Warped defroster ducts

[Guy]

I imagine every Avanti out there has this problem as both of mine have warped defroster ducts. My solution was to take a piece of 1/8" aluminum ( old road sign) cut strips 3/8" wide and mill 1/4" slots to make wedge to hold opening open. Hope you find this helpful.

[mfg]

3 hours ago, Guy said:

I imagine every Avanti out there has this problem as both of mine have warped defroster ducts. My solution was to take a piece of 1/8" aluminum ( old road sign) cut strips 3/8" wide and mill 1/4" slots to make wedge to hold opening open. Hope you find this helpful.

Very crafty!

[Zedman]

Excellent solution- well done, MFG. 🫡

I suppose for those without Milling Machines, a series of holes might do, although hardy souls might elongate these with a round file.

[1963r2]

Fabulous job

Pb

[Dwight FitzSimons]

Thanks for sharing.

This might be something that one of our larger Studebaker parts suppliers could manufacture.

--Dwight

[MARK]

very creative and well done. If some of us want to "make you an offer" to reproduce, have you considered that?

Mark

[Guy]

I am open to hear what you think is a fair price, materials are minimal, time less than half hour a pair. Guy

[64AvantiR2]

My ducts were warped almost closed. I had my windshield out for repainting so I took the opportunity to address this condition at that time. I made wedges from wood, heated up the ducts a little at a time with my commercial grade heat gun, and inserted the wedges into the defroster slots, while hot, to expand them.  I let the ducts cool overnight and removed the wedges. My ducts are back to factory appearance and shapes. May not last but they won't be out in the sun like the first 60 years. I do like that metal "fix" described above, though. I'll bet a supplier could use one of those digital parts copiers by using the first metal plates as patterns.