Studebaker Avanti

Lance Lambert of The Vintage Vehicle Show interviews the owners of a 1964 Studebaker Avanti R2 followed by a music montage of Avanti cars at a Studebaker show in Anaheim, CA. Music by The Hodaddys.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Lance
• Lambert
• The
• Vintage
• Vehicle
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• 1964
• Studebaker
• Avanti
• R2
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• Palma
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• Anaheim
• CA
• California

[theamcman1]

By the way the music is by the Los Straitjackets. The Hodaddys do a version of this song, but this particular version is definitely the Los Straitjackets.

[teletim99]

@theamcman1 the song definitely came from The Hodaddys - I edited the piece and used the cut from The Hodaddys CD with their permission.

[FNR1996]

CAN ANY ONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE MUSIC PLZ?

[teletim99]

@FNR1996 "Calhoun Surf" by the Hodaddys

[hotelgulf718]

Brilliant!

[101fanofTwilight]

i personally love the 63's instead....!!!!!!

[lakekerr1]

Makes me so sick, I looked @ a 1964 in Plant City Florida, 1966 the price tag as I recall was $3500. Should have bought it sorry to say DIDN'T

[theamcman1]

The owner is wrong about Studebaker's engineering. It was the financial structure, and the labor costs that killed Studebaker.

The host was way off when he commented on Studebaker's styling. Not only were the cars not "conservative grandma/grandpa cars", just take a look at the entire '53 line-up, and tell me anybody in Detroit had anything even close that looked as modern back then. I'd say they were about 10 years ahead of everyone else. 

[FNR1996]

Great car love it



[GeoffC312]

I agree avanti5010. I would say the opposite of the owner, Studebaker was ahead of everyone else at the time. The Avanti was the 2nd American car (Preston Tucker's Torpedo was the first) for front disc brakes. Avanti also came with an integrated roll bar and other safety features. Being too far ahead of or too far behind the curve isn't favorable for great sales.