AVANTI MAGAZINE
134
CONTENTS
Spring-Summer 2006
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Bonneville
in 2006
ON THE COVER:
My Mom, My Avanti
Nearly 50 Avantis
gathered in late April in
the southern California
desert – Palm Springs,
to celebrate the 45th
year of the car’s
design, in the Avanti’s
birthplace.
REAR COVER:
This French ad for
the Avanti was in the
October, 1963 “le
spectacle du monde.”
The ad had a very
respectable position
in the magazine. See
page 6 for more.
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Hog trough replacement:
Two approaches
38
Features
Tech
Avanti in Paradise: Palm Springs 2006
News
5
From the President
21
Q & A with Jon Myer
9
S. Bend landmark endangered
6
Editor’s Ramblings
22
Cobra stopping power: Part 2
11
Call for AOAI directors
7
Letters
26
20
Avanti: Crash worthy
12
Garage thrives on Stude restorations
Hog trough replacement:
Two approaches
46
AOAI Lifetime Achievement
16
Avanti adventures in Canada
52
AOAI annual meeting minutes
18
An Avanti never really leaves the family
55
2006 AOAI business plan
36
Memory for Studebakers, an eye for art
57
Chapter Happenings
40
Christine II: The Sequel
57
Avanti in Miniature
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