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2009 PRICE LIST-- PRICES INCLUDE S/H IN CONTINENTAL U.S.
63 & 64 AVANTI
COMPLETE KIT INCLUDES:
SEAT COVER SET DOOR PANEL SET
CARPET SET MISC VINYL PCS
**DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLDED PCS SUCH AS HEADLINER & VISORS AND DOES
NOT INCLUDE STAINLESS PCS**
COMPLETE KIT PRICES: CREDIT/CARD CASH/CHECK
63 & 64 AVANTI-----------------------------------------------------$3038.00------------$2950.00
**50% DEPOSIT TO START COMPLETE KIT**
YOU MUST SEND US YOUR OLD DOOR PANELS, THERE ARE PARTS
IN THEM THAT WE NEED AND WE CAN NOT REPRODUCE.
INDIVIDUAL PRICES:
SEAT COVER SETS CREDIT/CARD CASH/CHECK
63 & 64 AVANTI-------------------------------------------------- $1236.00------------$1200.00
PANEL SET INCLUDES DOORS, REAR QUARTERS,
KICKS & ARM REST COVERS:
PANEL SET CREDIT/CARD CASH/CHECK
63 & 64 AVANTI-------------------------------------------------- $1184.00-------------$1150.00
CARPET SET
63& 64 AVANTI ----------------------------------------------------$494.00--------------$480.00
(INCLUDES DOORS, QTRS, KICKS, FIREWALL & CONSOLE PCS)
63 & 64 AVANTI MISC VINY PCS----------------------------------$412.00------------$400.00
INCLUDES “A” PILLARS, “B” PILLARS, “C” PILLARS, PCS ABOVE DOORS, PCS ABOVE
QTR WINDOWS, ROLL BAR, GAS FILLER ACCESS, REAR DECK PCS (3 PCS), BESIDE
REAR BACKREST PCS (2 PCS), CONSOLE PCS (4 PCS),
FLOOR PCS (63 ONLY)
865-525-6151
While he had Milwaukee-based industrial designer Brooks Stevens working on emergency updates of the Lark and Hawk, Studebaker president Sherwood Egbert called in Raymond Loewy to design a new generation of Studebaker passenger cars. Loewy, who hadn't worked for Studebaker since 1956, jumped in with enthusiasm, promising Egbert a sporting coupe of revolutionary design, from which a complete line of family cars would evolve. Studebaker quit before the family cars were finished, but Loewy did give Egbert one brief shining moment with the memorable 1963-1964 Studebaker Avanti.
Designed in seclusion by Loewy's talented team of Bob Andrews, Tom Kellogg, and John Ebstein, the Avanti (the Italian word for "forward") was a styling sensation. A coke-bottle waist formed the base for a thin-section roof with a huge rear window and a built-in rollbar. Razor-edged front fenders swept back into the curved rear, then into a jacked-up tail. Loewy threw out the conventional grille, putting an air scoop under a thin front bumper, and an asymmetrical hump in the hood. Inside, ample crash padding was combined with four slim-section vinyl bucket seats and an aircraft-style control panel. The whole package was accepted for production with hardly any changes from Loewy's small-scale model.
For reasons of cost and time, Studebaker decided to build the Avanti's body out of fiberglass. It would need a stout platform, so chief engineer Gene Hardig took a beefy Lark convertible frame, shortened and modified it, and fitted anti-sway bars and rear radius rods. The Bendix disc brakes used on the Avanti (as well as some Larks and Hawks) were the first caliper discs in domestic production. The engine was the best V-8 Studebaker had, the faithful 289, which developed 240 bhp in standard ("R1") tune thanks to a 3/4 race high-lift cam, dual-breaker distributor, four-barrel carb, and dual exhausts.
Specifications
Engines: all ohv V-8; 1963-64 289 cid (3.56 × 3.63), 240/290 bhp; 1964 304.5 cid (3.65 × 3.63), 335 bhp
Transmissions: 4-speed manual; 3-speed automatic optional
Suspension front: upper and lower A-arms, coil springs
Suspension rear: live axle leaf springs
Brakes: front disc/rear drum
Wheelbase (in.): 109.0
Weight (lbs.): 3140-3195
Top speed (mph): 115-120
0-60 mph (sec): 7.0-8.0
Production: 1963 3,834; 1964 809
