AOAI Magazine Issue 212!

[mfg]

Like the article on the one and only ‘Due Cento’ Avanti in the latest AOAI Magazine….. Looking forward to the full story, which will be printed in the next issue!

[regnalbob]

On 11/28/2025 at 1:24 PM, mfg said:

Like the article on the one and only ‘Due Cento’ Avanti in the latest AOAI Magazine….. Looking forward to the full story, which will be printed in the next issue!

There are two Due Cento Avantis.

The original Due Cento.

 

The Next Generation Due Cento.

 

[mfg]

On 11/28/2025 at 1:24 PM, mfg said:

Like the article on the one and only ‘Due Cento’ Avanti in the latest AOAI Magazine….. Looking forward to the full story, which will be printed in the next issue!

Incorrect Bob…. The name of the turquoise Avanti, #9431,  is:

DUE CENTO THE NEXT GENERATION

Nice try…. Keep swinging kid!!!

 

[mfg]

Regnalbob was confused about the ‘DUE CENTO’ Studebaker Avanti…..

The Paxton built Due Cento Avanti, mentioned in the latest issue of AOAI Magazine, was fitted with an experimental Studebaker engine referred to as the ‘R5’ and tested on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1963….

It would be wonderful, in my opinion, to eventually see Greg Cone’s R5 engine reunited with Richard Bennett’s Due Cento Avanti!

 

 

[mfg]

2 hours ago, regnalbob said:

There are two Due Cento Avantis.

The original Due Cento.

 

The Next Generation Due Cento.

 

‘Due Cento The Next Generation’ was owned and built for Bonneville speed runs by the late James Lange, who was an extremely talented Studebaker Avanti enthusiast…..

RIP James

[mfg]

I’ve never been a fan of hood scoops  on Studebaker Avantis… However, the air scoop which the Granatellis added at the front edge of the Due Cento’s hood looks, to me, mean & aggressive…. I like it!!

[mfg]

One detail on the ‘Due Cento’ I’m not very keen on is the full rear fender  skirts!

I understand they were added for important aerodynamic reasons… however, as far as looks go, I doubt if very many current Studebaker Avanti owners will be replicating them!!!

[ronmanfredi]

If you guys had been at the AOAI convention last September like we were, you would have received the full accurate story, met Bennet, hands on the car and received the multi-page booklet on that car and the history of it.