Advertising Last completed movie pages 1965 Avanti IIClass: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2006-07-04 01:50 |
1964 (square headlights) |
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◊ 2007-11-16 05:50 |
It could also be a late 60s-early 70s Avanti II, made by the Avanti Motor Company after Studebaker quit building cars. Early "IIs" were virtually identical to the 64 Studebbakers except for the substitution of a Chevrolet engine and more color choices (later, Avanti IIs were made to order will all sorts of custom paint and interior finishes). It does not have the ugly "cow catcher" bumper guards that later IIs had in response to safety regulations. One thing this car has that is not stock on 1964s are the painted dual racing type mirrors...though they certainly could have been added by an owner. |
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◊ 2008-09-17 20:56 |
This is more than likely, a 1965 thru 1972 Avanti II. You can see that the car has High Back Buckets and also the space between the very top of the front wheel arch and the top of the front fender is wider than a Studebaker Avanti. Avanti Motors had to raise the front end to fit the Chevy 327 engine. Avanti II's lost the lower front rake apperance of a Studebaker Avanti. The sport mirrors are also a clue that it's more than likely an Avanti II. There is no Avanti script present on the front end which would have either said, Avanti if it was a Studebaker or Avanti II if it was an Avanti Motor Corp example. Avanti II's were available in certain Studebaker Dealers in 1966 before Studebaker itself stopped manufacturing the car. Avanti Motors acqured the rights and production facilities and employees from Studebaker in 1965. They also had the rights to produce Studebaker Trucks but never did until 2004 with it's gigantic SUV based on a Ford. Avanti Motors actually produced it's first prototypes in 1965, a full year before Studebaker in Canada stopped manufacturing automobiles. There was a time when Avanti Motor Corp and Studebaker were both manufacturing cars and selling thru the same dealer network. |
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◊ 2008-09-21 07:07 |
O.T. The Avanti IIs and the remaining Studebakers were not necessarily sold by the same dealers. Avanti IIs had nothing to do with Studebaker by that time and were not sold as Studebakers or through the Studebaker network. Some of the surviving Studebaker dealers in 1966 COULD have also been Avanti II dealers, but certainly not all. Avanti IIs could have been sold by any car dealer willing to take a francise. Most Avanti IIs were sold factory direct. |
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