana, to its current status in Cancun, Mexico" to quote Motorbooks.

I wonder if the "current status" mentioned is the Mexico production story or the new story about Kelly's problems?

I posted this on the SDC website and was told that Hull is a AOAI member and real Avanti expert.

I'll be ordering a book.

Here's the Motorbooks synopsis on their website.

http://www.motorbooks.com/Store/ProductDetails_39765.ncm

Glad to see Avanti lore being passed along.