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What makes the 1965-1969 Avanti II so unique? Not many cars get a second chance at life after the original manufacturer expires. When Studebaker left its long-time home at South Bend, Indiana, early in 1964, to make a final stab at success up in Ontario, the futurethink Avanti seemed doomed after a mere two-year existence. Even the greatest cars, after all, cannot survive unless someone chooses to build them. Leo Newman and Nathan (Nate) Altman, long-time partners in a South Bend Studebaker-Packard dealership, had a great notion -- and wound up saving the dramatically different coupe from extinction. Not only did the two buy the rights to the Avanti name and its manufacture, they purchased a portion of an abandoned Studebaker factory, forming a brand-new Avanti Motor Corporation. Late in 1965, production began at the revitalized plant on Lafayette Avenue, with a goal of building 300 Avanti IIs yearly. Such success is all the [Read more](https://git.thunder-data.cn/colehyde18648) surprising when you consider that the original Avanti wasn't exactly a sizzling seller.
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