Has anyone used the interior panel kits sold by Mac's or another company on their Model A Coupe? I have channeled the body four inches over frame and know I will have to cut to fit. I have bought headliner panel kits for truck projects and they are cheap and flimsy. These are 1/8 inch thick waterproof wood. I will use a 12 gauge wall in back of body to protect from gas tank, that I'll be mounting behind seat. I really don't want to do the whole interior in metal....don't have the skills. Any suggestions or recommendations on other kits would be great.
Ya,there kits you can get,I've never used any. I always have used 1/8 in. Door skin do make them. I paint the wood to seal it before uphotery,so it can't get wet in the wood. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/tech-sew-at-home-upholsrety-hot-rod.604077/
Don’t bother, ABS plastic is the answer and you can do it yourself. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/abs-interior-panel-construction.1101000/
I use ABS sheeting, water proof too. EDIT-- after I hit "post" and thought about it for a minute I thought" wasn't there a post on doing a Model A with ABS panels"? And there it was
I have a nephew that does a lot of political signs. The kind you see in peoples front yards. his sign company buys sheets of it and cut them to size .I can get all I need .they work great for backing materials. Weather proof. I used to use wood but no more.
I bought a set of Mac's trunk panels for my 1939 Ford coupe - paid about $100 - 3 large pieces of thick paperboard - with holes pre punched and oversized - not matching the orignal holes for most of them. I am not that happy with this product - in the end - I paid 100 bucks for a pattern. I plan on buying 1/8 ABS and not used the Mac's products. They do not look like they will last very long. I talked to the shop that did the expense upholstry job on my bosses 1940 Ford Coupe built by Bobby Alloway - they use ABS with metal chrsitmas tree type push clips.
I think you’ve lost your way, the rat rod forum is the other way. This is not the forum you’re looking for run along
Maybe strong again. The original company closed in November,2009. There were quite a few HAMB posting about it, including this: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/rod-doors.418357/
Sorry, i meant to put in the pic once, i do not think it is a ratrod Sent from my SM-J337P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I have bought large sheets of arborite at places like Home Depot for a greatly reduced price because they have corner damage, being on the floor so long with customers manhandling them. Just ask how much they will be willing to reduce the price. Great backing material that's easy to work with. Just something to keep an eye out for, while you are there.
Actually bought some 40 Ford stuff from a guy this past weekend - he uses those plastic yard signs also - his wife's real estate signs with her picture graces the passenger door with another one cut differently on his side.
I used a PVC product called Sintra -1/8" thick and moldable with a heat gun which was handy in the back corners of my A coupe where it transitions from curved at the top to right angles at the bottom. It also glues up well with superglue. Got it from a local sign shop- a bit over priced at $50 at the time, but one 4x8 sheet did the entire car.
I would thing any automotive trim shop would sell you a sheet or two of the upholstery board they use, I made the panels for my sedan long before they were removed and covered with material. HRP
Banger Bob your hot rod is far from a rat rod. It is very cool. Reminds me of my neighbors car when I was a youngster. They called them cut downs for where I was from. you got an old ford or whatever and you cut it down ,only keeping what was needed to make it legal. In Michigan where I grew up if a car was under a certain weight it didn't have to have fenders. So that was the goal to get it under the weight. There was a lot of fenders and tops of old Fords behind my dads shop. As he was the local garage. He worked for the highway dept. and old road signs were used everything including door panels.
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