Wednesday 2/3 EYE CANDY

[ChampTrucking]

[55champion]

Now that's a good looking vert.

[Invalid User Name]

Very nice.

Doug
Venice, Florida
1950 Champion
9G F1

[clonelark]

I really do like the AVX. anyone ever seen any for sale, what do they go for. Is this one Pontiac underneath?

[vintageblueoval]

Looks like Camaro windshield and doors, chromed Mustang wheels, Avanti nose and the rear looks C5 Corvette-ish from that angle. A bit too goofy looking for me. Almost like those kits to bolt on a 1950 Ford front and rear onto a mid-90s Thunderbird, just nicer. I wonder if it looks even more like a Camaro with the top up? Interesting car.

T.J. Fletcher
North Atlanta, Ga
1958 Champion 2-door sedan

[Avantidon]

This is an "F" bodied Avanti. Simply stated it is on a Firebird chasis. Thanks Rich for the post. Bob only 7 to 10 AVX's were ever built. I have never seen one change hands. The original prototype is still in the hands of my friend Jim Bunting, the creator of the car along with Tom Kellogg.

[Bullet]

At LaPalma 2009 this one was there. I had never seen one before so this was a treat. Not sure who the boy is, his dad yelled at him as I was trying to take the picture. He sure like the car though.

[Bullet]

And of course now that we say that they are hard to find and not generally for sale, one shows up on ebay at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-CONVERTIBLE-2001-Avanti-Convertible-Fast-Fun-Rare_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem45f0d669e9QQitemZ300393327081QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks#v4-37

[ozarkman]

I could see myself in one of those![]

From deep in the Ozarks...

Fred

[Dads Baby]

How about one in Yellow! This one is a pleasure to drive!





Carey
Packard Hawk

[Lenny R2]

I like black but if some body gave me the yellow one i would take it.

Lenny
Atlanta Ga.

[Sdude]

The sign is not quite right. It really isn't a Studebaker.

Jon Stalnaker
Editor, Hawk Talks
Karel Staple Chapter SDC

[clonelark]

Yeah but i still would like to have one, more expencive than i thought.

[HawkGT]

Jon, you're right of course that it's not really a Studebaker. But I like it when later model Avanti owners use the Studebaker name, though maybe adding "originally designed by Studebaker" for accuracy. It gives folks like the teenager in the LaPalma shot posted by Bullet a bit more motivation to consider getting into our hobby... "Wow, Studebakers really ARE neat cars..!" I plan to put a Studebaker decal on the rear window of the '85 Avanti I'm restoring; of course in that model everything but the engine and seats are still Studebaker designed.

Gene Nagle
1963 Hawk R1