mfg Posted July 18, 2014 Report Posted July 18, 2014 Sherwood Egbert once proclaimed that the Avanti "Outhandles any other American car"....True?
Guest dapy Posted July 18, 2014 Report Posted July 18, 2014 Well, since Mr. Egbert was the "Father of the Avanti" he would say that, wouldn't he?
mfg Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Posted July 19, 2014 Well, since Mr. Egbert was the "Father of the Avanti" he would say that, wouldn't he? Sorry....Wrong answer!
mfg Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Posted July 21, 2014 OK it wasn't said by Egbert...Now who could it be?..Hmmmmm!
grobb284 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 David E. Davis in the Studebaker commercial?
Charlie Kile Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 It was printed in an Esquire road test of a 1971 model. They described it as America's best kept secrete. The best handling car made in America. Charlie RQB3921
Gunslinger Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 That's gotta be journalistic hype. While the Avanti is not a bad handling car by contemporary standards it was in no way the best handling car made in America...especially in 1971. If it was, Studebaker and the Granatellis could have or would have done more than simply run it fast in a straight line on the salt.
mfg Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Posted July 21, 2014 Good points all!...but who had more exuberance than Andy Granatelli?....and that's the man who uttered the above quote!
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