Door Trim Panels & Doors

[Bingster]

I finally removed my door trim panels because birds were using the material them to build their nests.  They actually got into the car through the floor. Anyway, I found along the bottom of a couple of doors an insulating material like you blow into house walls.  Either it's a mouse nest or they put it in at the factory. Anybody else see this?

 

Also, the trim board itself.  Looks like some sort of tar impregnated card stock.  The spring clips are very difficult to pry away from the panel and there is a tough residue sticking to them.  I did see 1-10-47 stamped on the back of one panel. There is a web site that offers backing panels and says they are cut especially for specific cars and years. I'll have to find out more about that.

 

By the way, I just bought a tool on-line that that removes the handle pins from the door shafts. Works great!  $24.00 free shipping.

 

Anybody have a good way to get into the door cut-out holes to remove rust?  Maybe some electric wire brush extension. I've never used rust converter and I'd rather get rid of the rust mechanically if I can.

 

It looks as though a guy could upholster his own panels using the old clothe as a pattern.  I'm assuming they attach it with some sort of adhesive?

[dale]

I ordered the door panel material and cut them out using the old ones as a pattern. They attach to the door using what they call Christmas trees in the upholestry trade which have like 1/32 thick heads by about 3/4 dia and plastic shafts with catches on them to snap into a drilled hole in the door.

[Bingster]

I see that he original wire ones are offered by a couple of vendors.  Did you find that the plastic ones made the panel snug down tight to the door?

 

Where did you get the door panel material and what was it like?  Did you do your own upholstery on them?  Would be very interested to know how you did a panel.

[48ply1stcar]

Check out  ( http://p15-d24.com/topic/32748-finally-starting-to-work-on-the-interior/page-2)  Item 18.  I used the old door panels as pattern and had my upholstery lady cover them.  I have tacked a pair in the car for show but, I come to a halt on interior installation.