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alan wilson
Joined: 09 Oct 2007
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Location: Usually next to allegro and mig..in Blackburn
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 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:51 pm Post subject: New door cards |
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Just finished the new door cards for SWK - if anyone else is suffering the tops of the standard doorcards distorting etc. this may be of interest:
Mine looked AWFUL after the two years since they were re-covered, so I decided to make new ones. The problem of the distortion on the top edge was resolved by using old tops from a VP. I got new weatherstrip from Woolies and removed the walnut inserts, replacing them with wood batons from B&Q which I covered in the vinyl used for the upholstery. Then I made copies of the old cards minus the top bit in 3.6mm marine ply. I decided to put a bit of profiling in so I used two different thicknesses of scrim foam:
Then I simply cut out the yellow and black to match and stitched them together, glued them onto the foam and finished them off with an upholstery stapler on the inside. I also fitted two 6" speaker pods to get sound into the front of the car. Here`s the finished article:
Look much better now!
Cheers
Alan
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bigmatt1975
Joined: 04 Jul 2009
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Location: Manchester
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OMG!!! : 
That looks Ace 
Matt 
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Matthew Whiteley
1975 Alegro 1300 Super Harvest Gold,running (Named Hector) Harris Mann's Favorite!!
1978 VP1750 BRG To be restored.
1995 Rover 25 Impression x BRG,Daily (named Brian) |
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