For Sale: Avantis and Studebakers. Must Have Good References

[lschuc]

Here are two more sidebars from Sunday's NY Times:

Tthis short blog explains the company's and Mike Kelly's situation. I wonder if all this publicity could lead to someone purchasing the rights to build the cars again?

We can only hope!!

For Sale: Avantis and Studebakers. Must Have Good References.

New York Times (blog)

The collection of the last builder of Avanti vehicles is exiled in Mexico,

as Tudor Van Hampton writes in Sunday's Automobiles section.

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/for-sale-avantis-and-studebakers-must-have-good-references/

An Affordable Icon

New York Times

In all its forms, the Avanti still turns heads, but its value as a

collectible has never equaled its stature as a design icon. Here are a few

examples.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/automobiles/collectibles/avanti-an-affordable-icon.html

[plwindish]

Lew, What makes the 84 prototype so valuable? The article said it was made with all corvette parts, did it also have a vette frame and suspension under it as well as the motor and trans?