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1970 Avanti II 1976 Avanti II. After Studebaker ended production at South Bend on December 20, 1963, the "Avanti" model name, tooling, Studebaker truck production rights, as well as parts and plant space were bought by local Studebaker dealers, Nate and Arnold Altman and Leo Newman, who incorporated as Avanti Motor Corporation and hand-built a small number of cars. [1]
From the July 1976 issue of Car and Driver.. You remember Studebaker. Studebaker.Twelve years ago, Studebaker-Packard flunked out of the new-car business. It was high time, too.
David Bish admires Larry Sanburn's 1979 Avanti II at an Oct. 26, 2024 Cars & Coffee at Butler Winery Vineyard north of Bloomington. I noticed a small “For Sale” sign on the car dashboard that ...
The audacity lives on in this unusual and desirable classic from an independent American carmaker.
During World War II, the plant produced aircraft engines for the B-17 Flying Fortress starting in January 1944 until the August 9, 1945, announcement for the building sale. Studebaker built 63,789 engines at the plant and each had nearly 8,000 finished parts. The aircraft were equipped with engines known as the Studebaker-built R-1820.
The Avanti was publicly introduced on April 26, 1962, [22] "simultaneously at the New York International Automobile Show and at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting." [23] Rodger Ward, winner of the 1962 Indianapolis 500, received a Studebaker Avanti as part of his prize package, [24] "thus becoming the first private owner of an Avanti."
A continuation car is a replica of a vehicle no longer in production by the original automaker. These cars are built according to the original standards and blueprints, although sometimes the term is also used to refer to vehicles featuring different mechanical parts (a more modern engine, for instance).
Japanese cars from the '80s and '90s, the old-school Bronco II (prices up 4% since 2021 to $15,600), and even some exclusive cars, like the Lamborghini Gallardo six-speed manual and '80s-era ...