Studebaker Avanti Exterior Colors

[mfg]

Among Studebaker Avanti owners, is there a 'favorite' color out of the original eight '63-'64 exterior colors? I'm all for staying with whatever was applied at the factory at this point in time, but if someone WAS going to do a color change on a Studebaker Avanti, is there one original factory color that brings out the lines of this beautiful car for best effect? Opinions?

[garyc]

IMHO it would be the 1964 Avanti Maroon #P-6436. It was added near the end of production. Only 80 cars had this factory color.

[Gunslinger]

Turquoise was a very popular color and has stood the test of time. Sometimes colors lose popularity over time but turquoise has remained popular on original Avantis.

[1963r2]

Turquoise for me.

[brad]

Avanti Grey is pretty rare, and not often seen. When done in a modern base/clear formulation it really pops.

Edited May 11, 2014 by brad

[mfg]

I wonder who actually decided on the original Stude Avanti colors?....Studebaker people, Egbert, or the Raymond Loewy team themselves?

[plwindish]

I'm partial to the black that my '64 was dressed in.

[mfg]

I'm partial to the black that my '64 was dressed in.

That's really rare.....between the '63 and the '64 model Avantis, I'll bet only a handfull came out of the factory painted black. There were probably more Avanti ll's painted black!

[garyc]

According to the Studebaker National Museum Archives 115 '63's and 32 '64 were black. The most popular '63 was Gold (1220) and Red (224) for the '64.

[plwindish]

My black R1 '64 was likely an unsold '63 as it had round headlights, grille, drip rails, but no other transitional equipment.