This meant the car would use a modified X-braced Lark convertible frame ... The post This all-original 1963 Studebaker Avanti has enjoyed a charmed life appeared first on The Online Automotive ...

Even the gorgeous, if a bit esoteric, design work of American greats Virgil Exner, Brooks Stevens and Raymond Loewy couldn't save Studebaker ... of the Avanti. It was also the first mainstream ...

Based on the chassis of a Lark Convertible, the Avanti had ... in 1963 and 1964, Studebaker pulled the plug, just as the Pontiac GTO arrived, widely considered to be the first muscle car.

In the long history of the Avanti, it's believed that only 90 sedans were ever built, and they shared a chassis and ...