hood support

[grant mills]

The hood support on my 84 has just decided to quit locking. I am able to pull out the latch from the slide and make it stay in position, but I don't want to be fiddling with that every time I go under the hood. Does anyone know of a fix or a replacement? If anyone does not understand, I can get a picture of the mechanism. Online searches only show gas shocks or the lift rod that is placed in position by hand for front lift hoods

[Avanti83]

https://www.studebakervendors.com/ This is a list of Studebaker vendors which you'll possibly need in the future. For your part, I'd try Nostalgic, Myers, SI and possibly Stephen Allen. Nostalgic is all Avanti and the others carry a fair number of Avanti Parts.