Low mileage 1964 Avanti available on eBay

[Mark L]

There's a low mileage 1964 Avanti R1 currently available on eBay. On the SDC Forum, user 6hk71400 said he was familiar with the history of the car up to about 10-15 years ago. At that time it was known to have 12,000 miles. It is currently showing 19,000+ miles.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/387063397768?itmmeta=01HZRCQ8A74T9HSRR2D9Y5G1K9&hash=item5a1ec6bd88:g:lL8AAOSwQvNmYfbf&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwPNcK%2BWjJQXybF7NYRCPo4zoGKDdEmHPVp2QhID91lm9fIMBSPOaEnsFHzcUIJuRMFMGgAkKnttPpCIhAClo4Rriq%2FS2m5jMfteY2EpIkDA3sV%2FuSxT6Zec1sely6JCCd2nsZuzEqYxgK3fONeHXPrdnVmVBV37jWloTsBtm24BvBHO7m0NsNHmU4ag%2BsQ8FDUjkfIrgKv7Xd%2FbIHd47uhJwPR2FKTHYrSBxNxQ%2B%2Fa51LdC08ejm1M1tqN3NNfXGKA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5aF3Yz-Yw

[Avanti1963!]

I wonder why they removed the tan front and rear seats and replaced with black.  Given the serial number, this should have a solid tan interior. 

[Dwight FitzSimons]

4 hours ago, Avanti1963! said:

I wonder why they removed the tan front and rear seats and replaced with black.  Given the serial number, this should have a solid tan interior. 

Whatever the reason (owner preferred black?) it doesn't help the value of the car.  One can fairly easily change the interior color on a '63, but it would be very difficult and expensive to do so on a '64 (with solid-color interior).  The seat upholstery looks like factory original, so it's a puzzle how this came about.  In any event I personally would return it to original.

--Dwight ('64 R2 Avanti, red with black interior [unfortunately])

[aardvark]

I'm following this....It's not an R2 which slightly detracts from the cars end value., but the low mileage is tempting. I say that but IF the car as not been run some, it can actually cause issues . Ya gotta run Your Vehicles to keep the fluids turning and seals fresh(er).

 

[Desert Driver]

Those black seats gotta be toasty in the summertime! You just can't beat the rake of the Studebaker built Avanti 😍

[aardvark]

So at $128.1k it didn't meet reserve.