psdenno
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His last home was in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He previously maintained at homes at La Cense, Road 988, Rochefort-en-Yvelines, France, and in Palm Springs, California, 600 West Panorama Road. "
Good answer with Monte Carlo as one of his last two homes. Anyone know the other?
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Opps! I shoulda known that! I was confused as my Father went to UCLA and in fact ended up teaching a course in electronics there when he was 13 years old.
That must have been interesting for the students who took it. I bet he got some strange looks on the first day of class.
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You got it...both ex-Studebaker and ex-Newman & Altman employees. There was a ready made pool of talent to choose the best from...plus they were already trained and familiar with the product...and worked cheap considering they were out of work and Avanti Motors likely couldn't afford to pay union wages.
In 1970, I was considering buying an Avanti II and visited the factory on a Saturday. While being shown around, management was proud to point out a couple elderly workers who were working on upholstery and a dash in the quiet factory. I was told they were former Studebaker employees who could set their own less than full time work schedule which worked for them as we'll as for Avanti Motors.
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Little iceballs falling out of the sky...forecast is for slick and potentially dangerous roads this evening. I'm home but my wife has to come home through it. I tried to get her to come home early before it happened...but she's too dedicated to her job.
Back to Avantis...going back to John Hull's book..subtract 3 AVX's, 3 XUV prototypes, 47 SVO Listers and 6 SVO Porsches and that leaves 8128 cars with the Avanti name on them. He states the Listers and Porsche number was approximate so the final number is approximate.
Actually, I only pulled the three AVXs from the 8,187 total he lists, leaving 8,184 Avantis. Not sure that the Listers and prototypes were included in the yearly production numbers he lists. All in all, I was surprised to see the production at over 8,000. I would have thought less.
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Out of Retirement.
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The best figure according to John Hull is 8187. Some of his figures from Mexico production are estimates.
Close, but I think that 8,187 figure includes a few non Avanti vehicles. How many of the 8,187 wore Avanti name badges?
BTW, how's the weather today? Any warmer?
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USC.
Yes. USC, just blocks from downtown Los Angeles. Jacque Loewy graduated in May 2014 along with my son and a few thousand other folks. Interestingly, at least to me, is that as young kids Jacque and my son played "spaceship" in Raymond Loewy's former Avanti when is was on display in Palm Springs many years ago.
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UCLA
Nope.
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all of them
That would be one way of looking at it
However, I was hoping someone could quantify the number of Avantis set free to roam the planet.
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Raymond Loewy was Frenchman who became a citizen of the United States. Near the end of his life, he maintained homes in two cities.
Name the cities.
Extra credit if you can list the street addresses and a telephone number.
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Loewy’s daughter and grandson attended the same university. Name it.
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Total number of Avantis that rolled off the various assembly lines for all model years 1963-2007?
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I hate you guys!
If it makes you feel any better, even though it's 76º poolside today. it's 74º with the windchill.
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psdenno, look through Bob Johnstone's Studebaker Resource pages on the Avanti registry for pics of the other combinations. I'm guessing the gold/orange & fawn combination was quite popular as I've seen several. One member of our Black Hawk SDC and Chicago AOAI has 2 - 63 Gold R2's with the orange & fawn interior. There has been at least 1 black/ orange & fawn appear on Ebay and I believe there is a gray/orange combo on the Avanti registry in the Resource pages.
Thanks for the tip.
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The orange interior was somewhat radical, even for the 1960s when most car interiors were shades of blue, brown, green, or black with maybe a little white or gold for accent. Not sure the fawn Avanti accent trim toned the orange down very much.
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I'm retired and it's cold and snowy outside!
Bummer about the cold weather. It's only going to get into the mid 70s here today
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False. You could get the orange interior with black, grey, white and gold exteriors. It was unavailable with turquoise and red exteriors.
That was for 1963...the orange interior wasn't available for 1964 Avantis.
Correct. I've only seen the orange and white combination, including the one in my garage. Anyone here have a picture of an orange interior in an other than white Avanti?
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True. He was a member of the NYC Board of Vocational Education, which was part of the BOE itself.
Correct answer! I was surprised to learn that about him.
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Raymond Loewy himself is credited with designing it.
Another perfect answer, Gunslinger. You must have as much time on your hands as I do
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True or False......Raymond Loewy was a member of the New York City Board of Education.
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Name the agency or person that designed the Avanti script logo.
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True or False.....The Orange interior option was only available in combination with an Avanti white exterior.
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It would look a lot like this, under by $5.00
Perfect answer. Can't argue with a source document.
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Based on psdenno's info I would estimate $34,884 for the same Avanti today. An interesting figure when pricing a reconditioned Studebaker Avanti today.
You're right on the money according to the on line inflation calculator I used ( http://www.davemanuel.com/inflation-calculator.php )
$34,883.72 out the door.
Avanti Motors employees...
in Avanti Trivia
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I think the Avanti factory became a nostalgic hangout for some former Studebaker employees. During my visit, I was also introduced to Gene Hardig who was wearing one of the "loudest" sport coats I've ever seen and was just strolling through the shut down assembly area (it was a Saturday). He showed me how they verified a smooth idle on the completed cars by checking the flutter of a dollar bill held at the tip of the exhaust pipe. It was an interesting day.