FLOOR MATS FOR AN AVANTI

[jerry1]

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHERE CAN I GET A SET OF RED FLOORMATS?
NOT THE $150.00 CUSTOM MATS.

jerry defilippi

[JDP]

quote:Originally posted by jerry1

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHERE CAN I GET A SET OF RED FLOORMATS?
NOT THE $150.00 CUSTOM MATS.

jerry defilippi

Sure, Pep Boys or similar import mats.

JDP Maryland
Disclaimer:
None of the discussions of my Studebakers are a invitation to buy nor a promotion to sell, I'm just sharing the hobby the way I practice it.

[Bob Caser]

Doe's anyone have and want to sell a pair of original Avanti floor mats (NOS)in either Turquoise or Black

Thanks

mrbobinc

[raprice]

Check out Studebaker International.
Rog

'59 Lark VI Regal Hardtop
Smithtown,NY
Long Island Studebaker Club

[Laemmle]

Bob,

Some things to consider before your find if so fortunate.

If you are looking for the original floor mat with the S molded into the middle, you might want to forget the quest.

First they are almost impossible to find in NOS condition.

Second due to the age of said mats the chemical compounds utilized to make them will be leaching out of them.......resulting in mats that appear to be coated in oil........no amount of washing will stop this process because the mats are continually drying (rotting) out. Indeed the black Studebaker mats in my Avanti are cracked and split in numerous places and are slick with the oil slime leeching out.

Some years ago I actually found a nos set in a box from Studebaker Int'l when Bill and Lois owned it.........the box was soaked in oil from the mats leeching (out gassing) They were brown and I was going to send to a rubber company to have them copied and reproduced.......until I was told I had to purchase over 1k sets so the project died. I sold the mats to a fellow in the ocean bay chapter outside of Boston, Mass.

quote:Originally posted by Bob Caser

Doe's anyone have and want to sell a pair of original Avanti floor mats (NOS)in either Turquoise or Black

Thanks

mrbobinc

[LarkTruck]

quote:Originally posted by Laemmle

Bob,

Some things to consider before your find if so fortunate.

If you are looking for the original floor mat with the S molded into the middle, you might want to forget the quest.

First they are almost impossible to find in NOS condition.

Second due to the age of said mats the chemical compounds utilized to make them will be leaching out of them.......resulting in mats that appear to be coated in oil........no amount of washing will stop this process because the mats are continually drying (rotting) out. Indeed the black Studebaker mats in my Avanti are cracked and split in numerous places and are slick with the oil slime leeching out.

quote:Some years ago I actually found a nos set in a box from Studebaker Int'l when Bill and Lois owned it........

in oil from the mats leeching (out gassing) They were brown and I was going to send to a rubber company to have them copied and reproduced.......until I was told I had to purchase over 1k sets so the project died. I sold the mats to a fellow in the ocean bay chapter outside of Boston, Mass.

quote:Originally posted by Bob Caser

Doe's anyone have and want to sell a pair of original Avanti floor mats (NOS)in either Turquoise or Black

Thanks

mrbobinc

[Bob Caser]

Laemmle,

Thank you for your response and experience. I would still like to get a set of original mats even in the condition you have described. Over the years I have seen several sets in use , without the leach out problem you describe.

I could possibly get some sets reproduced as well.

Thanks again.

mrbobinc

[Laemmle]

I approached Metro Molded Parts....they said they could do the job but I had to guarantee all those sets.......if you want to go this route you will need to find a MINT or NOS set for them to work from.

[JBOYLE]

Did Studebaker make a carpet set?

There are a few "custom" carpetmat makers out there...look at their ads in various car magazines.
Has anyone thought of having new mats...in the original shape...made from carpet and any Studebaker logos reporoduced with stitching? It might be a nice way to have NOS looks (okay, albeit in carpet, not vinyl) within the realms of practicality.

Could someone post a photo of the original Studebaker mats?

BTW: If anyone gets some made, I'd be interested in a red set...providing they're not stupidly priced because of tooling costs.



63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[Bob Caser]

That is what I am looking for NOS or Mint.
My back-round and contacts has been in manufacturing accessories for the automotive aftermarket, for a number of years.

Thanks again for your response.

mrbobinc