<VV> No Ermine White for 63 ??

[kenpepke at juno.com]

I worked as a painter at a Studebaker dealer in the early sixties and at that time GM
was interested in keeping the Studebaker / Packard Corporation afloat!  Studebakers,
including the Avanti were painted with paint supplied by GM so their colors all matched 
Chevy.  When a GM car was taken in trade that needed a little paint work we just used
the Studebaker supplied repair paints.

Studebaker had trouble with applying finish to the Fiber-glas Avanti.  They looked like 
they had been rained on while the finish was still wet.  Every Avanti came from the 
factory with a repaint order so I had to apply those same GM colors to every Avanti 
sold by the two dealers which shared my time.

On the side, Chevrolet also supplied Studebaker with engines for the last years.  It was
possible to buy a high performance 327 across the counter from the Studebaker dealer 
for less than the Chevy dealer could buy one from Chevrolet :-)

Ken Pepke