1963 Studebaker Avanti "Bonneville Record Breaker"

Thi is a Studebaker Avanti Promotional film from 1963. The Studebaker Avanti set all kinds of land speed records for a factory stock off the show room floor vehicles. These records remained on the books for many years. Top speed was almost 169 miles per hour. Not bad for something you could buy at your local Studebaker Dealer for 5 grand.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1963
• Studebaker
• Avanti
• Bonneville
• Speed
• Record
• Andy
• Granatelli
• tv
• commercial
• advert
• werbung
• stp

[IwontConform]

where was the avanti built? how many were produced? i always wanted one of these distinctive automobiles.

[OsbornTramain]

@IwontConform  Avanti's were produced by Studebaker at the South Bend Indiana plant. for years 63 and 64, only 4 to 5 thousand were produced in total (which have had an incredibly large survival rate). When Studebaker announced in the November of 63 that they were shutting South Bend down and focusing all production of cars in their Hamilton Ontario plant, the Avanti was discontinued. From 65 to 07 from 0 to a 150 or so cars were produced per year under various ownerships.

[r5duecento]

The film is a wonderful promotional film, however the car shown in most of the film is a production car used to create a reinactment of the Bonneville accomplishments. Notice that it did not have a rollbar installed. It is shown at the end of the film where the cars are parked and Andy is filmed beside the car. Also, the "wonderful" shot at the end of the film, which is a bit hazy, is the REAL DEAL!

[OsbornTramain]

Not sure I agree here, all Avantis had roll bars. If you look at the interior of an Avanti, it has a roll bar built into the roof and covered with padding. I own one so I know this is true. The whole point about this promotion was that the car was indeed "stock", unmodified, un changed. That's point of the record. This class recored is for cars that are driven off the show room floor.

[coopermania74]

On my opinion, one of the best car produced in the U.S.A.. In Italy there are only 2 Avantis, only one supercharged. Very rare in Europe too. I wanna one! ! !

[OsbornTramain]

I use to live in Switzerland and belonged to the Swiss Avanti Owners Association. We made a trip once as a group back in 1998 with our Avantis down to Italy. I don't recall the mans name but he did own an Avanti and lived in Italy. I did get to see one of them. I might even have pictures of it somewhere :O)

[505197]

My dad loved Avantis but they never really flipped my switch. It's a shame Studebaker went the way of so many old car companys, they did make some fine cars and break some ground in perfornace. I liked the Hawks myself, and the model so popular for the flats...now that was one damn good lookin style. The avanti was too odd for my taste. If I owned one I'd probably change my tune lol.

[motorcycleresto]

This very car now lives on the lower mainland in BC. Has not been on the road since 1990. Verified by the build slip and was one of 3 Avanti's tuned by the Studebaker Engineering Dept for Bonneville

[lenyo123]

@OsbornTramain All Avantis had rollbars lol The only way the car can be jigged was with the rollbar. It just doesnt look like the typical rollbar your use to seeing.

[wtmayhew]

I think the Avanti you saw in Italy may be in my driveway now. My 1963 R2 was exported directrly from the factory to Trieste, Italy according to the original build sheet. The paperwork I have also shows the Avanti moved to Switzerland for several years before coming back to the US in about 2007.

The person in Italy who ordered the Avanti must have aspired to be a drag racer becasue the car was ordered with a 4.09 ratio differential, no power steering and no radio. It is still a great car.

[topdog25608]

That rescue vehicle is a Cadillac

[5610winston]

Check out the late-'50s Studebaker-Packard emergency response vehicle at 3:25.

Can you imagine what the salt is doing to the hog troughs?

[FriendlyDriver]

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[evenlaterapex]

Cages for all the cars were a work of art by the GRANCO shop in West L.A. All the tubing was crackle finish black and all bolt together. Sudebakers last harrah.....I was there.