Dunkin Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Have any of you changed one of these out? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Driver Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 Yup...did both earlier this year. Not my favorite job, but it can be a DIY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkin Posted June 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Yes, I am not having a good time, rivet replacement is a real bitch, pardon the English! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Driver Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dunkin said: Yes, I am not having a good time, rivet replacement is a real bitch, pardon the English! Your English is perfect...the job is a real PITA! Sounds like you're replacing the vent window gasket. I used the shortest knife handle rivets Ace Hardware sold with pretty good luck. They're two part and you have to compress them together to work. Drilling out the original rivets was also a challenge. You have a lot more room to work if you remove the ventilator. Now if you're replacing the whiskers in the channel that holds the main window, that's another horror story. Send a PM with your contact info and I'll be happy to help out. Edited June 12, 2022 by Desert Driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thom delforge Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 I'm interested in buying and using an Avanti as a daily driver. I also have been advised that the actual build quality is not really all that good -- door seals, window rattles, wind noise, etc.. Would a later model Avanti II a better prospect? If that would be the case - which model? Sunroof issues, is this a fixable issue? I would certainly appreciate any thoughts and suggestions. Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkin Posted August 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 I had a78, the sunroof is a pain in the butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkus Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 my '80 has never leaked a drop! my '83 gives you a shower in a hard rain. "you pays your $$$$ and you takes your chances" in any number of ways with the avanti but i've been in love since 1977. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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