Oh boy, a Buick and a Stude - two of my favorite underdogs. Without any tweaks the Avanti, if someone has read the rule book, could be anybody’s match.
My father owned one of those R2 Avantis and it was a beast in its day. Those solid lifters were just what the doctor ordered, in combination w/ the Paxton S/C. Pop did some carb tuning and some minor port work on the heads and that Studi would turn 12 second quarters all day long. His best ET was 11:89 @ 7K RPMs against a '67 Barracuda w/ a solid lifter 273 . . . w/ me in the passenger seat. Watching Pop slam the gears was a treat, as well as a great lesson on power shifting - never let your foot off the GO pedal. My mother was absolutely beside herself as we headed off to join the queue; I had never been happier. What a ride! Would love to find one of those Paxton S/Cs for my Corvair build. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Skylark was impressive, with stockish 350 running high 13's...very respectable, and she is a pillar car to boot...I like it allot. Buick 350 is a very peppy engine and lots of torque. Goes to show any vintage A body with a strong V8 and proper gears IS a musclecar. Love Olds, Buick , Pontiac....BOP rules.
🤨 I find it hard to believe the Avanti weighs 3600 lbs! That seems way high. But at least it's owner has the, uhm, 'performance wisdom' and 'style consciousness' to run skinny, family sedan-style whitewall tires on his supercharged sports car! 😩 Oh, and the Road Test magazine guys seem to be about as competent at test driving a Skylark in the 60s as the Road and Track guys were with the '68 SS396 Nova.... 🥴
@@HighlanderNorth1 So I guess the Studebaker engine was ungodly heavy, really thick casting and the timing drive gear section (not chain solid drive) was very bulky and heavy. Thick fiberglass like a Glasstron boat too...lol.
Well I like bop also.owned several pontiacs. But the ,R2 was mild compared to the R3 Avanti. 400 HP top end at 178.5 MPH. Not Any bop of the era could come within 25 mph of that. Also 0-60 under six seconds and quarter mile in lows 13s at 110 mph. No bop of the era 63-64 could begin to match that. Probably by 1969-71 but that's 7+ years LATER.
@@gt-37guy6 The reason there were'nt more Avantis is because GMs Corvette got priority build status over poor orphan Studebaker's Avanti, made it such a low production car. They both got their bodies from the same Ashtabula, Ohio, fiberglass manufacturer!
Oh man, the music that Avanti made, and those looks! The Buick really showed some great times. Both drivers handled themselves well, great racing. I write it every time - thank you for these! 🌮 🌮
To put things into perspective. 1962 Chevy Impala SS 409-409hp @ 6,000rpm. 420lb-ft @ 4,000rpm. 3,750lbs. cost $3,858.00 1963 Ford Galaxy 500 427-425hp @ 6,000rpm. 480lb-ft. @ 3,700rpm. 3,775lbs. cost $3,578.00 With that said, I've always enjoyed spotting an Avanti at car shows. It's definitely a unique car. Thanks for the video!
I owned this car when I was in high school, painted it white with a black grill just like this one, the same 350-4 and turbo350 with a stall converter rebuilt with shift kit Better gearing but I don't remember what it was. Never had it at the track but we did time and run cars and we figured about 102 at about 13.5 loved that car but as fools do I let it go thinking I would get bigger better things, never did back then, took many years to get into a better car (speed wise) but even if the cars I have now are considerably faster, that will still be the "one" which will never be topped I don't think. The new stuff has the "holy crap" feel, but when you are 18 and have a car like the Buick, you just can't top it. great video and that Avanti is super snazzy too.
What's really intriguing however is the 1964 R3 super Lark. It runs 12s at 114 mph at pure stocks. That completely annihilates the buick which has a 20 year newer engine and more cubes to boot. Super Lark R3 5.5 sec 0-60,12.6-9 at114+ and tops at 150+ MPH. THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
My brother and I each had a 1964 Skylark with 2:73 posi gears. I dropped a stock 1970 Buick 350 and a turbo 350 in mine. He dropped a stock 1971 Buick 455 and turbo 350 in his. Each was rated from the factory at 315 hp. It was a dead heat every time we drag raced them.
Wow...that is a great comparison. I love the Buick and Olds 350's and have owned strong representatives of each. I had a dang beater 78 Buick LeSabre with stock 350-4 would bark 2nd gear rubber like a Wild Banshee....go figure?
That Avanti is truly an impressive machine. But,, the most I'm paying for a twin grip differential is 42 bucks. Not a penny more! Haha! Kinda of a wealthy man's car back then. For that kinda dough though, I'd be looking at the 1963 split window Corvettes. Still, really like that Avanti. The reason they had Paxton superchargers was because Avanti owned the company. I'd still take the Buick 1st.
That Avanti sounded really good idling! I would hate to lose a race because of red lighting! I used to have a 63 Ford Falcon that came out with a 6 cyclinder 3 speed on the column and I dropped a 289 HP in it and put a 3 speed hurst shifter in the floor! That car would bark the tires in 2nd and 3rd! I didn’t like the shift pattern on that transmission,reverse was straight up from first and I destroyed the transmission 2 times by shifting from first into reverse by mistake!
G'day from Australia.... Skylark almost seems like a sleeper with its reasonably muted 350. The Studi's soundtrack at full noise but....miiiiint! Cool content mate, keep it coming.
Buicks don't need to be loud to be fast. Growing up a buddy had a 1970 GS455 Convertible. Purred like a kitten but would darn near rip the tires off when you hit it. Someone had put an oversize oil pan, and a big Holley carb, but smooth as silk. We used to race motorcycles with it - and pissed many off (bikes were not very fast in the 80s - yet).
I had a good friend in the day, he drove an Olds Ram Rod 350. That Ram Rod was no slouch, made a believer out of me. It would have been interesting to see a match up between the Ram Rod vs the Skylark.
Hate to toss facts at the author of the video, but GS was just an option group on a Skylark. You make it sound like a different line. The reason the featured Skylark weighs less is it has less options.
Interesting to note the announcer said Buick was turbocharged. With 61 more cubes and weighing less the mild R2 , the Avanti is extremely impressive. AND 8 YEARS OLDER car with a 60 year OLD engine design. Really impressive. But-- the R3 Avanti shuts down the newer buick with ease .
@@ronbrock6153 gotcha. Read the entire pre race blurb and that came clear. Nevertheless less a smaller engine 15 years older than Buicks engine and 8 YEARS older production car clearly shows the Stude superiority over big 3. And as to style? Well Studebaker is decades ahead in design and class. Then of course is the Avanti R3. Running low 13s at 108 mph in 63 era meant there were VERY few big 3 cars that could match it. And the the top ends?. Avanti R2 at 158 mph with a 331 rear and the Avanti R3 @ 178.5 MPH -- no big 3 could come EVEN CLOSE.
High 13’s from a almost stock Buick engine? Pretty impressive that’s big block performance from a lowly 350 Buick old man’s engine I had a 70 junior gs 350 stock just a rebuilt engine no headers no gear no nitrious a lowly quadrajoke carb and 10.5 to 1 comp only don’t know if it ran high 13’s never went to the track only street fun but I susprised a bunch of people with it beating quite a few guys with it as it ran 0-60 in 6 sec flat which should be high 13’s to low 14’s right? And that was in 1985 a year later engine came out and went rebuild again with all kennebell performance mods like big cam more compression 11.25-1. Port and polish stock heads carter thermoquad carb edelbrock intake headers recurved dist. 3.91 to 1 rear gear posi with a 3000 rpm stall never went to the track but what a monster it was on big street tires I think l60-15 Goodyear tires it would light em up all the was through first and 2 nd gear into third @ 90 mph a beast probably would run low 12’s then on race gas!
Remember as a kid seeing an Avanti R2 pull onto highway, straighten out, nail it from a roll and kill the tires. I was what the F is that until I later learned what they were.
I see those Avantis at car shows occasionally. I always check them out, but the styling just is something that's never grown on me. That front end is just off putting in my opinion.
I agree, the car as a whole is amazing, the rear styling is very futuristic, but they ruined it with the Bug eyed no grill with pointy corners...I do not see how this made it into production - no focus groups back then ? lol. Front end is like a Bradley GT kit car....not good. I do love the Studebaker Hawks, all of them are gorgeous cars. I would like the Hawk with the Buick 350 in fact....
I AGREE !!!!! THEY WERE OK AND INTERESTING BUT I WOULDN'T WANT ONE !!!!!!! THE LOOK JUST DIDN'T FLOAT MY BOAT ..... KINDA LIKE A BRICKLIN OR A DELOREAN ALL VERY MEDIOCRE !!!!!!!!
Hopefully it continued to Haul Ass - at least for a while..lol. Love the post cars, my 70 Tempest is a post, you do not see many. I ran into a guy with a super clean 71 Buick 'Lark post last summer, he had a very nicely built 455...it was copper gold with white painted hard-top and white interior...sharp!
Avanti was impressive. But so is theSkylark, and Buicks were more reliable. A 350 was just 🩹😏ok in a’73-on w low(8.5 -1) compression But w/ Around 10.5 -1 packs a punch! I’m surprised the 63 studebaker made it razor close.
The adjustment for inflation is wrong. while your number according to some statistic number may be correct, the top of the line Vett in 63 cost X amount vrs the top of the line Stude, the top of the line Corevette costs what now and thus a Studebaker (if it still existed) would cost that today.
THE AVANTI WAS A BIT AHEAD OF ITS TIME IN STYLING .... STILL NOT AMX GOOD AND AMX WASN'T TOP 10 STUFF ... THE BUICK WILL PROBABLY WIN .... BUT NEITHER ONE OF THESE CARS IS EXTREMELY DESIRABLE ..... IF YOU HAD A 70 GSX THAT WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING ..... IN MY OPINION A YELLOW 70 GSX IS A TOP 5 OF ALL TIME CAR !!!!
the avanti r2 was for a short time americas fastest production car ! he can run 170 mph !! the faster 1966 cobra 427 run 182 mph. this speed you can find in the book of records ! historic list of fastest production cars !
@@markmclendon8621 I’m not downplaying the Avanti both cool cars but the Buick is the better sleeper for sure plus it’s not supercharged and the Buick is heavier among other things yes it has 60 more cubes but cmon it’s a old man’s Buick!
@@claytongillaspy8847 c'mon Clay, did you never lust after a woman way above you're class......that's a Avanti......i'f you can't fit in a E-type (and i never could, but drove several looking over the wind-screen).... Avanti is the sexiest ride out there
ALTHOUGH AVANTI IS VERY INTERESTING WITH THAT SUPERCHARGER I PAY $231.00 AND $155.00 A MONTH TO STORE MY CARS AND WOULDN'T PAY THAT KIND OF MONEY TO STORE EITHER ONE OF THESE CARS .....
@@BogattheMoon TO BEGIN WITH THIS IS A VISUAL MEDIUM NO SOUND !!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN USING ALL CAPS FOR 50 YEARS AND I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR A MORON LIKE YOU !!!!!!! DON'T BOTHER TO RESPOND I'VE MUTED YOU
Had a new 68 AMX with the 343 engine and auto. Over the next couple of years, changed the rear gears from 3.15 to 3.73, an Edelbrock R4B and Cyclone headers. That 343 was so underated, raced a 70 390 AMX with 4-speed, just could not pull out in front enough to beat it. Love them AMC's.
It was way ahead of its time. That "ugly" front end was actually very aerodynamic, way better than any car sold back then. Contributed to its land speed record at the salt flats. I find it still in style to this day. If you want to talk ugly, pick any SUV made today. Just what is sporty about an SUV?
Which car do you want more? Leave a comment!
Yes.
I want that avanti!
Either 1 but I'm more a Buick Guy
Oh boy, a Buick and a Stude - two of my favorite underdogs. Without any tweaks the Avanti, if someone has read the rule book, could be anybody’s match.
Avanti hands down
My father owned one of those R2 Avantis and it was a beast in its day. Those solid lifters were just what the doctor ordered, in combination w/ the Paxton S/C. Pop did some carb tuning and some minor port work on the heads and that Studi would turn 12 second quarters all day long. His best ET was 11:89 @ 7K RPMs against a '67 Barracuda w/ a solid lifter 273 . . . w/ me in the passenger seat. Watching Pop slam the gears was a treat, as well as a great lesson on power shifting - never let your foot off the GO pedal. My mother was absolutely beside herself as we headed off to join the queue; I had never been happier. What a ride! Would love to find one of those Paxton S/Cs for my Corvair build. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Skylark was impressive, with stockish 350 running high 13's...very respectable, and she is a pillar car to boot...I like it allot. Buick 350 is a very peppy engine and lots of torque. Goes to show any vintage A body with a strong V8 and proper gears IS a musclecar. Love Olds, Buick , Pontiac....BOP rules.
🤨 I find it hard to believe the Avanti weighs 3600 lbs! That seems way high. But at least it's owner has the, uhm, 'performance wisdom' and 'style consciousness' to run skinny, family sedan-style whitewall tires on his supercharged sports car! 😩
Oh, and the Road Test magazine guys seem to be about as competent at test driving a Skylark in the 60s as the Road and Track guys were with the '68 SS396 Nova.... 🥴
@@HighlanderNorth1 So I guess the Studebaker engine was ungodly heavy, really thick casting and the timing drive gear section (not chain solid drive) was very bulky and heavy. Thick fiberglass like a Glasstron boat too...lol.
Well I like bop also.owned several pontiacs. But the ,R2 was mild compared to the R3 Avanti. 400 HP top end at 178.5 MPH. Not Any bop of the era could come within 25 mph of that.
Also 0-60 under six seconds and quarter mile in lows 13s at 110 mph.
No bop of the era 63-64 could begin to match that. Probably by 1969-71 but that's 7+ years LATER.
Great race! Love that Studebaker Avanti. In my opinion, the Avanti was the coolest looking car from 1963, and with that Supercharged 289, a winner.
For me, the Stingrays were the coolest looking cars from '63...followed closely by the Avanti's...gotta love these old Studebakers!
Avanti is very unique, but for coolest car I have to go with the 63 Corvette split window....not a contest there for me at all.
@@gt-37guy6 The reason there were'nt more Avantis is because GMs Corvette got priority build status over poor orphan Studebaker's Avanti, made it such a low production car. They both got their bodies from the same Ashtabula, Ohio, fiberglass manufacturer!
Avanti is a rare piece of history with the that R2 Engine
l have always liked the Avanti. Built a model of a AVANTI 40 YEARS AGO. Way ahead of it time. Great race.
Wow, Excellent. My ex father in law worked for Studebaker and built Avantis. He loved those cars. Really cool to see this one.
Oh man, the music that Avanti made, and those looks! The Buick really showed some great times. Both drivers handled themselves well, great racing. I write it every time - thank you for these! 🌮 🌮
To put things into perspective. 1962 Chevy Impala SS 409-409hp @ 6,000rpm. 420lb-ft @ 4,000rpm. 3,750lbs. cost $3,858.00
1963 Ford Galaxy 500 427-425hp @ 6,000rpm. 480lb-ft. @ 3,700rpm. 3,775lbs. cost $3,578.00 With that said, I've always enjoyed spotting an Avanti at car shows. It's definitely a unique car. Thanks for the video!
Love me some Skylarks. That sound...righteous sound out of the Buick. Stude was formidable!
I owned this car when I was in high school, painted it white with a black grill just like this one, the same 350-4 and turbo350 with a stall converter rebuilt with shift kit Better gearing but I don't remember what it was. Never had it at the track but we did time and run cars and we figured about 102 at about 13.5 loved that car but as fools do I let it go thinking I would get bigger better things, never did back then, took many years to get into a better car (speed wise) but even if the cars I have now are considerably faster, that will still be the "one" which will never be topped I don't think. The new stuff has the "holy crap" feel, but when you are 18 and have a car like the Buick, you just can't top it. great video and that Avanti is super snazzy too.
What's really intriguing however is the 1964 R3 super Lark. It runs 12s at 114 mph at pure stocks. That completely annihilates the buick which has a 20 year newer engine and more cubes to boot. Super Lark R3 5.5 sec 0-60,12.6-9 at114+ and tops at 150+ MPH. THAT'S
REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
Sorry error here. The R2 was 9:1 comp ratio, LOWER than the R1, which boasted a comp ratio of
10.5:1
Alice Cooper is a very proud owner of a 63 and he had Danny at Counting Cars go through it.
My brother and I each had a 1964 Skylark with 2:73 posi gears. I dropped a stock 1970 Buick 350 and a turbo 350 in mine. He dropped a stock 1971 Buick 455 and turbo 350 in his. Each was rated from the factory at 315 hp. It was a dead heat every time we drag raced them.
Wow...that is a great comparison. I love the Buick and Olds 350's and have owned strong representatives of each. I had a dang beater 78 Buick LeSabre with stock 350-4 would bark 2nd gear rubber like a Wild Banshee....go figure?
The Studebaker is to Cool ! I’d like to have one today. Grew up wanting one.
With the optional four-speed instead of the Borg-Warner slush box, the outcome might have favored the Avanti.
Love see these Avanti's. I see one at a local car show every once in a while, and I ask the guy questions based on the little tidbits I learn off C&Z!
Had no idea that Buicks 350 that year could burn up the quarter like that.!
I had a 71 Buick Skylark and it ran close to these times, not bad for a 350 and I'm sure a lower compression ratio than the 70.
Odd outcome from BOTH these beauty's. Very inconsistent times but each having 1 good run. Really dig the Pure stock drags, GREAT idea!
That Avanti is truly an impressive machine. But,, the most I'm paying for a twin grip differential is 42 bucks. Not a penny more! Haha! Kinda of a wealthy man's car back then. For that kinda dough though, I'd be looking at the 1963 split window Corvettes. Still, really like that Avanti. The reason they had Paxton superchargers was because Avanti owned the company. I'd still take the Buick 1st.
That Avanti sounded really good idling! I would hate to lose a race because of red lighting! I used to have a 63 Ford Falcon that came out with a 6 cyclinder 3 speed on the column and I dropped a 289 HP in it and put a 3 speed hurst shifter in the floor! That car would bark the tires in 2nd and 3rd! I didn’t like the shift pattern on that transmission,reverse was straight up from first and I destroyed the transmission 2 times by shifting from first into reverse by mistake!
It seems like when I break something, I end up breaking it a 2nd time, just to make sure I broke the S.O.B. properly....
G'day from Australia....
Skylark almost seems like a sleeper with its reasonably muted 350.
The Studi's soundtrack at full noise but....miiiiint!
Cool content mate, keep it coming.
Buicks don't need to be loud to be fast. Growing up a buddy had a 1970 GS455 Convertible. Purred like a kitten but would darn near rip the tires off when you hit it. Someone had put an oversize oil pan, and a big Holley carb, but smooth as silk. We used to race motorcycles with it - and pissed many off (bikes were not very fast in the 80s - yet).
R2, so cool!
Check the spec's on an R3, they were pushing close to 400 horse from the factory.
White lightning!
The Avanti is a striking car when you see one going down the road. There is a really nice black one around here.
I'd love to see a 71 dart demon gss in one of theses vids but the chances of that are slim to none.
I had one of those Buicks, a beautiful red with black vinyl top model. I cant remember what happened to it to save my life
Buick of course until he states the Avanti is super charged vs carbed v-8 ,but Buick does not weigh as much .All in all should be a close race.
That Avanti is badass.
Just think if the Avanti had the R3 engine instead of the R2...
It's pretty amazing that the Buick 350 had as much torque as a chevy 396.
That Buick is the perfect sleeper….Great second race!
I had a good friend in the day, he drove an Olds Ram Rod 350. That Ram Rod was no slouch, made a believer out of me. It would have been interesting to see a match up between the Ram Rod vs the Skylark.
Hate to toss facts at the author of the video, but GS was just an option group on a Skylark. You make it sound like a different line. The reason the featured Skylark weighs less is it has less options.
Interesting to note the announcer said Buick was turbocharged. With 61 more cubes and weighing less the mild R2 , the Avanti is extremely impressive.
AND 8 YEARS OLDER car with a 60 year OLD engine design.
Really impressive.
But-- the R3 Avanti shuts down the newer buick with ease .
The turbo 350 mentioned is the version of the automatic transmission, not a turbo on the engine.
@@ronbrock6153 gotcha. Read the entire pre race blurb and that came clear. Nevertheless less a smaller engine 15 years older than Buicks engine and 8 YEARS older production car clearly shows the Stude superiority over big 3. And as to style? Well Studebaker is decades ahead in design and class.
Then of course is the Avanti R3. Running low 13s at 108 mph in 63 era meant there were VERY few big 3 cars that could match it.
And the the top ends?.
Avanti R2 at 158 mph with a 331 rear and the Avanti R3 @ 178.5 MPH -- no big 3 could come EVEN CLOSE.
That left lane is slick.
High 13’s from a almost stock Buick engine? Pretty impressive that’s big block performance from a lowly 350 Buick old man’s engine I had a 70 junior gs 350 stock just a rebuilt engine no headers no gear no nitrious a lowly quadrajoke carb and 10.5 to 1 comp only don’t know if it ran high 13’s never went to the track only street fun but I susprised a bunch of people with it beating quite a few guys with it as it ran 0-60 in 6 sec flat which should be high 13’s to low 14’s right? And that was in 1985 a year later engine came out and went rebuild again with all kennebell performance mods like big cam more compression 11.25-1. Port and polish stock heads carter thermoquad carb edelbrock intake headers recurved dist. 3.91 to 1 rear gear posi with a 3000 rpm stall never went to the track but what a monster it was on big street tires I think l60-15 Goodyear tires it would light em up all the was through first and 2 nd gear into third @ 90 mph a beast probably would run low 12’s then on race gas!
Awesome , Thanks C&Z
Remember as a kid seeing an Avanti R2 pull onto highway, straighten out, nail it from a roll and kill the tires. I was what the F is that until I later learned what they were.
That Buick was nice to give them the second round, hey I call it like I see it.
I want an R2 Avanti badly.
If I remember correctly back in the 80s I raced against a Studebaker that had a 440 in it.
left lane curse
I see those Avantis at car shows occasionally. I always check them out, but the styling just is something that's never grown on me. That front end is just off putting in my opinion.
I agree, the car as a whole is amazing, the rear styling is very futuristic, but they ruined it with the Bug eyed no grill with pointy corners...I do not see how this made it into production - no focus groups back then ? lol. Front end is like a Bradley GT kit car....not good. I do love the Studebaker Hawks, all of them are gorgeous cars. I would like the Hawk with the Buick 350 in fact....
I AGREE !!!!! THEY WERE OK AND INTERESTING BUT I WOULDN'T WANT ONE !!!!!!! THE LOOK JUST DIDN'T FLOAT MY BOAT ..... KINDA LIKE A BRICKLIN OR A DELOREAN ALL VERY
MEDIOCRE !!!!!!!!
Now I see where the Rivian got its design from.
HA!
That Studebaker is really impressive but muscles won today.💪
My money is on the Skylark. I used to own a 71 post car with a 350. It hauled ass until I sold it.
Hopefully it continued to Haul Ass - at least for a while..lol. Love the post cars, my 70 Tempest is a post, you do not see many. I ran into a guy with a super clean 71 Buick 'Lark post last summer, he had a very nicely built 455...it was copper gold with white painted hard-top and white interior...sharp!
Avanti was impressive. But so is theSkylark, and Buicks were more reliable. A 350 was just 🩹😏ok in a’73-on w low(8.5 -1) compression But w/
Around 10.5 -1 packs a punch! I’m surprised the 63 studebaker made it razor close.
I pick the White One for the Win
Is the Avanti air cooled?
I think the 315 horse power 350 was only available in the GS.
The avanti sounds absolutely nasty
AVANTI!!!
I for one would like a little bit of the old goofy humor from the commentator.
this is so @#$%% kool
The adjustment for inflation is wrong. while your number according to some statistic number may be correct, the top of the line Vett in 63 cost X amount vrs the top of the line Stude, the top of the line Corevette costs what now and thus a Studebaker (if it still existed) would cost that today.
I'm a Mopar man always have been but I'll take the Avanti over the Buick
You almost did it again buick .
THE AVANTI WAS A BIT AHEAD OF ITS TIME IN STYLING .... STILL NOT AMX GOOD AND AMX WASN'T TOP 10 STUFF ...
THE BUICK WILL PROBABLY WIN .... BUT NEITHER ONE OF THESE CARS IS EXTREMELY DESIRABLE ..... IF YOU HAD A 70 GSX THAT WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING ..... IN MY OPINION A YELLOW
70 GSX IS A TOP 5 OF ALL TIME CAR !!!!
the avanti r2 was for a short time americas fastest production car !
he can run 170 mph !! the faster 1966 cobra 427 run 182 mph.
this speed you can find in the book of records ! historic list of
fastest production cars !
I only seen a few Avanti , vs who knows how many Skylarks
a 350 never ran that fast...... loved seeing the Avanti run
Had one just like it junior gs350 1970. Ran low 12’s no it wasn’t stock either but pump gas street driven
@@claytongillaspy8847 GS are cool...and can be easily enhanced but super-charged Avanti ?....come on !
@@markmclendon8621 I’m not downplaying the Avanti both cool cars but the Buick is the better sleeper for sure plus it’s not supercharged and the Buick is heavier among other things yes it has 60 more cubes but cmon it’s a old man’s Buick!
@@claytongillaspy8847 c'mon Clay, did you never lust after a woman way above you're class......that's a Avanti......i'f you can't fit in a E-type (and i never could, but drove several looking over the wind-screen).... Avanti is the sexiest ride out there
@@markmclendon8621 I would put the e-type jaguar above the Avanti the 6 cylinder model not the 12
ALTHOUGH AVANTI IS VERY INTERESTING WITH THAT SUPERCHARGER
I PAY $231.00 AND
$155.00 A MONTH TO STORE MY CARS AND WOULDN'T PAY THAT KIND OF MONEY TO STORE EITHER ONE OF THESE CARS .....
Dam straight
WHY ARE YOU YELLING? TURN YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF!
@@BogattheMoon TO BEGIN WITH THIS IS A VISUAL MEDIUM
NO SOUND !!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN USING ALL CAPS FOR 50 YEARS AND I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR A MORON LIKE YOU !!!!!!! DON'T BOTHER TO RESPOND I'VE MUTED YOU
"Only 3610lbs" lol thats heavy. If it weighs more like 3200 I could see it more
I was rooting for the Avanti but after the 1st race it didn't look good. Chalk a win up for the underdog independent mfg!
You really cannot get any more Underdog than Studebaker! Well maybe Nash- Rambler?
Had a new 68 AMX with the 343 engine and auto. Over the next couple of years, changed the rear gears from 3.15 to 3.73, an Edelbrock R4B and Cyclone headers. That 343 was so underated, raced a 70 390 AMX with 4-speed, just could not pull out in front enough to beat it. Love them AMC's.
change the pulkey's by the r2 and you can fly !!
The Buick will still win.
Avanti .
👍🇨🇦💪
Avanti hands down
Sorry but I think the Avanti is one of the ugliest cars ever made!! Topping anything American motors ever made
It was way ahead of its time. That "ugly" front end was actually very aerodynamic, way better than any car sold back then. Contributed to its land speed record at the salt flats. I find it still in style to this day. If you want to talk ugly, pick any SUV made today. Just what is sporty about an SUV?
I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder as someone said. But man! That Avanti is just drop dead georgeous, even 60 years after the fact.