mfg Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Due to the normal factory assembly and clamping procedures, several unrestored Studebaker Avantis have a well defined and clearly visible 'depression' on their fiberglass body....Where is this body 'depression'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 The joints where large fiberglass pieces were joined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 1 minute ago, r1lark said: The joints where large fiberglass pieces were joined? Not exactly, as one 'views' the Avanti body, there's sometimes one particular area that looks 'not quite right'....This is usually 'worked out' of Avantis that have received a restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 No other ideas here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 Are we all done with this question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdaly Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 Well.........on my '88 a foot long crease on the rocker panel just in front of the driver's side REAR wheel (been that way for years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 35 minutes ago, wdaly said: Well.........on my '88 a foot long crease on the rocker panel just in front of the driver's side REAR wheel (been that way for years). Hmmm!...That's interesting, but we're really referring to '63-'64 Studebaker Avantis here...MANY of them have/had this defect I speak of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 Where the front fenders bond to the cowl or firewall, and were the rear 1/4 panels bond to the inner wheel housing mainly in front of the rear wheels, Also the seams tend to shrink and show up at the rear above the tail lights, and also the seams between the trunk and rear window. Also the tops of the fenders, and the top of the 1/4 panel where it bonds to the roof skin Where would you like it to show after spending hard earned money on a restoration? Should we leave all the "Defects" in just so you can say it is as the factory made them? Things shrink nd change over 50 years. I say make them the best you can as if the company had no restraints in time or money in producing them. ALL factry produced cars are a compromise in this regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 1 hour ago, brad said: Where the front fenders bond to the cowl or firewall, and were the rear 1/4 panels bond to the inner wheel housing mainly in front of the rear wheels, Also the seams tend to shrink and show up at the rear above the tail lights, and also the seams between the trunk and rear window. Also the tops of the fenders, and the top of the 1/4 panel where it bonds to the roof skin Where would you like it to show after spending hard earned money on a restoration? Should we leave all the "Defects" in just so you can say it is as the factory made them? Things shrink nd change over 50 years. I say make them the best you can as if the company had no restraints in time or money in producing them. ALL factry produced cars are a compromise in this regard. "Where the front fenders bond to the cowl"....CORRECT!!..... (And I agree with you, a car is only original ONCE!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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