I am 73 but when I see an Avanti, I'm 18 again.

@thecarsofpalmsprings

Ай бұрын

It is definetly a Time Machine , thank you for watching and commenting !🙂

Great job! Such an underrated automobile

An auto manufacturer way ahead of it's time ! I love Studebakers !!

@thecarsofpalmsprings

8 күн бұрын

Indeed , hopefully we will also feature some Hawks and trucks in the near future, thank you for watching and commenting ! 🙂

@reaper51

8 күн бұрын

@@thecarsofpalmsprings thank you for sharing the "Gems of South Bend" !

I liked this episode very much! Specially the older, fit and wise people. Yes? The music goes well for mid 60's Palm Springs. 😀 As a kid, I remember the Avanti's on the street. Thanks

@thecarsofpalmsprings

Жыл бұрын

Us older fit and wise people have to stick together ! Thanks for watching and commenting !

@asteverino8569

Жыл бұрын

@@thecarsofpalmsprings My pleasure. 1954 birthday. 🎉

loved this video! Architecture and cars from this period just gorgeous thank you. Hi from Melbourne Australia

@thecarsofpalmsprings

10 ай бұрын

Gday and thanks for watching and commenting !😁

The Avanti is an iconic automobile!!! The Coachella Valley & especially Palm Springs has such a rich history!!! I always enjoy your videos!!! Happy Holidays!!! 🤶⛄🎄

@thecarsofpalmsprings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, The Avanti is definetly the Iconic Palm Springs car, happy holidays !

I really enjoyed your video. I left me with a "Magical" Feeling (Just like 1963). You know what I mean? That Time -Period had a special "AURA" to it. (It's hard to put that into words but I think you can understand what I mean). Loved your demonstration about the way people react when they see The "AVANTI" coming. That's exactly the way I feel about it too. Those are such beautiful cars. I'm so glad the people of Palm Springs keep these beautiful cars in there hearts and beautiful city too. They both look so good together! Take care. (Loved the Time -Period "Wurlitzer" in that magnificent living room too). (Suggestion) Place a "Bell System"/Western Electric 500-Model telephone (A nice clean one) of your choice (There still available) (My mind says Bright Yellow "NOT BLACK")! People will SWARM around it too. I know it sounds crazy, but they WILL! YES... The old "BELL SYSTEM" is my world, but "The AVANTI" is definitely invited into it. Again, Take Care...my GROOVY -BROS. Jeff

@thecarsofpalmsprings

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting ! Be sure to check out the 1963 Avanti episode for even more Palm Springs / Avanti action !

Great video and nice to combine a bit of architecture with the cars!

@thecarsofpalmsprings

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching ! Yes our goal will be to include more architecture and PS history in future episodes

Really enjoyed this video, very informative. looking forward to more videos in the future.

@thecarsofpalmsprings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting ! More cool cars and places lined up for sure

True, bodies were made in the same factory as the Corvette bodies, but not for long. (It was Molded Fiberglas in Ashtabula, OH.) There were too many quality problems and Studebaker took making the bodies in house. Being inexperienced with working with Fiberglas, Studebaker was able to then create their own problems. They had a lot of production problems that delayed shipments to the point that quite a few people cancelled their orders.

It either moves you, or it doesn't. As a past owner of 63R3565A (with a new owner in the Saratoga California area), a beautiful Avanti Red over Fawn 4 speed R2 supercharged, I'm in the former category. With only some ~ 3,600 1963 and 1964 Avantis made, you are in little danger of seeing one unless you bi-curiously click on and watch Avanti videos. The only weird thing about owning an Avanti was when I brought my Avanti to car shows - it was inevitable that someone would want to stop and argue something or another about the car: quite a few people wanted to argue that it was an import from France or maybe Canada. One guy told me that I "ruined" my car with the supercharger and chrome engine pieces (all factory issue) - so he was left speechless when I showed him the original window sticker. The factory supercharger was a $210 line item on the window sticker, I asked him if he thought that was too much

@thecarsofpalmsprings

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting, So cool you got to experience owning an Avanti, people seem to either love them or hate them. Be sure to check out the 1963 Avanti Episode as well if you have not already. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZt_yrJ6g5acdrA.htmlsi=6Q1utUwBl5PmtC9m. Cheers and thanks again !

@trainliker100

2 ай бұрын

There were 4,643 Studebaker Avantis produced. SN R1001 to SN R5643 (which was an R3). 3,384 considered as "63" and 809 considered as "64". The transition was arbitrary and not specifically linked to any specific changes, although a number of changes occurred around that time, but also before and after. It was sometime in August 1963 when everybody else started their "new model" year. I have taken my car (R5586) to about 60 car shows and heard plenty of the myth statements about the car. "It is a Ford 289 ". "They were made in Canada." "They made one steel bodied one and my uncle had it." "GM paid the Molded Fiberglas Company in Ohio to deliberately sabotage the Avanti body production." "It is by an Italian Designer."

Fiberglass body...never too old to learn something new.

@thecarsofpalmsprings

Жыл бұрын

Words to live by , thanks for watching !

@trainliker100

2 ай бұрын

Studebaker had neither the time nor the money to make dies for a steel body. But the Fiberglas bodies did give them grief and were the main cause of enough production delays that many people canceled their orders. First, Molded Fiberglas of Ohio (who also made Corvette bodies) was contracted but they weren't doing a very good job. So, Studebaker brought it in house but they had not done Fiberglas before so THEY didn't do all that good of a job either.

That's Avanti" gold".

Just some nitpicks. The crew was not from Detroit, but from South Bend, Indiana. Well, two of them. While Bob Andrews and John Ebstein were working for Studebaker at the time, Tom Kellogg was not. Kellogg was hired at a very young age by Loewy specifically to work on this project. Kellogg had graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and Loewy seemed very good at keeping track of talent. Kellogg recounted he received a phone call and this fellow with a French accent says he is Raymond Loewy asking, "Would you be interested in designing a new sports car?" Kellogg thought somebody was kidding him at first. Incidentally, Kellogg went on to have a fine career in industrial design including work for quite a few major car manufacturers. He also became a professor at Art Center College of Design. Kellogg would say how important the Avanti project was to him and characterized the design as "cosmic." Kellogg died two weeks after crashing his Mercedes-Benz into a center divider. The family wanted some Avantis at his memorial and I was one who provided one. I'm not sure Kellogg was even on the Studebaker payroll, he might have been hired as part of Loewy's organization. Kellogg also designed a later Avanti using many of the original styling cues and it was produced in limited numbers from 2000 to 2007.

There was actually a home, not the home, of Raymond Loewy in Palm Springs. He also had an apartment in New York where he likely spent the majority of his time. He also had a home in Monaco, and I think also a rural home in France. Not sure the timing on those, though.

Guys, The Door Locks on the Avanti’s are from Mercedes Benz, Yep I have a 560 SEC, same door locks👍

@thecarsofpalmsprings

9 ай бұрын

Love it when companies used off the shelf parts from other brands, Thanks for watching and commenting !

@scottrobertson6217

9 ай бұрын

@@thecarsofpalmsprings hi Fellow Stude Mates, Yes I’m also into Mercedes too, hence my Crossover knowledge. As Stude were the Sole Distributors of Mercedes Cars after the war, there were a number of ideas that went between the two companies. One amazing idea perfected by Stude was the Turbo-Magic, this was a Clutchless Manual drive system! The US entered the War right when Stude were ready to release this new concept, but had to shelve it, during the War this system was not needed because full Auto Trans were available. Guess what, Stude passed this technology over to Mercedes Benz, the used it from 1959 till around the early 60’s, Mercedes called it “Hydrak” I worked on a friends 59 Mercedes with this system, then stumbled on the Story in Turning Wheels detailing the History of what Stude perfected, namely”Turbo-Matic” And the Door locks on the Avanti is just one design that came from the Collaboration between Studebaker From Mercedes-Benz.

@thecarsofpalmsprings

9 ай бұрын

@@scottrobertson6217 Wow that is awesome information thank you ! You will be happy to know that we are featuring a beautiful 1967 Mercedes 250 SE in the November or December episode

@trainliker100

2 ай бұрын

As mentioned by another commenter, Studebaker was the exclusive distributor of Mercedes at the time in the U.S. and also Canada. The cone style door locks being one of the "safety" improvements for the car. Another thing I think they got from Mercedes was the idea for the automatic transmission to start in 2nd when in Drive, not 1st. 1st not really being needed for that and making the car more prone to spin wheels on wet or icy roads. Of course, you can deliberately put it into 1st if you want. Some people get an Avanti and think there is something wrong with it since it makes only the one shift which is from 2nd to 3rd. It is my understanding that this is accomplished by changes to the transmission valve body to make it different from the usual 1/2/3 shift for that Borg Warner transmission used in other cars.

I have to disagree the airplane influence was from Loewy's involvement with Air Force One. Sherwood Egbert, president of Studebaker and the one who commissioned the project, was a pilot. He is the one who pushed for the aircraft look including being able to switch gauge lighting between white (daytime) and red (nighttime). In fact, he would fly his own plane to Palm Springs to visit the project and make some suggestions. Yes, he "helped.". Egbert had various design input such as reducing the original rake of the windshield, probably to help make sure he would fit in the car, he was pretty tall at I think 6' 4" or so. He seemed to be about a foot taller than Raymond Loewy in photos.

Avanti good not bronze in 63-4. Fawn interior not bronze ditto. Orange not tangerine interior Not being critical but been an Avanti fan for 63 years and own 64;R5305. In to see so many nicely restored or original, but as a purist I'm in favor of originality in every angle including correct wording. Of ALL USA manufactured automobiles the Avanti is "clearly" The MOST iconic as compared to ANY big 3 model ever . Ford model T may have sold profusely but tin can Lizzies are NOT iconic.

@trainliker100

2 ай бұрын

There was Fawn, and also Elk (technically, "Smoked Elk") which was darker than Fawn and perhaps looked a little more "bronze" like than Fawn.

@vernanderson4358

2 ай бұрын

@@trainliker100 yes that's correct phrasing. Again not be critical for sure but if " bronze" was ever offered it would only be AFTER Studebaker Avanti years. Perhaps Avanti 11 which I could not keep track of as Nate would give you any interior for which you could ever hope.

One of Studebaker's ugliest cars but still cool.