Bob's Studebaker Resource Website (Studebaker Avanti's - R-1001

Bob's Studebaker Resource Website

A partial registry of owners of the Avanti Automobile. Registrants included are members of the Avanti Chat group and other interested parties. No addresses or phone numbers will be included to protect privacy.

4647 Avantis were built by the Studebaker Corporation from June 1962 - December 1963. 1389 models were manufactured in 1962. 3258 units were manufactured in 1963. Of these, 2418 were 1963 models, 30 were transitional, 54 were 1964 models with round headlights and 764 were 1964 models throughout....
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Introduction of the 1963 Studebaker Avanti (Turning Wheels, June 1992)	The Six Week Wonder Fred Fox Turning Wheels, January 1977
Running changes	63 - 64 Monthly Production

The first Studebaker Avanti, serial number 63R1001, was donated to the Harold E. LeMay Museum. R1001 came with the second Avanti engine, supercharged # RS1002.

Last Update: January 2008

Notes:Ref: Service Letter # G-1964-3B, dtd 13 May 1964. SUBJECT: Car Serial Number - Avanti Models. "Effective with Serial Number R-3100 the year designation (63 prefix to the serial number) was removed from the serial number plate.
After the above serial number all Avanti models are identified only by the letter "R" followed by the serial number."

Studebaker Avanti's - R-1001 - R-1999

Version B

R-1001 - R-1999	R-2000- R-2999	R-3001 - R-3999	R-4001 - R-4999	R-5001 - R-5653
RQA	RQB	1985- 91	AVX 1996 -	Main Page

R2 R-0023
December 2005
Original owner
Jim Bunting
Lancaster, PA
Special 2 seat remake, designed by Tom Kellog

R2 RQ-706
Body Tag only
Bob, San Jose, CA
Turning Wheels, December 1995

R1 RQ-770
Body Tag only
Bob Petersen, Castro Valley, CA
January 2006

R2 R-1002
24 Apr 2005
Dave Kinney
Great Falls, VA

+ a 5 speed 85 and an 85 Coupe + tons of factory parts and goodies

and

Ray Norris, Minnetonka, MN
Turning Wheels, July 1982

R2 R-1004
Mar 10 2004
James K. Carter
Somewhere, USA

R2 40,000 miles, frame off restoration completed to original factory specifications. Beautiful car, white exterior, with orange / fawn interior. Has PS, PB, 455TT, auto, seat belts, AM radio.

R2 R-1012
22 Jan 2005
California

R3 R-1014
07 Mar 2005

I found an Avanti having the engine rebuilt in a shop local to me (Frederick, MD). I don't know who the owner is, but the shop owner says he lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The engine is an R3, and the car's VIN is 63r1014, making it a very early car. The shop owner says the car's owner has documentation that the car is one of the cars raced at the Bonneville Salt Flats, and is the car pictured in the Champion Spark Plug ad from that period.

The car does have a complete roll cage in its interior, and is in pretty fair shape, though definitely not show quality.
I know that such an early car would not have an R3 engine as original, but could well have been a factory test mule, having different engines, etc., before the Granatelli's got use of the car for the Salt Flats. I also don't know if the R3 is a 299 or 304.5 cubic inch version. The engine has recently been put back together and is about to be painted as soon as the shop owner can get the appropriate color mixed for an R3.

I don't know how long the owner has had the car, but the shop owner said he has had the car for several years working on the car as a long term project.
The car used to be owned by Gary Hess, according to Jon Myers, who is familiar with the car. He said he found the R3 engine that's in the car ...not the engine it ran with at Bonneville.
I also found some documentation from the AOAI newletters from the 1960's that identified the car as being the #8 car at Bonneville.
(Bruce Blum)

R3 R-1016
Feb 9, 2003
Andy Petrass

Turquoise/turquoise regal trim. Built as an R2, 4-speed with PS, hill holder, tinted glass, and other options. Shipped to L.A. and the shipper reads "Tag A Granatelli or S H Egbert." Sold to the Public Relations Dept. At Paxton, the car was converted to an R3, powershift setup. The R3 was B27. When I bought R1016 in 1985, B27 had been removed and sold to someone else. I've been gathering parts for its restoration, but right now it's about third in line. I can also vouch for the existance of about 5 more cars including 63 R1005 and 63 R1017.

R2 R-1020
Feb 5, 2001
Frank & Diane Checchin

R2 built on my birthday 6-26-62. Black 4-speed with PS, PB, 3.73 twin traction rear-end, tinted glass and a hill-holder. Was in storage since 1968 with only 23,000 orig. miles. Complete frame up restoration to original factory build sheet specifications. Could be the earliest R2 in existence.

R2 R-1023
Herb Scheffer, Clearwater, FL
Turning Wheels, June 1988

R3 R-1025
Geoffrey Crall
Danville, CA 94506-1221

Prototype factory model"

...Website

Serial number 1025, Sherwood Egberts personal car, production & development for STP on the R3 and used for advertising and TV Adds & Mr. ED. Featured in Hotrod & Motor Trend "STUDE HOTTEST R3" belongs to Ron Crall. The car was purchased by Vince Granatelli after the closing of Studebaker and was used for drag racing across Southern California

Prototype R3-automatic, turquois/turquois. I Purchased around 1969. Former owner purchased from Vince Granetelli. Hot Rod Magazine R3 road test car. Originally used by Sherwood Egbert for a few weeks. Sent to Paxton Products for use as R3 prototype. Sold by Studebaker (had California MFG plates) to Vince Granetilli in 1965 and licensed as Studebaker sedan. Engine number RS1021 has extensively reworked heads, dual valve springs, R3 cam and other changes. Engine frame mounts were re-worked to get more clearance for R3 pressure chamber (Factory cars had body shimmed up from frame to get clearance). Per recent conversation with Vince Granetelli, used for acceleration testing.

R1 R-1028
Dick Shurson
DeKalb, IL

R1 R-1028
Dick Zimmerman,New Boston, IL
Turning Wheels, January, 1988

R1 R-1028
Peoria, IL
Turning Wheels, December 1996

R2 R-1034

R-1036

R2 R-1040
31 Oct 2004
Paul A. Duseau

R2 automatic, PW, PS, PB. White burgindy seats, black carpets. Very complete.

R1 R-1052
Jun 14, 2006
James F. Parisio
R1 built on 5/22/62. Under restoration, 4 speed, PW, PB, PS, tinted glass w band, hill holder, twin traction, radio & ant. & rear speaker. Originally white with orange interior. Also was tag salon showing, not sure what that is. Trying to keep it stock.

R2 R-1059
David Levesque
Marion, IL

R1 R-1062
Jerry Hobson
Fort Myers, FL

and

Earl Geyer, Chicago, IL
Turning Wheels, October 1978

R2 R-1063

Jan 5, 2003
Edward Scanlons
St. Paul, MN

R2 38,000 miles, PW, PB, PS, Found as a wreck at ex Stude dealer in Illinois and rebuilt for my father who knew its history and worked with Raymond L. at Northwest Air after WWII. Now third generation Stude.

R2 R-1065
22 Nov 2005
Terry Sterkel
Northern Texas
R2 R-1065

Former owner: Kim Miller, Kirkland, WA 98034
Kim, family & Tom Kellog in picture

R1 R-1068

And again.... Here's the second turn around

R2 R-1071
K. V. Smith, Winston-Salem, NC
Turning Wheels, August 1978

R2 R-1072
Russ Haggen
Bellingham, WA 98225

R2 R-1080
Cleveland, OH
Turning Wheels, November 1983

R2 R-1083
Dec 2007
Uvalde, TX
Ebay Sale

1963 R2 R-1084
(tomply32), Royal Palm Beach, FL
Ebay Sale, September 2008

R3 R-1089
11 December 2001
Gary Miller
Mayer, MN 55360

R3 4-speed with Hurst shifter, white with red interior and red carpets. AM radio with rear speaker, PS, PB, tinted glass, Twin Traction. Car is in concours condition and VERY fast.

R2 R-1101
Robert D. Jackson
19 Feb 2001
Prairie Village, KS 66208-2459

4-speed

1963 R2 R-1102
(jphila1), South Bend, IN
Ebay Sale, September 2008

R2 R-1111

Ed Stack
St Cloud, MN 56304

The car was built on 6/21/62. The serial no. is 63R-1111. The engine ser #R-1012. Body # 287. Jon Meyer mentioned on the production sheet, written in long hand, was the notation "No Pink Record". It meant that the dealer who received the car, could make modifications such as adding a supercharger and it would be considered "stock".

R-1113
April 2007
Fort Wayne, IN

R2 R-1116

R2 R-1117

Mar 3, 2005
Robert L. Weir

R1 R-1119
Apr 9, 2004
Wendell Will

Original gold paint with fawn interior, automatic, 47,000 mi. Exceptional condition for a "survivor." Love it!

R1 R-1121
29 July 2001
Malcolm Gillette
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Owned since May 2001

Power windows, automatic

R2 R-1122
(1963 rq-1250) Lewis Schucart
Maryland Heights, MO 63043

Factory delivery without Power Steering / R2 automatic, 3:73 rear end, turquoise paint & interior, originally a factory show car before sold in Kansas.

R1 R-1135
28 Feb 2001
Owned since:1989
Daniel J Wetovick
Fullerton, NE

First California delivery in 1962. In family since new.

R1 R-1138
John Smith

R1 R-1142
Don Hart, St Charles, MO
TW July 1985

R-1157

Hackensack, NJ
Aug 2007
Ebay Sale

R1 R-1168
Geof
Somewhere in California

R2 R-1182
05 January 2002
Ben Wenberg
South, Escanaba, MI 49829

R1 R-1188
Feb 17, 2001
Frederic & Bridget Freeman

R2 turquoise, rebuilt engine, mostly original, a few upgrades.

R2 R-1196

R2 R-1205

R1 R-1213
Oct 23 , 2003
Roy & Shirley Dost

Purchased in September 2003. Grabs attention where ever it goes. Body# 63RQ370 R1 automatic, black with red & white interior, 85,000 Miles. PS, PB, no Air. Former owner did major restoration, but no documentation available. Looking forward to some shows next summer.

R1 R-1223
Dec 4 , 2004
Adam Sithers

R1 white with fawn/black interior, 3-speed, 2nd owner.

R2 R-1224

R1 R-1227
01 Jan 02
Lees Auto Ranch
Ellington, CT

R1 R-1229
April 1969
Jim & Susie Pearce
LakeLand, FL
Car Specs

R2 R-1232
Arlene Carpenter, Kokomo, IN
Turning Wheels, June 1983

R2 R-1245
Melvyn Richie
Eindhoven, Nl

R1 R-1250
Lewis Schucart
Maryland Heights, MO 63043

Also R-1122

R1 R-1262
Oct 24, 2004
David Stempler

R1 automatic, Avanti gold, fawn interior, PS, PB, PW, A/C. Mostly origional except for radio, carb, and cooling fan. It was originally purchased in Phoenix. Somehow, it ended up on Long Island.

R2 R-1272

R2 R-1281
Richard Bennett III, Irwin, PA
Turning Wheels, February 1976

R2 R-1289
May 2000
M. Britt
Rochester, NY
New Owner
Parke W. Oehme
Jul 20, 2005
Now R1 automatic. Original black with red interior, 91,000 original miles. Built 10/10/1962. In the process of putting an R3 blower and air box on it.

R2 R-1290
Walter Keegan Jr.
Old Bridge, NJ 08857

R1 R-1298
Rick Connolly
Chesapeake, VA 23321
Might be another numbers mixup

R1 R-1300
Indiana
June 2007
Ebay Sale

power steering and power brakes. all origional. ran
several years ago, the engine turns. ran and drove well when parked. paint has been completely stripped. vehicle is in need of restoration.Everthing is with the vehicle. some items are in boxes. engine is origional R1, 289.The hog troffs need to be repaired . the 300th Avanti built.

and

R2 R-1300
Robert Saturno, Rochester, NY
Turning Wheels, July 1984

R2 R-1303
Richard Hammel, Pittsburgh, PA
Turning Wheels, September 1987

R1 R-1304
04 Nov 2003
Bob Lerch
Williamsville, NY 14221

Our Avanti is an unrestored car that was repainted the original "Avanti Gold" in 1980. The odometer shows milage in the upper 60k area, which I believe to be correct. The car is an automatic and has Twin Traction, original AM/FM radio, power steering, power brakes that I converted to dual master cylinder. I also changed over to an electric fuel pump and Edelbrock 4 bbl. carb. I removed the original heater and installed a complete Vintage Air heater/AC/defroster system that works great. I also upgraded to a Mazda alternator with an internal regulator. At the same time, I added a couple of "master" fuses for protection. We have also just installed a set of 15x6 Torque Thrust "D" wheels which really look great! The car isn't a show car . . . It is a DRIVER that we enjoy very much!

56K original miles

R2 R-1311
Somewhere in the Netherlands
Previous Owner
Frank Letts
Stafford, TX 77477

R1 R-1318
John Poulos
Parts car -

1963 R2 R-1326
Lancaster PA, Sept 2008

R1 R-1331
Dec 31, 2002
Suzan Stoll

Don't have much info about this car because it was saved from the parts car pit just in the nick of time. It has no engine, tranny, gauges, and other small parts but it will be put back together eventually.

04 Jan 2004
David Littlefield David Littlefield
Palm Springs, FL 33461

History - Purchased on Ebay, in August of 2003, from a Suzanne Stoll in Appleton, Wisconsin, who purchased it a year earlier, with no engine or tranny. Was purchased by Stoll, in order to renovate, but health issues arose and resale required.
originally turquoise exterior, with black interior.

R-2990- same owner as above - Body poor, will be rebodied from R-1331

Car (1331) was wrecked badly in the front and was too far gone to salvage. Pillar post all but gone. Major metal rust everywhere in the body itself. It was my father's who bought it with a damaged right front fender in I think 1967 or 68 from the original owner (Helen Tyson)who bought it new in the West Palm Beach area. When my father died he willed it to my sister. In time she wrecked it and threw it into storage for quite some time where it rotted away. She suddenly died and then I got it. I had it shipped back to Florida from San Francisco sight unseen, and upon arrival was sick to see how far gone she was. I decided to do a body off restoration on her. I bought another 63 Avanti with no engine and rotted frame on eBay (#1331) mainly to use the good body on my decent frame & hog troughs,and use my engine. I am currently DEEP into the long, ongoing body off restoration. I will keep her all original. White exterior, turquoise & fawn interior. A/C, automatic.

R2 R-1332

R2 R-1332b

R1 R-1335
Aug 10, 2003
Mih4utoday@aol.com

R2 R-1339

R1 R-1342
Aug 31, 2004
Jeff C. Bittenbender

Avanti red with black and off-white interior. Automatic with AC, runs great with a little over 70,000 miles.

R2 R-1343
Jun 17, 2004
Harry van Wees

R2 4-speed, Australia.

R2 R-1350

R2 R-1359
Apr 10, 2005
Bill Lightner

Bought the car in Colorado Springs as the second owner in 1968. R-2, automatic, Avanti maroon with fawn interior. Primary car for years, still runs great. Needs some TLC but has new brakes, motor mounts, and I spend money on it when I'm able.

R2 R-1360

R1 R-1363
Steve Houston, Houston, TX
Turning Wheels, April 1996

R2 R-1376
May 14, 2006
Peter G. Godek

R2 Built 10/01/62. 4-speed, manual steering, 373 gear. Sold in NC, purchased in 1987, everyday driver until 92. Rebuilt car in 97/aluminum heads, R3, 304.5 updated suspension, 331/s erb huffer, fac AM/FM.

R1 R-1380
Engine # 63RS-1264
Jul 3, 2002
Frank Donnelly
Columbus, OH

Vehicle is in mint condition with under 52,000 miles.

>Ebay Sale, April 2007

R1 R-1381
20 June 2001
Paul Leclair
Chattaroy, WA 99003
Owned since JULY 1996

R2 R-1385

R2 R-1386
26 Sep 2002
Los Angeles, CA
EBAY Sale
Odd front end revision

R2 R-1406
Frank Willison
RR4, Ontario, CA KoE 1B0

R1 R-1404
August 2006
Stephen Wohleber

Gold with fawn interior/dark brown carpets. AT/PS/PB/dual traction. 35,000 orig. miles. Sold in Toronto, Ontario Feb. 1964. 4th owner, has spent a lot of time sitting, but never abused. Purchased October 2005. Never restored but resprayed original colour 20+ yrs. ago. Look forward to cleaning up and DRIVING my dream.

R2 R-1411
Mark Sigfrinius, Goldendale, Washington 98620

and

Mike Hill, Mill Valley, CA
Turning Wheels, August 1996

R1 R-1414
Carl and Dee Wesser
Hollywood, Alabama 35752

R-1468

R2 R-1475
Fred Fox
Chambersburg, PA 17201

R2 R-1476
22 May 2002
Ken Michael
New Orleans, LA 70131

R2 R-1478
10 October 2002
Bob Ziff
Langhorne, PA 19047

(R?) R-1491
July 2006
Destroyed in fire (date?). Chassis and drive train remained
Sold as parts car, along with R-2931 to Ken Robinson, Indiana, PA

R-1493
Dave Balek
March 2005

R1 3-speed floor shift w/overdrive. .Manual steering 16 to 1 ratio, A/C, tinted windshield w/sun band. Tinted side glass, radio. Elk interior. Was factory gold but had been repainted red. Now stripped and awaiting new Avanti gold paint. Dealer added od and fender mirrors. Had a complete engine and transmission overhaul about 285 miles ago. Previous owner had car for 28 years before I purchased it. Ordered and delivered to Denham Springs, Louisiana on Oct. 18th 1962.

R1 R-1496
Jim Frakes
Tully NY 13159
Owned since: May 96

R1 R-1493
14 Feb 2006
Dave Balek
Mason City, LA
MVAvanti

R1 R-1498
Ron Maracle
W.St.Paul, Mn 55118

R2 R-1499
August 2004
Peter Bacich

Powershift

R2 R-1506
Dwight Fitzsimmons, Charlottesville, VA
Turning Wheels, March 1994

R2 R-1506
Turning Wheels, August 1995

and

R3 R-1506
Turning Wheels, June 1987

R2 R-1512
13 Dec 2001
Fontenay*e*g
Holly Hill
Orlando, FL

Ebay Sale ( 32k?)

R-1514

Philbjalme, North Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ebay Sale, July 2008

R-1517
Renton, WA
Ebay Sale, May 2004

R1 R-1522
August 2003
Wayne Graefen

R1 automatic, AC, PS, PB, PW, Solex windshield, front and rear factory belts. Avanti white with orange interior.

R2 R-1534
05 March 2002
1957GMP
EBAY SALE
Eastern PA

R1 R-1548
August 2005
Warren E. Gagner

Needs considerable work. Totally origional, matching numbers. Auto, A/C, PS, PB ,AM, fair origional fawn interior, bad brown exterior paint, 107k miles. Third owner. Purchased summer 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee. Housed in middle Tennessee.

1962 R2 R-1549
Dick Simmins, Jackson, MI
Turning Wheels, August 1987

R2 R-1550
John ?, Orangevale, CA
4-speed, wire wheels
Turning Wheels, September 1985

R1 RQ-1550
Body tag

R(3) R-1553
June 2003
Roger Lovering

Appears to be sporting an R3 motor and has an automatic transmission. Just puchased today. Still a lot to learn about the car. It is in rough condition but thats only temporary.

R1 R-1555
24 November 2001
Herbert Roy Jaffe
Woodbury NY 11797

R1 R-1558
May 02
Jose Orozco Bolanos

Originally it was maroon. 289 (I believe it is R1) it has front disk brakes, with standard A/C.

R2 R-1572
Dec 2003
George J. Salzmann
R2 Avanti gold with fawn interior and brown carpet, automatic, PS, PB, AM radio with rear speaker and antenna. Body #63RQ723 Engine #RS-1292.
(Sold in 2005 and shipped to Netherlands)

Dayton, OH
Turning Wheels, April 1987

and

R1 R-1583
Jim Stock, Norman, OK
Turning Wheels, July 1985

and

Jim Stock, Norman, OK
Turning Wheels, September 1984

R-1584
January 2003
Spring City, PA

and

Dayton, OH
Turning Wheels, April 1987

R-1595
R0 R-1595
Sep 2007
Savanah, GA
Ebay Sale
SBC Engine

R2 R-1600
Sal Calaio, New York
Turning Wheels, June 1980

R-1601

R1 R-1604

19 January 2007

and

Robert jacobs, San Diego, CA
Turning Wheels, February 1996

R-1607
19 January 2007
Ricky Nelson's Avanti
Only $49,000!!!

R1 R-1627 Michael Hopper

Purchased in Vancouver, Canada Feb 1, 2003. Was going to ship it back but it ran so great, I drove it to my home in Marietta, Georgia some 3,200 miles. It's a red R1 automatic in nice condition. What a head turner. Can't park anywhere without someone asking about the car. I've owned a few Studes in my life but this is my first Avanti. A life long dream since I worked as a gopher at a Studebaker dealer just out of high school in '65. Love my Avanti!

R-1631

R-1633
18 Oct 2004

1963 R-1643
Marty Flynn, Sussex County, NJ
Turning Wheels Sale, November 1999

R1 R-1648
David H Jarvis
Surrey, British Columbia CA, V3T 5K6

R1 R-1651 R1 4-speed, white with red interior. Purchased originally in Vancouver, B.C. Canada, by the first owner. We bought the car in June 2004 and gave it a new home in Quesnel B.C.

R2 R-1653
Peter Sant
Bellville, Ontario

air-conditioned

R-1660

R1 R-1661
(Halibrand wheels)
Pittsburgh, PA
Turning Wheels, April 1983

R2 R-1665

07 Mar 2007
Mike Moran
(moran27@sbcglobal.net)
812-985-5144
Evansville, IN 47712
(For Sale - Mar 2007)

Body no. 63RQ818, Eng.no. is RS1329. Owned the car since 1971.

R2 R-1667
Dan Wetovick, Fullerton, NE
Turning Wheels, August 1995

R1 R-1637
Lynn Brown, Effingham, IL
Turning Wheels, April 1981

R1 R-1687
20 January 2002
Douglas & Carolyn Crall
Warrenton VA 20187

Interesting History

Originally Gold R1, auto, air, etc. It was delivered originally to Redondo Beach CA. Repainted Red with the roof inserts painted black, fawn interior painted black also, Had aproximatly 65,000 miles I purchassed the back half from a Tracy Auto Wreckers outside Reno Nevada in 1974

R2 R-1689
Leon Benson
Boise, ID 83705

1961 R1 R-1691
Jul 2003
Don Haney

R1 gold/tan, automatic, PS, PB, factory air. Originally "Avanti Gold" but was repainted a similar color before I purchased it...needs repainting now. Recaro buckets in front but still have original low-back seats. Custom wheels and tires (still have original wheels and wheelcovers). Fifth owner, purchased in Redondo Beach, Califoria in 1985. Originally sold in Indio, California. Car was in the Southern California area until 1985. Driven to Dallas, Texas where I lived until late 1993, then trailered to the Seattle, Washington area

R1 R-1693
Sanduasky, OH
Nov 2007
Ebay sale

R1 R-1696
Jim Thompson, Madison Lake, MN
Turning Wheels, May 1980

and

Turning Wheels, July 1976

R1 RQ-1699
Body Tag
New Orleans
Turning Wheels, October 1984

R1 R-1700
Mar 2002
Lomayumtewa C. Ishii, Ph.D.

R1 gold with elk interior, A/C, original working AM radio, 386,000 miles on original engine, daily driver, all original, looking for mechanical restoration. Bought new in December 1962 in Oxnard, California at Armstrong Motors by my father. I learned to drive in this car and it has become a treasured automobile. Currently, it lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.

R1 R-1702
Lowell Sharkey, Madisonville, KY
Turning Wheels, October 1983

R2 R-1705
Eric T. A. Leacock
Fen 2005

R2 4-speed, white exterior with orange interior with black carpet. 60k miles. My pop was the original owner and he gave it to me. I love this car and so does my father. He bought this off the showroom floor in Valley Styream Long Island, New York in 1963. He loved to race at the local track and held some track records. Idrove this car to school in the late 80's and it got all the attention. The supercharger does it all the time. It has been featured in a few magazines, all local. We have all the original paperwork, window stickers , and manuals. It is unrestored, in beautiful shape. gotta love em.

R1 R-1707
Jim Inglis

R1 white with red interior, original 4-speed, AC, PB. Nice, original, unrestored car.

R-1711

R1 R-1713
Gordon Holden
Canada

R1 R-1754

R1 R-1760
21 March 2001
Brian Scott
Statesville, NC 48677

R1 R-1762
Ralph Salerno Jr.
Ballston Lake, NY 12019

R1 R-1768
Keith Brooks
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2W 3V3

R-1770

R2 R-1771 Richard Bennett III
Irwin, Pa

Bill Sovitsky

r1, Auto, A/C, Pwr Windows, Blk/Fawn Interior, Amburst Firemist Metallic Exterior.

R1 R-1777
Steve Cabella
San Anselmo, CA 94960

1963 R-1779
(actmobar), Port St. Lucie, FL
Ebay Sale, June 2008

R1 R-1780
Jim Turner
Noblesville, IN 46060

R1 black with tan interior. 289 ci, automatic, 3.34 rearend. Purchased November, 2001, minor updating and restoration-will be a daily driver-74k miles.

R2 R-1809
26 July 2001
John Turner
Acworth, GA 30101

Previous owner: Carl Malmberg (1964-2001)

R-1810
Robert L. Weir

Purchased 10-11-05 from Huntsville Alabama. R-2 with automatic, needs complete restoration. I currently own: 63R1810, 63R2116, 63R2824A, 63R2859, 63R13039 and 63R3404.

and

N. Pajka, Quinton, VA
Turning Wheels, August 1976

R-1813
Bill Sovitski
Elizebeth, PA 15037
Body #63RQ951
Owned since June 2001
nee Poulos / Buchanan

R1 R-1834
28 Mar 2005
Roger jennings
Australia

This avanti was imported into Australia in the early 1970s then converted to r/h drive.Its has been fitted with avanti 2 gauges but is otherwise stock, was white but resprayed red in the 80s. Mr Britten -George imported this car for his wife

R-1840
R1 R-1840
Jan 2005
Barret-Jackson auction
Lot# 54
$10,000.00
Buyer/seller Unknown

R2 R-1854
Robert D. Jackson
Prairie Village, KS 66208-2459

4-speed

R1 R-1855
28 December 2003
A.J. Moreno
Pendleton, OR

For Sale

Conflict with R2 R-1855
Bill Nelson
Annapolis, MD

R1 R-1859
Jan 2006
Craig V. Libuse

R1, originally white w/ turquoise interior, Auto, PW, A/C, AM radio. Car was purchased new at Townsend Studebaker in Riverside, California in April, 1963 by my father, Frank Libuse. The car was parked in the 1980's with about 135,000 miles on it after the brakes went out and has not been started since. It sat outside from the early 1980's to 2003 and is in need of total restoration. It has been garaged since 2003. It is complete except for headlight covers and badges, which were removed when the car was painted black in about 1967, but everything is in pretty sad shape. I hope someday to restore it as it was when I got to drive it to the high school prom at age 16.

R1 R-1861
Ron Flint

Very nice "survivor" R1 unrestored. Regularly maintained with emphasis on keeping it original. Beautiful turquoise exterior with turquoise and fawn interior/turquoise carpet. Automatic, PS, PB, AC. My Dad purchased in 1972 in Central California. Featured in Motive Magazine in the Fall of 2003.

R-1862
Mitchell Motor Parts
Some scrap yard in north Georgia
Has been listedn on Ebay at least 8 times
with a ridiculously high opening bid

R1 R-1869
Robert Schaefer, Greenfield, WI
Turning Wheels ad - June 1985

and

Robert Schaefer, Greenfield, WI
Turning Wheels ad - November 1984

and

David Klabor, Milwaukee, WI
Turning Wheels ad -September 1980

R1 R-1877
Peter Crisitello
Princeton, NJ

This Black w/TQV (turquoise vinyl) interrior Avanti has been in my posession since 1986. I am the 7th NJ owner of this unique vehicle. Commonly referred to as The Black Hole, it has traveled more than 378K since her final assembly date back on 11/21/1963. She has an AM/FM Radio (Studebaker), Automatic (Power Shift), and drum (not disc) brakes all around.

R-1878
June 2007
Indiana
Ebay Sale

R1 R-1880
Apr 2005
Keith McGinness

Just bought the item for a Daily Driver, 03/05. (See R3629 which I show) This is a 22 year old restoration which has had many mods. This R-1 w/4sp has been detuned to run 91 octane gas. No PS and No AC. The body has been raised in the front and has the '64 front clip. Cloth interior with high-back added to the original seats. Arizona & New Mexico Car.

R1 R-1890
Ronald Strasser
Saugerties, NY 12477

Body # 63RQ1087 Engine # R 1499. I have owned the car since 1976. Equiped with a R1, AT, PS, PB, AC, AMFM. Was originaly gold, now red and in need of paint. Milage about 140,000.

R2 R-1893
Memphis, TN
Turning Wheels, July 1988

R1 R-1894
Darrell Seher
Jamestown, ND

R1 R-1897
29 April 2001
Douglas White
Woodruff SC 29388

White exterior, Manual windows, Air conditioning

R1 R-1898
Mike Baker
Greenfield, IN 46140

also R1 r-2259, R1 r-3172, R1 r-3820

R-1909
No information
January 2008

R1 R-1943
Bruce Williams, Schaumburg, IL
Turning Wheels, October 1996

R1 R-1963
Martin Cobb, Northbrook, IL
Oct 2007 SDC CLassified
automatic. Red/fawn. Rarely driven since amateur body-off restoration 25 years ago. 1968 parts car available. 847-272-2059. Email: mrcobb@comcast.net . Northbrook IL

1962 R2 R-1920
23 Nov 2005
Warren Thompson
New SOuth Wales, AU

R1 R-1923
J. Montgomery, Pioneer, CA
Turning Wheels, April 1988

1963 R1 R-1929
(Studebakerman38), Seville, OH
Ebay Sale, May 2008

R-1960

R-1963

R-1968

R-1973
May 2007
Elizaville, NY
Ebay Sale

R2 R-1980
Feb 2005
Chad Bolles
Columbia, SC 29212

serial 63r1980, body number 63RQ1141 Was a supercharged car, but engine long gone. Is a 4 sp with 3:73 posi, suppose to have a 4:09 posi, has power windows, not suppose to, no power steering, was suppose to, no rear speakers for radio, was suppose to. Car is silver was turquoise, looks like it was painted at factory. Car, from what I can find have never been wrecked, and I have had it apart. Found car in Al been sitting in a garage for around 20 years not running. No pictures, but when I roll it out of garage, I am going to take some so I can use them when I put it up for sale.

Car order written 12 Nov 1962, Final Assy Date 29 Nov 1962, Ship date 11 Dec 1962. Original engine(which is gone)RS1447. Ign key number 4455. Car was shipped to MA Tydale New York. I think that the reason for the differences between the build sheet and the acutal car must be what is written on bottom of sheet, "Sold Rush"

and

W.L. Koch, Caldwell, NJ
Turning Wheels, April 1981

R-1987

R1 R-1997 David & Kim Krahn R1 Flame red. Bought in october 1963. Blueprinted 350 cid Chevy engine. Previously had a 427 Chevy engine and was raced on ice, the drag strip, and Grand Prix. Receipts, window sticker, and shop manual.

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