mfg Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 The Studebaker prototype of a two door/four door Avanti 'sedan', hand made in France and now residing in the SNM, was shipped to the U.S. aboard the S.S. United States.....True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 No steamship history fans out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Answer....FALSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Avanti Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Don't call that an Avanti sedan. It was intended to be an inexpensive car most likely to replace the Lark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dapy Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Don't call that an Avanti sedan. It was intended to be an inexpensive car most likely to replace the Lark. It no doubt was considered a future replacement for the Lark....but its design was STRONGLY infuenced by the Studebaker Avanti....Definitely an 'Avanti Sedan'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Back in 1986 I was in South Bend on business and visited Avanti Motors and the Studebaker National Museum which was housed in the old Freeman-Spicer Studebaker dealership building. They are definitely Avanti influenced but were hoped to serve a completely different market segment. While I love the Avanti design its influence on these cars is less attractive to my eye. Brooks Stevens' Sceptre concept is a much more attractive vehicle...again...to me. Notice these are 3-door cars so each could be shown as a 2-door coupe and a 4-door sedan just by walking to the other side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 We appreciate these great photos of the concept cars Gunslinger! Shows both cars in great detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Avanti Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I will agree that they had Avanti influenced styling but to call them Avanti sedans is not fair to an Avanti in my opinion. These cars were very very very cheap looking on the inside and the styling wasn't very clean. Just my opinion but I hate to see them called Avanti sedans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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