Guy

Studebaker Int has covers available on a per order basis. I may attempt to do the back seat on my own, as far as the front I will buy a modern highback pair, being this is a restomod project Im not concerned with originality, plus cheaper than new covers and foam, plus my labor.

Here is more vinyl work, the wrap on seat back edge, the sail panels, and side panel.

For lack of input and a desire to move along I went for it and it came out quite well. Weldwood contact cement worked out, it seemed to soften the vinyl and it went around contours without problem, I hope someone finds this helpful

Has anyone glued a new cover on fiberglass rear deck behind rear seat? Just wondering how to do it without puckering the vinyl, its contours make it a difficult job or so it appears to me.

It couldnt hurt to rebleed the brake system, or for that matter pull drums and be sure you dont have a leaking brake cylinder getting the shoes wet

It just dawned on me what the cut out is for, on cars with stick shift the clutch rod comes thru a hole next to steering colume which it appears was cut open, heres a picture of my 63, not cut open with clutch rod sticking out.

Just a thought, it wouldnt be hard to repair the cut out with fiberglass. I would lay up several layers of glass on a flat surface, flat card stock coated in wax or packing tape. You can then cut out shape to fit and glass the piece in place, I have used this technique extensively on both my avantis. The photo shows where I used this technique to repair area where ft bumper mount goes thru body. Some idiot felt the need to cut it up in order to replace A/C hoses.

I tried to find an Avanti radiator on the kool radiator ebay site, no luck and no phone number to call, any suggestions? Guy

Please do, when convenient, much appreciated Guy

Thank you Mfg.

you dont have a hole like this?

Really, can anybody tell or show me the clutch linkage for Avant II, how you go from stude pedal to chevy clutch arm/bell housing.

My vent tube was rock hard and to touch it was to break it, I tried to replace it, had no success trying to get a looped piece of hose up in there. What I did instead was to use malleable copper tubing two seperate pieces, when I got them up to the access hole I used a short piece of rubber tube to make the u. It worked out fine, no need to sucure it as it cant move once the rubber tubing is on.

To hold padded fill neck cover in place, at least thats how both of my avantis are

Talk to Michael at Meyers Studebaker he has a 6 speed in his.

I would like to see how the clutch and throttle linkages were done on the later Avanti, did they have mechanical or hydraulic clutch? Throttle was it cable or rods/bellcrank?

The wood blocks under the sunvisors are spacers and are glued to the window frame, the block at the gas filler tube is also glued in place but its function is to give you something to put a screw into other than the filler neck.

You are lucky it came out easy, mine had to be cut with a utility knife along glass edge to get the rubber out of the way to remove glass and there was not any sealant, or butyl tape, the old seal was rock hard and cracked in the corners.

Its a double lip type seal like a VW bug windsheild it shouldnt need bedding or sealer if installed correctly.

Yes you are correct, as far as the instruments go, I loosened the dash,4 nuts underneath dash next to windsheild and 2 bolts left and right side next to doors holding metal crosspiece, once free I was able to pull dash back enough to access backside of gauges,

Obviously clips have many applications, the first post showed an SI listing for dash clips and they are indeed used for that purpose.

I purchased the dash pad fron SI, fit is fair, maybe abit too much padding behind guages making it a stretch getting top vinyl wrapped over edge by windsheild

Those clips hold the bottom edge of dash pad to fiberglass buck as well as two on either side of glove box opening. Top of fiberglass buck has four studs protruding downwards, the nuts are accessed from underside. I had to fabricate new studs as mine all sheared off in diassembly

I dont know, anything is possible as it seems someone reupholstered my car sometime in the past.

I guess no two Avantis are exactly the same. I wouldnt get to hung up on how it was done and do it how it makes sense to you, if that means drilling a hole or two for clips, why not.