regnalbob

March 9, 1961

What exactly happened to the poor Ford Mustang?

AMC sold the Alliance, Encore, Fuego and Sport Wagons thru Jeep dealers.

https://studebaker-info.org/Avanti/Tech/Jack/63avjackx.html

Letter sent to my Dad from the Packard Division of the Studebaker - Packard Corporation.

https://studebaker-info.org/AVDB2//AvantiRQB/79QB2887/79QB2887x06062018.html

Exhaust system with resonators. For customers who wanted a quieter exhaust and, in some states, to conform to vehicle inspection standards for noise.

From an article by Dan Booth in the Avanti Magazine Issue 207.

Your Avanti is listed by the serial number. R2 R-2238 - (aardvark) - AOAI Forum - Nov 2023

You are the one that is confused by the two Red Avantis. You don't seem to know the difference between EX-2942 and the #8 Avanti. In the video it is plain to see the production Avanti with the Black interior is the #8 Avanti (63R-1014) and not EX-2942 with the Fawn interior.

Avanti Red used Black carpet only with the Fawn & Elk interior. There is no issue, the Avanti with the Black interior is not the Due Cento. In the film there are 2 Red Avantis, the Due Cento and #8 (63R-1014). The Due Cento can be seen with the door open and the Fawn door panel. Later a front end shot with the windshield being cleaned shows the lack of a hood ornament and non stock headlights and parking lights. A later shot shows the large mirror mounted on the dash. The other Avanti is the #8 car with hood ornament, stock lights, antenna, production dash with mirror on windshield and Fawn & Black interior.

Nelson is correct, the Due Cento was built with Fawn interior with black carpet. The shots of the interior are from the #8 Avanti and not the Due Cento. The interior shot also shows a finished dash with windshield mounted mirror which the Due Cento did not have.

That is an early quarter scale model. Here is another version.

Rear view mirror.

If your parents were members of the AOAI they could be listed in an early AOAI Roster. Could you post the last name? Speculation from the above info. Don B & Kathleen Rearick 63R-1685