Re: Those needing door panels.
Posted by Leeedy On 2021/9/2 21:06:19
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kevinpackard wrote:
Darn. That's what I have unfortunately. Picture is of the panels that were stashed in my trunk when I got the car. They are now stored away in the attack so they would stop taking up space. They are not in good condition.
-Kevin
The panel shown here appears to have been made by Mitchell-Bentley. They did a lot of Packard's interiors in the 1950s.
This panel was made using a combination of heat-embossing, steam, and attached metal components with a pressed, un-tempered masonite or similar fiberboard backing. Very complicated door panel. The difficult part here was not the fabrics... it was the embossing (and related dies), the attachments, and frankly, the labor and machinery involved. Very tough to replicate.
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