On Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at 11:28 AM, Joe OBrien wrote:
> Have you seen the new "Camaro" Avanti's? What a POS for the money to
> have the supposed Avanti prestigue. It is 100% a 2002 F body camaro
> drivetrain, frame, suspension, & interior, even down to the steering
> wheel & radio, and knobs & buttons. Avanti replaced nothing except
> some cheesy Avanti badges where the Chevy logos were. And now they
> expect to pull $60-$70,000 for them? Only hint of Avanti is the
> round headlights up front. That just screams rip-off.
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> Joe O'Brien
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> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>
> wrote:
>> "Avanti" was a model produced by Studebaker, just as "Mustang" is a
>> model from Ford.
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>> The company ceased automobile production only. It did not cease
>> itself. It retained all rights to the Avanti design and name.
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>> In the 1970's some entrepeneur in Canada got the bright idea to
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>> building "new" Avanti's (what was it about the 1970's and
>> entrepreneural auto makers?). He licensed the name and the
> fiberglass
>> body only. Drivetrain was not Studebaker -- I've always heard
> Chevy.
>> Don't know derivation of the frame and suspension.
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>> In the 1980's the Studebaker company itself was sold. There's some
>> controversy about the sale. I think the first purchaser was forced
> by
>> the courts to sell to another, or some such. Owners of "real"
>> Studebakers consider 1966 the end of the company and do not cotton
> to
>> the fellow in Canada or the current company at all.
>>
>> Bill Robertson
>> #5939
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>>> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
>>> My family used to have a Studebaker. We sold it to a
>>> collector who supposedly restored it. If I can find
>>> who/where, I still have the original brochures & sales
>>> receipt which I would like to give to the current owner.
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>>> I heard that Avanti had bought out Studebaker. And Bill,
>>> according to that link you posted, they have the Avanti name
>>> on it too. Back in the early 1970's, my father got our
>>> family on a tour of the Avanti factory. I think this was in
>>> Tennessee or not too far from there. My dad tried to talk
>>> them into making him a special direct factory-to-customer
>>> sale. They refused to bypass their dealer network, and my
>>> mom was thoroughly embarrassed that my dad wouldn't accept
>>> that. I did get a cool black T-shirt. I wore it to school,
>>> and my friends complained that it would look better if it
>>> didn't have that nasty Avanti logo on it. ;-)
>>>
>>> Walt
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