I am rebuilding the entire dash on my '59 Fireflite and my defroster ducts are completely falling apart and disintegrating. I am aware of a couple places that make a plastic tubing I could use, but does anyone know where I can get the original material tubing? It seems to be basically a heavy plastic/cloth material with wire rings internally. I attached a photo of what's left of mine.
Posted 2021-02-11 12:48 PM (#608748 - in reply to #608741) Subject: Re: Defroster Duct Tubing
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Thanks for the suggestions. I was hoping to find whatever the exact material was that was originally used, but maybe that isn't possible. Here's a better photo of what I have. The ID is 2.5 inches. It's hard to get a length since so much of it is falling apart, but I would guess somewhere around 3 feet would be needed. 4 feet would for sure be enough to cover both tubes.
Posted 2021-02-11 2:04 PM (#608753 - in reply to #608748) Subject: Re: Defroster Duct Tubing
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I have some of that in 2.5”. Let me see what I have left over. I bought some last year for my 61, but didn’t use it all. It looks similar to the OE stuff.
Being cloth, that looks like the closest thing I have seen yet to the original material. Mine looks black inside, so I am assuming the outside is just dirty and discolored from age.