Car : 51 chevy 2 door coupe Question: My car was in a fire prior to me getting her, I have no interior door panels or back interior panels, I was wondering if anyone had a template, or drawing, they could email to me or PM me so I can make new door panels and rear seat panels... I'm not too sure on the size and shape. Also seeing as I've never made panels before, I was leaning towards usingt layers of masonite for the base, unless anyone has a better suggestion.. Any info and tips would be appreciated.. Cheers RRP
This could be another option. National Chevy Association sells a complete set of door panels for your car for around $85. 2 front door and 2 rear side panels. I have ordered a ton of parts from them and I am very satisfied.
I have been looking for a 1951 Chevrolet Business Coupe for a while now without much luck. Either I find a lowrider or a complete custom lead sled or an old gasser. I would like to find something where the body is original but in great condition and something that has been subframed and has a 350 I look all the time and yes there are many for sale but I have not found the right one so far. Love the fat fender look and that original Chevrolet Emerald Green was really cool looking for a stock color. Jimbo
Thank for the tip.. Unfortunately after shipping customs duties to Canada plus the price it'll probably be around 150 just for blanks... Trying to get this rod done on a budget, still hoping to just get the sizes from someone and try my hand at making them myself... Hopefully with a little guidance, I could pull off the whole project minimal cost. Cheers
Why not make your own templates? Use some cardboard or heavy construction paper. Cut to fit. Use an awl to push through/mark where the retainers need to go. Cut out the holes for the inside door handle and the window cranks. Lay the pattern on what ever backing material you are going to use. Mark it and cut it out. Install your retainers. Then you can stretch whatever material you want to use on the backing, fold it over and glue it. When cutting out your backing, don't forget that when you fold over the material you will gain about 1/8 to 1/4 " all the way around from the material depending on what thickness it is. Also, remember you are likely to get moisture on the inside of the door even with really good channel wiskers/felt. Either seal the inside of the door with some heavy plastic or coat your Masonite with some water proofing sealer. Generally, if you stop by a furniture store or a mattress outlet they will give you the heavy plastic that the furniture or mattress come wrapped in. This stuff along with some duct tape does a great job of sealing off the moisture behind your panels.
remember to make the templates a little smaller to allow for folding over the material. i didn't on my 37 and they hit when closing.
Jake, extremely helpful, thank you very much I'm trying to hunt down the uph101 you mentioned about the pleats, is that still online? I search for and did not find it.. Thank you again
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167986&highlight=upholstery+101 You should also join the the upholstery social group. Lots of great info. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=174
Thanks again Jake, I like the look of your door panels, did you make them yourself? Just curious as to what thickness foam did you use for the pleats in the door panel?
I do interiors and uph part time in retirement. Those panels used 1/2" foam. You can check out uph pics in an album on my profile page.
I made mine. Not to difficult at all. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=755207&page=2 With help from Jake lol
I just flipped through that article quickly, it's hard to read off of me cell phone lol, but I see you touch on headliners... Which eventually would have came into questions for me too... seeing as how I don't see anything in my car that would hold up headliner I'll have to come up with something.. Thanks for your input everyone... Jake seems to be the man for interior advice!
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