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My door panels are good enough to use as a template and that's about it. I was wondering if anyone has made their own and what did they use ?
I have made my own also. I used water resistant door boards from an upholstery shop. I used a round hole punch for clip holes then had a upholstery shop sew up the covering.
I've made them from the cardboard as well. You can buy it at upholstery stores. The rear panels were made that way. In the past I have used existing vinyl peeled from the original cardboard. Then reapplied it to the new cardboard as a repair. I did masonite on this front to stiffen the door. I too am obsessed with weight.
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Wow! Those look great. I have to do the same to my wife's 65 Belvedere wagon. How is the masonite with warping?I made 4 new panels for my 65 Belvedere using 1/8" Masonite board. When it came to the rectangular panel clip holes I took note of the clip installation direction and used round holes for the clips as they were much easier to form. I also pop riveted the Masonite to the curved steel top pieces (originals were stapled). The sun-fading is optional!View attachment 782278 View attachment 782279
Mike
I purchased some panel material over the internet/mail order. The stuff is black and supposedly treated to be water resistant and made for door panel restorations. I guess it is some kind of masonite (don't quote me on that). It arrived in large sheets which I stored for over a year and during that time one sheet warped some and the other not so much. Could have been the way the sheets were laying.
We used rivets to attach them to the metal upper pieces (painted the metal Rust-Oleum with their rusty metal red primer). It was tricky getting the slots/holes made for the door clips but in worked out in the end. Only problem was the upholsterer had a bad day and stitched the pattern for the driver's door and passenger door differently (see foto).
Links:
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/71-74-door-panel-whoops.162974/
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/mopa...on-plastic-door-panels.167358/#post-911178324
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