Quote:Studabaker Avanti is something that deserved better than it got. Even if a handful of former Studebaker dealers did keep it going in some fashion up until 2006. Good Mustangs OTOH, are rare as hen's teeth over here. That said, they can be oddly cheap to buy when they show up compared to the ones in the US because there isn't the culture here. I saw a Mach I (With a damaged boot, and missing front splitter) on sale for 3000, but it was a non-runner. I would've bought it too because I'm pretty sure the owner didn't know what it was - but I'd just gotten the other yoke. Of course, being cheap to buy doesn't mean they're cheap to own as I sort of discovered. Oops.
Meanwhile, thanks to my Dad, I have an unusual (for an American) appreciation for all things British in cars. I'd be more than happy to have a classic MGB or Mini-Cooper to bomb around in - especially up here in the New Mexico mountains. (And I do mean CLASSIC Mini-Cooper - not that modern POS that THINKS it's a Mini but isn't...)