Avanti Black

[paul shuffleburg]

I have a flyer for 63 Avanti's and it list the five available colors. I have R-4499 and there is no final assy. date, it

just says "RUSH SOLD". I was wondering when they started painting them black. I know they only painted 115

cars black.

[mfg]

2 hours ago, paul shuffleburg said:

I have a flyer for 63 Avanti's and it list the five available colors. I have R-4499 and there is no final assy. date, it

just says "RUSH SOLD". I was wondering when they started painting them black. I know they only painted 115

cars black.

Hi Paul… someone more knowledgeable may chime in on this, but in my opinion ‘Avanti Black’ was a legitimate option from the ‘get go’…. only to be discontinued, and then brought back as an extra cost option.

If you’re asking what was the serial # of the first production Stude Avanti painted black… I haven’t a clue!

Paul S, by the way, owns a gorgeous ‘Avanti Black’ ‘63 Avanti R1  

Edited March 7 by mfg
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[Mark L]

BTW, "RUSH SOLD" was an indicator to those in the factory that the car had been ordered by a customer through a dealer, as opposed to a dealer ordering a number of cars to have on the lot, or the corporation sending a pre-arranged shipment to the dealer under a franchise contract. It meant that a customer had been given an expected delivery date.

If the car has not had a full restoration and body repaint, the word "RUSH" may also be written in grease pencil on the outside of the body tub under a fender or on the engine side of the firewall.

Edited March 8 by Mark L

[Bob Preston]

Black was offered as a standard color from the beginning of production. Some time between November of 1962 and January of 1963 black was replaced by gray. Black remained available as a special order color. 

[paul shuffleburg]

The only colors listed in the flyer I have for the 63 is Grey, White, Turquoise, Gold, and Red.

[Bob Preston]

The information I provided is from The Studebaker Avanti Production Data book which was compiled by the Studebaker National Museum Archives. The book contains photographs of internal documents one of which contains the information I shared. 
 

The first black Avanti was 63R-1013.

The first grey Avanti was 63R-2122.

There were also 32, 1964 Avanti’s painted black. 

[mfg]

1 hour ago, paul shuffleburg said:

The only colors listed in the flyer I have for the 63 is Grey, White, Turquoise, Gold, and Red.

Your flyer must have been printed between the time ‘Avanti Black’ was discontinued and replaced with ‘Avanti Grey’….. and before ‘Avanti Black’ was offered again as an extra cost option.

PS…. Your black Avanti is a nice ‘stable mate’ with your all black ‘51 Commander!….Ed

Edited 1 hour ago by mfg
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