Making Hot Rod Door Panels

The cardboard cut pretty easy with a few passes of a new utility knife.

Making hot rod door panels.

This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. Upholster door panels without sewing by using this layering technique. The project started off with cabinet building 101.

The abs replacement door panels are offered for selected vehicles made in the mid 1970 s and newer. Door panel kits we offer two types of door panel options for older and newer vehicles. To make the holes i used a gasket punch at first and for the larger holes but for small door panel clip holes i just drilled 1 2 holes like the original had and cleaned the edge with a sharp knife. For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill.

This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. Door panels can be a real pain to build when you consider the types of materials available in sheet form. Cowl boards are a compressed waterproof cardboard primarily used in older vehicle applications. Mark any holes that will need to be put in.

Add a logos or designs if desired. Most factory cardboard panels have long since rotted away or are. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. This allowed the stuff to pretty much remain where it was under the false floor.

A false floor with a hinged door was constructed. Mark simpson demonstrates on a 1962 oldsmobile door panel how to create custom car door panels using abs board and pre sewn top stitch panels from ez boy interiors.