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Topic starter
23/10/2016 4:02 pm
PICs - Daily Dose of Diecast...Sunday 1963 Studebaker Avanti Coupe
-Issued by Automodello in 2014
-A LE of 499
-Finished in Regal Red
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
24/10/2016 1:26 am
Beautiful pictures of a great model. I have the Avanti
Gold to match the 1/1 I had a few years ago.
24/10/2016 1:46 am
Nice! One I wish I had purchased. Maybe I can find one on the secondary market.
24/10/2016 7:10 am
I have the gold too, fine model. How great was the 1:1 to drive?
24/10/2016 1:49 pm
Mark the Avanti was far ahead of it's time not only in styling but in handling as well.
Mine was a four barrel car with A/C and a Borg Warner automatic. Because the Avanti is a fiberglass car it is light which gives it lively acceleration, The supercharged cars are faster but in the south where I live, the A/C is much more important. The multi link rear suspension does a great job of keeping the rear tires planted firmly on the ground where they belong.
24/10/2016 3:19 pm
Here's a turquoise version that met an untimely end!
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Topic starter
24/10/2016 4:21 pm
Oh No! Why?
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
25/10/2016 2:00 am
Borg Warner - I used to work for them many moons ago.
25/10/2016 7:49 am
I remember that thread very well, Harvey... 
Ralf Buyer
Wiesbaden, Germany
25/10/2016 9:06 am
Lovely model. Automodello makes super replicas
25/10/2016 3:35 pm
Here's why
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Take a look at the zone archives 4/2/14 for the story.