My "cool" and reasonably wealthy uncle had an Avanti in the early/mid sixties. I remember how amazing it looked. And how it made him even cooler.

Added moment of nostalgia:

I also remember building a model of it (Revell, Monogram?) as a kid. It was the good one that had doors and hood that opened and steerable front wheels. Though it was over 40 years ago, I can be certain of one thing about that model...

I'm sure I screwed up the paint job in some way or another. Painting wasn't my strong suit.