Now , its time to remove those ugly panels. I don't like speakers and WTF is this screw doing here ?



I assume you know how to remove panels ... I took pictures anyway ...





Look m'a ... no rust



I found some panels with no holes ... The vinyl was in bad shape but the core panel was almost OK ... Tht's what I was looking for ...
First of all, I removed the old vinyl.



Now, let's clean this 30 years old dust



Not that straight, but steam will cure that



Some repairs will be needed too



With a good steam iron I got the panel straight again

Ready for some steam ????



This gonna be straight again ... Done that while my wife was out. She better doesn't see that





A bit of glue ... to repair what you have seen before



While the glue is drying let's cut two bands of heavy paperboard. This one is 2mm thick



Cut it to the right length



A few staples to maintain the foam at the right place

Cut the foam to fit



Put the large basketweave vinyl and the small smooth vinyl. Smooth vinyl must be reversed ... the first paperboard band and stapple ! Use long stapples this time. I used 6 mm this time



Cut the basketweave vinyl so it fits.



Stapple ... short stapples needed . I used 4mm



Nice ! no folds

Then cut a 7cm band of foam

Stapple the foam with the second band of paperboard ... over the first band
I know, this is not the way it was done on the original door, but this way I avoid using glue ... I hate glue, it has to dry and it stinks !









Not bad for a beginner

Now let's do the ends ... Not easy ... not easy because the vinyl I use is thiker than the original.

Make the holes





New attaches

Et voilà ...

This is the other door ...

Nice work!!

Excellent work and documentation.....

Straight to the classics....

-- Rob

Excellent job, I didn't know you could use an iron to straighten the door panels.

Forgot to tell you that it takes about 3 to 4 hours to achieve one door.

Very nice . . . quick question, are early door panels different than late door panels?

-Chris

Yes.

Instead of the fiber panel forming the rolled edge at the top there is a metal piece that clips to the top of the panel. The metal piece is 2"-3" wide.

Yes and the vinyl is also different, the basketweave has a different design on 75 and 76. I was told it is easier to find. I found it in France. This may be used in more other cars.

Someone posted another tread with early doors restoration, that's why I posted this tread with the late doors.

You can wtch this thread for the early doors panel ... not restored to original but you can see the difference with late panels.

EARLY DOORS BY AARON COX

And Also this page that shows detailed pictures on how to remove the panels.

HOW TO REMOVE THE PANELS

Nice Job



I'redid the door panels on my -6r,and the tuck & roll kicked my a@*.

I ended up taking it to a local upholsterer,and paid him $100.00 to straighten my mess out.

Ron

Johannes,
That is excellent work.
Much easier than the method I used.

I bet your wife would have kicked your ass around your ears for using her nice iron and board. And then to top it off work on the kitchen table. If I tried that at home I would most likely get caught and beaten senseless....


I love it when shes rough.
Hummm maybe I should do something stoopid.

When was the switch?

Ya gonna put that screw back in there?

Excellent... Classics Vote

I can't say ! Mine is 1975 and has the new one ... Maybe a 73 owner can answer ... 73 and 75 where the two years with major changes.

They look great, very nice job.

very cool!!!

i really like your writeup better than mine!!!

AA

WOW





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