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Studebaker International ................................ 28-29
Raymond Loewy AOAI Chapter .......................... 68
Turner Brake ...................................................... 68
First Books ........................................................ 68
JC Taylor Antique Auto Insurance ........................ 69
Studebaker Parts & Service ........................... 70, 74
Silvertone Exhaust Systems .......................... 70, 76
Classic Enterprises ............................................. 71
Nostalgic Motors ................................................ 71
Avanti Marketplace -- Classified ..................... 72-78
Custom Auto Wood ............................................ 79
Phillips Auto Glass ............................................. 79
Myer Studebaker Parts ................................. 75, 79
Avanti Parts and Restoration ............................... 78
Rogers Protofab ................................................. 78
Lionel Stone ...................................................... 78
Michael Myer Performance ................................. 79
Walter Miller - Literature ..................................... 79
Stan Gundry books ............................................. 79
Rediscovered Paper - Loewy Litho ....................... 79
Avanti Magazine Tech Index ................................ 80
Back issues ....................................................... 80
AOAI Membership services ................................. 81
IN THIS ISSUE
2005 Avanti first look .................19-21
From the president ....................................4
Editor’s Ramblings ....................................5
Letters ............................................... 6-10
Loewy in Southern Living Magazine .........11
2005 AOAI Florida Meet .........................11
Bumpers: A styling exercise .....................12
Adding an Avanti rear spoiler ...................13
New Loewy Foundation Italian chapter .....16
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Secret project to save Studebaker 14-15
Avanti II–Chevy crossover pipe add-on ... 17
Studebaker XUV nears production ............22
The Avanti 40 years later ..................... 25
Questions and Answers with Jon Myer ... 39
2004 AOAI/SDC Charlotte Meet ...... 30-35
Avanti repair .................................... 42-45
AOAI monthly board minutes ...................46
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ON THE COVER:
The new 2005 Avanti convertible after its comple-
tion in the Villa Rica, Ga. factory in mid-January,
just two weeks before its public debut at the Chicago
Auto Show.
REAR COVER:
With spring and warmer temperatures comes the
Indy 500 race at the end of May. Studebaker chose
this race in 1962 to debut their all-new fiberglass-
bodied sports coupe – The Avanti – both at the race
and in this vintage magazine advertisement.
Alice Cooper Avanti:
The one that got away ..................37
Chapter Happenings ....................... 55-67
AOAI Avanti judging ................................50
Avanti in Miniature .................................51
Avanti Magazine 2003 index ................ 52
Avanti Calendar .................................. 76
Mission Statement: The Avanti Owners Association International, Inc has been
formed to promote awareness and position the Avanti automobile as one of the
most desirable U.S. made cars ever manufactured, to document and preserve the
history of the Avanti Automoble.
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car related events attended or other situations in which you and your Avanti
are involved. Please mail all stories or contributions to the editor, or email at
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Winter/Spring
2004 Issue 125
AVANTI Magazine
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