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This vehicle is a 1964 Studebaker, Avanti R2 with round headlights, Paxton Supercharged. The original 289 cubic inch engine has been rebuilt to 304 cubic inches. The rebuilt engine has less than a thousand miles on it. The car has a new torque converter, a rebuilt stick shift automatic transmission, new master cylinder, a rebuilt hydrovac and a new radiator. I have a copy of the original production order and many of the receipts for the improvements which were done during my ownership. I purchased this vehicle in 1980 in Oakland, California. The tires and upholstery are good. The turquoise paint has some slight bubbling. If you have further questions or need more photos please email me. “The Studebaker Avanti was a sports coupe originally built by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, between June of 1962 and December of 1964. Designed by a team of stylists employed by legendary industrial designer Raymond Loewy, the Avanti was all new on the surface and a radical design. Dimensionally, the car was very close to the Ford Mustang. Avanti is Italian for "forward" or "advance," and the car lived up to its name. While Jaguar began offering production-car disc brakes in 1957 on the XK150, the Avanti was the first American mass-produced car to feature standard disc brakes The Avanti's emphasis on safety, with seatbelts available as an option, safety door latches and roll-over protection bar, was also very advanced, befitting its name. The Avanti has survived failure after failure of its host companies and has achieved cult status, maintaining a loyal customer base large enough to support production as a luxury specialty car on and off for more than 45 years The Avanti's classic design originated in an intense five-week session in a rented house in Palm Springs near the home of lead designer Raymond Loewy. The unique aesthetics of the car garnered a following, and it consequently saw production as a hand-built, custom-order model decades after Studebaker stopped production.
In the early 1960s, Studebaker needed some excitement in the showrooms, but because of the precarious financial situation, it had little capital to invest in product development. Although the Avanti looked entirely new, it was mounted on a Lark convertible frame, based upon the 1953 design. For power, the Avanti relied on Studebaker's own old-design but rugged V8. For use in the Avanti, several high-performance modifications were utilized”
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| 1964 Studebaker AVANTI R2 Round Headlights*Paxton Supercharged* |
| Item # 435435 |
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