Beach Boy Al Jardine 1989 Avanti Convertible

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The car originally owned by Al Jardine of the Beach Boys.

A brief tribute to the Al Jardine owned 1989 convertible.

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Look at the other noteable Avanti owners when visiting the site and reading about the Jardine car. I am from Santa Fe, New Mexico and one of its more famous painters, Fremont Ellis, owned two Avantis. He was a customer of my father,  the Packard dealer there. I remember seeing his Avanti II displayed by one of the galleries.

 

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Fremont Ellis' Avanti was featured in Avanti Magazine Issue 116 in 2001.   Here are the two pages from that issue.  

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Several years ago I was at the Barrett-Jackson auction and walked up to a 89 Avanti convertible. I was wearing an Avanti shirt and a fellow standing by the car saw me and said can you tell me about this car.  I said sure and went over the features of the car.  The guy thanked me and asked if I had a card.  I went on and the person that was with me said do you know who that was and I said no.  He said that was Al Jardine of the Beach Boy's. Al waved at me when he was in the staging lane.

Denny Lockmon