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Old 08-22-10, 12:48 AM
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I was on vacation at Predator Ridge a couple of weeks ago and this car was parked two stalls over from me. At the time, I was unsure of what it actually was, besides an Avanti.

After looking it up, I can tell you it is a '62 or '63 Studebaker Avanti. It was in incredible shape and definitely something special.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Avanti
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were you playing golf at predator ridge? i have a few friends going up for a trip at the predator ridge golf course.
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One of my college instructors was an Avanti driver/collector. He had 3 of them and loved them. One was modded but I forget what he'd done to it. Pretty rare these days I haven't seen his since college and that was very long ago.
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Sweet. I had a huge crush on these when I was younger. Just lovely.
 
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Same here, this was one of my favorite cars as a kid, still love it. Cool find C.
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Do you think it was an original rather than the later ones that were made by the independent Avanti Motors rather than Studebaker?
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That's in nice shape! Rare.
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Originally Posted by caddyowner
Do you think it was an original rather than the later ones that were made by the independent Avanti Motors rather than Studebaker?
I'm not sure?

I don't know enough about these cars to really know. I was simply going off the info/images I could find on the Internet. It was in spectacular condition and someone was clearly taking extra good care of it.

Edit:

After doing some more research, the car that was produced afterwards by Avanti starting in '65 was called the Avanti II and was badged as such.

So from the pics I took, I do believe that it's an original Studebaker.
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