31 pickup door / kick panels
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Gary WA
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Contact Mike at Classtique Upholstery
Model T Upholstery from Classtique Upholstery - Ford Model A & T Upholstery, Tops, Benches and Kits
CarlG
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I know that they make door panels, I have them in my pickup. Not sure about kick panels. I got my kick panels from QuietRide.
OP is still looking for a pattern, as am I. Does anybody have one?
gdmn852
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Hello, on pick up trucks, isn’t most of the interior panels artificial grained cardboard,? I had a 39 V8 and that’s what was on the doors and headliner, what was left of it . Measure the size of interior door and work up with some cardboard until you get a fit you like, then make a panel from actual upholstery cardboard or perhaps 1/8 plywood for more durability, then apply material.
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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I received your PM but with others asking, I thought I would post this here.
If you go to www.quietride.com and search for "Cowl Chicken Track" you will find the Cowl kick panels made out of ABS plastic that replicates the original look. I would inquire with them as to whether you can either buy the door panels pre-made for a Pickup, -or about buying an oversized panel to fabricate the door panel yourself. The Tudor is going to have pocket cutouts whereas the Pickup/Commercial vehicles didn't.
The issue with us is, my patterns are made of panel board, and the cost for us to fabricate these is likely cost prohibitive. Not only is there the cutting process, but the layout for punching all of the holes. I suspect that is why Mike doesn't offer them individually either.
I will also tell you that getting a prints from Benson will give you the measurements however those are really hard to read because those were drawn where the radius sweeps are difficult to layout. It is not undoable, however very labor intensive.
Collectors Auto supply inc. Coupe panels should fit also. Take some flimsy cardboard or stiff paper and start at the door jamb where the screws are. Then measure and scribe toward the firewall and loop around where cowl light arms would come thru (on deluxe models) and under the gas tank. The bottom edge fits behind the short tab at the floor etc.
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rotorwrench
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I use the green rolls of masking paper cut to fit the inner door. I mold in the locations for the clip holes. A person can locate the map pocket and then have a pattern for fit. Use that pattern for chip board or what have you. Some truck cabs had the map pocket on the kick panel. Sew some good quality vinyl on to simulate the old cardboard Ford used.
Chip board is generally water resistant but it doesn't last forever. That's why folks have been going to abs plastic sheet. Ford likely made their own embossed cardboard using heat and embossing rollers. They may have had some type of colored resin to coat the stuff with for moisture protection. They never meant for that stuff to last as long as it did.
Chip board is generally water resistant but it doesn't last forever. That's why folks have been going to abs plastic sheet. Ford likely made their own embossed cardboard using heat and embossing rollers. They may have had some type of colored resin to coat the stuff with for moisture protection. They never meant for that stuff to last as long as it did.
Oldbluoval
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Make ‘em
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Let's go a different way. If you do not feel like you have the ability to template out the door panels, then take the vehicle (-or door) to an Upholstery Shop and have them make you a template. Just remember that offset clips are used covered door panels however you will need to use Clips & Nails on your panels (https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/23baa692b86349a28ab50ef8252815d2/product.htm?pid=978256&cat=41856) Therefore the holes in a 55B Door Panels will be in a different location.