Vehicle Description
- Personal luxury coupe by Studebaker June 1962-December 1963 -
Marketed as "America's only 4 passenger high performance car" -
Offered combined safety-high speed - Broke 29 records at Bonneville
Salt Flats - 289 ci 4.7L 240 HP engine--3 speed automatic
transmission - Complex body shape-exterior panels by Molded
Fiberglass Body (MFB)-same company as 1953 Corvette - Front Disc
brakes-designed by British Dunlap-first American production - First
"bottom breather design"--air enters from under hood rather than
conventional grille - Paxon supercharger offered as option -
Introduced 1962-New York International Show & Stockholders' Meeting
- First Owner of Avanti-Roger Ward-winner of 1962 Indy 500 -
1962-1,200 Avantis built - 1963-fewer than 4,600 built - 1963
Avanti factory closed - This Avanti-wonderful condition -
Everything works
