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The Avanti was developed under the direction of Studebaker president Sherwood Egbert. It is said that the car's design theme was the result of sketches Egbert 'doodled' on a flight west from Chicago 37 days after becoming president of Studebaker in 1961. The car was then designed by Raymond Loewy's team during a 40-day crash program.
The Avanti features a radical fiberglass body mounted on a modified 109-inch wheelbase Studebaker Lark chassis. It is powered by a high-performance 289 cubic-inch Studebaker Hawk engine.
The story is told that the stylists finished a clay model with two different sides: one a two-place sports car, the other a four-seat GT coupe in just eight days. Tom Kellogg, a young California stylist hired for this project by Loewy, felt that it should be a four-seat coupe. Loewy envisioned a low-slung, long-hood/short-deck semi-fastback coupe with a wasp-waisted curvature to the rear fenders, inspired by supersonic aircraft.
The Avanti's complex body shape would have been both challenging and prohibitively expensive to build in steel, so the choice was made to produce it in fiberglass.
The owner of this car saw his first Avanti when he was in high school, and it left quite an impression. He is the second owner, and he has restored the car only as needed.
The Avanti features a radical fiberglass body mounted on a modified 109-inch wheelbase Studebaker Lark chassis. It is powered by a high-performance 289 cubic-inch Studebaker Hawk engine.
The story is told that the stylists finished a clay model with two different sides: one a two-place sports car, the other a four-seat GT coupe in just eight days. Tom Kellogg, a young California stylist hired for this project by Loewy, felt that it should be a four-seat coupe. Loewy envisioned a low-slung, long-hood/short-deck semi-fastback coupe with a wasp-waisted curvature to the rear fenders, inspired by supersonic aircraft.
The Avanti's complex body shape would have been both challenging and prohibitively expensive to build in steel, so the choice was made to produce it in fiberglass.
The owner of this car saw his first Avanti when he was in high school, and it left quite an impression. He is the second owner, and he has restored the car only as needed.
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1964 Studebaker Avanti Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Studebaker Avanti
(Data based on Model Year 1964 sales)
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Sold for USD$60,500 2023 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Sold for USD$41,800 2022 Mecum : Harrisburg | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti Chassis#: R-5016 Sold for USD$47,000 2020 RM Sothebys : Open Roads, Fall | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Supercharged Coupe Chassis#: R5299 Sold for USD$66,000 2019 Worldwide Auctioneers : The Corpus Christi Old Car Museum Auction | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R3 Sold for USD$104,500 2019 RM Auctions : Auburn Fall | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R1 Sold for USD$9,900 2019 Mecum Portland | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti Chassis#: R-4956 Sold for USD$23,520 2019 Bonhams : Tupelo Auction | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Sold for USD$41,800 2019 Mecum : Kissimmee | |
1964 STUDEBAKER AVANTI COUPE Sold for USD$17,850 2018 McCormick's Auction # 64 | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Sold for USD$68,000 2017 Mecum : Louisville | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti Sold for USD$18,700 2015 Morphy Auctions : Premier Automobile Sale | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti Coupe Sold for USD$19,500 2015 Leake Auctions - Dallas, Tx | |
1964 STUDEBAKER AVANTI R2 Sold for USD$50,000 2014 Mecum - Dallas | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Coupe One Owner Car with 6,353 Original Miles Sold for USD$42,000 2012 Mecum - Dallas, TX | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti II Coupe Chassis#: RQ4286 Sold for USD$20,381 2010 Shannons Auctions - Shannons Motorclassica Collector Vehicle Auction | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R3 Sold for USD$96,250 2010 RM Auctions - Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Two Door Sold for USD$19,000 2009 Leake Auctions - Dallas - 37th Annual Leake Auto Auction - Market Hall | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R-3 Coupe Sold for USD$75,000 2009 Mecum - Kissimmee, FL Auction | |
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Sold for USD$24,250 2008 Dana Mecum's Original Spring Classic Auction | |
1964 Studebaker R1 Avanti 2D Sold for USD$17,655 2006 RM Auctions Michigan International Spring Classic Car Auction |
Studebaker Avantis That Failed To Sell At Auction
1964 Studebaker Avanti's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
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1964 Studebaker Avanti | R5262 | 2022 Mecum : Monterey | $17,000 | ||
1964 Studebaker Avanti R-2 | 64R5616 | 2022 Carlisle Auctions : Spring Carlisle | |||
1964 STUDEBAKER AVANTI | 2021 Carlisle Auctions : Spring | ||||
1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 Supercharged | 2020 GAA : November 2020 | $39,500 | |||
1964 Studebaker Avanti 2-Door | 2010 Mecum Dana Mecum's Original Spring Classic Auction | ||||
1964 Studebaker Avanti R3 Coupe | 2003 Michigan Fall Classic Car Auction | $47,500 | |||
1964 STUDEBAKER AVANTI R COUPE | 2001 Kruse Auction Auburn, IN | $13,000 |
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