Man, what a fast two weeks that was! Between work and all life’s other little things, it adds up to a lot in the long run. So what have I been up to on Old Biddy? I have been waiting for the big brown truck to come down my driveway with the parts I ordered. (“UPS Ground” is excruciatingly painful when a person is in a hurry!) I have also been progressing slowly on the door panels.
While waiting for the new door panel clips, I got some old ones from a friend so I could at least have one panel fitted. They needed to be hit with a wire brush to clean them.
I fit them to the panel and lined them up with the door holes. Notice there is a new hole in the lower left corner. I got the tip from a fellow who is restoring a Cessna 150. “I always leave one corner hole for later so that I can make any necessary adjustments”. He was right!
Next came cleaning the panel skin and placing it on the Masonite to see if the backing needed any shaving. Looks good and smells good now, too!
A thankless job, pulling the old rusty staples out of the vinyl…all 105 staples per panel! That was quite a 22 minute job!
I fit the panel skin on the new Masonite and began re-stapling with ¼” staples and upholstering.
I think it looks pretty good.
I still have to put new padding on the inside of the panel...
...and figure out how to re-install this piece before I can put the restored panel on the door for good.
Since there are no door clips for the passenger door yet, the waiting game continues. So one door panel down, one to go. Much more to come!
Thank you for visiting.
Toddy
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