Vehicle Description Ist of all. I am listing this for a friend. Any inquiries, please contact him directly. Ask for Jim @ Home 941-412-9887 or work @ 941-485-0313. It seems as though Jim has bought a new house and a NEW 2002 Avanti and the wife has informed him that something has got to go. (wife said SHE IS STAYING) so the 1969 AVANTI got the NOD. Jim bought the car from the AVANTI MOTOR CORP. on 5-13-2004 with the odometer disclosure sheet showing 33,550 miles. Now the history on the car is as follows: Build sheet dated 5-15-68, and was titled as a 1969 Model, ordered by E.J. Hardig, a dedicated Studebaker/Avanti Suspension engineer and Avanti II employee. He sold the car to C.D. Cohen 2-26-1971. It was then bought by J.T. Carr on 7-11-2001. He then traded to the AVANTI MOTOR CORP, for a new AVANTI Convertible. Jim then bought the car. The title is free and clear. Now here is the specs: 1969 AVANTI II, current miles are 49,087, (RQA 0272), Chev 327 4 bbl-300hp. Power steering, automatic, COLD A/C, power windows, am/fm, day/night mirror, rear window defogger, Rosewood Firemist R-MA-1983 paint, Magnum 500 wheels with bullet hubs (factory installed) Shipped with Firestone Prem. 500 W/S/W tires (spare tire may be one of the originals). Since Jim has owned the car, he has made the following repairs/modifications: New tires, brake pads and shoes, caliper and Cyl. seals, new master cyl, custom stainless steel exhaust from the manifolds back, New front coil over and rear air shocks, rebuilt carb, NEW a/c compressor, Pertronix elecric ignition kit, recent custom WHITE LEATHER SEATS with Black piping and many other misc. items. Now for the real "IMPORTANT PART", my end of this deal is that if the car sells, I GET A CASE of "ICE COLD BUD LIGHT" so lets get off our rear ends and make this happen. Jim tells me that he will NOT ACCEPT TRADES as his garage is already full. "LEGAL CRAP" say what????? Are we buying cars or are we filing for a divorce? Well here goes, $500.00 non-refundable deposit within 48 hours of the close of the auction. Pay it to Jim or me @ PAYPAL, although I might keep it and boogie to the south seas. Jim will deliver the car within 50 miles of Venice AFTER he is paid or will pick you up at the SARASOTA FLA airport and take you to the car "FREE". Jim needs cash, cashiers check or use PAYPAL. NO funny money, no wire transfers from the MIDEAST, or casino chips. Now for my observations of the car, Its a LOOKER, its CLEAN, its NO TRAILER QUEEN, on a scale of 1 to 10, my feelings is that its a solid 8 (then again, I am every womans ideal man, a perfect 10). I spotted NO damage at all, body lines were where they should be, etc, etc. Put me in this car at a car show and the crowd will come and admire. You had better know the history of an AVANTI, because you will be asked. Now what did I see that might concern you, trunk carpet had some clorine spilled on it and ate away a little of the cloth, also I noted a road ding (about the size of a dime) that had been color matched corrected. This car has NOT been abused but taken care of. It is as clean as the pictures. Jim has put about 16,000 miles on the car since he bought it and states that it is VERY RELIABLE.