mfg Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 R5643, the last production Studebaker Avanti (and an R3 at that!) was last offered for sale in the year......?...... 1) 1975........2) 1982.......3) 1993.....or....4) 1997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I "visited" that Avanti many times when Joe Erdelac (sp?) owned it in Cleveland. I remember it as having 6K miles (I believe that it still does.). That would have been mostly in the 1970s. I first got to meet him and see the car because I pulled up to the dealership in my 1953 Commander Starliner. I know that he ran an ad in the NY Times with a very high (for the time) price ($100K). This was to establish a "value" before donating it to the Crawford Museum. I do not remember if it was offered for sale after that ad. I will guess 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 22 hours ago, studegary said: I "visited" that Avanti many times when Joe Erdelac (sp?) owned it in Cleveland. I remember it as having 6K miles (I believe that it still does.). That would have been mostly in the 1970s. I first got to meet him and see the car because I pulled up to the dealership in my 1953 Commander Starliner. I know that he ran an ad in the NY Times with a very high (for the time) price ($100K). This was to establish a "value" before donating it to the Crawford Museum. I do not remember if it was offered for sale after that ad. I will guess 1982. 1982 is not correct Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 1975 - this is the one that is signed in the trunk by a Studebaker employee who indicated this was the last Studebaker Avanti built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 On 9/12/2017 at 5:39 PM, r1lark said: 1975 - this is the one that is signed in the trunk by a Studebaker employee who indicated this was the last Studebaker Avanti built. Yes and yes!......correct answer # 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 On 9/12/2017 at 5:39 PM, r1lark said: 1975 - this is the one that is signed in the trunk by a Studebaker employee who indicated this was the last Studebaker Avanti built. That is early enough that that must be when he ran the $100K NYT ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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