I've been told the following are truths! Any one know if they all are?
Amazing Facts It's a fact: The rear window popped out of early production Avantis if driven over 100 mph! It's a fact: Ron Hall drove his 1963 Avanti to 200.426 m.p.h. in class DP/S at Bonneville on September 22, 1993. It's a fact: Jim Lange drove his twin-turbo Avanti, to a record-setting
211.929 m.p.h. at Bonneville on August 22, 1996. It's a fact: A Studebaker Avanti at Salt Lake City achieved a certified 196.62 m.p.h. in 1963. It's a fact: "Indy" 500 winner Roger Ward was the World's first Avanti owner It's a fact: The Avanti drag coefficient was estimated in the high 0.30's when most stock American cars were in the 0.50's It's a fact: Stock Avantis set more than four dozen United States Auto Club records. It's a fact: The Avanti appeared in a full page ad for Levis sportwear as "A new class of American automobile." It's a fact: Granetelli broke 29 stock car speed records at Bonneville in 1962 It's a fact: Raymond Lowey, designer of the Avanti, redesigned Air Force One for JFK. It's a fact: Avanti was featured in an industrial design exhibit at the Louvre It's a fact: In 1983 hand-crafted Avantis required 1,000 man-hours to make. (Detroit products take 40-80 hours.) It's a fact: In 1989 Avantis appeared on the TV show Wheel of Fortune It's a fact: In 1989 Scripto gave away an Avanti as first prize in a $1,000,000 promotion (2nd prize was a Thunderbird)! It's a fact: Avantis appear several times in the 1998 sci-fi movie, Gattaca It's a fact: A red Avanti is parked in front of the high school during the opening credits of the TV series "90210." It's a fact: A plan was devised to stretch the Avanti into a limousine! It's a fact: Avantis do appear in Oliver Stone's film 'Nixon.' Try and find them though! It's a fact: James Bond clone "Secret Agent Man" drives a mid-seventies silver Avanti It's a fact: An R5 engine redlined at 7000 rpm and developed an incredible 575 (possibly 638!) horsepower It's a fact: A red Avanti convertible appears in the original 1984 movie 'Karate Kid'.