The “Jet-Thrust” name was also attached to the optional R-2 engine ... When he bought the Studebaker, painted Avanti Gold, the original tires and wheels were still with it, but not installed.

That's how the now-iconic Studebaker Avanti was born. A fiberglass-bodied V8-powered ground-pounding street machine that looked exactly as futuristic as it should. Once the design had been ...

Studebaker unveiled the Avanti at the 1962 New York Auto ... car to come standard with disc brakes on the front wheels and used an optional limited-slip rear differential to help put the 289's ...