My Door cards
Posted: 26 May 2010, 20:40
Well the Aberdeen bus is slowly coming out of its 2 year Hibernation all the rust has gone many of the panels have been replaced or recrafted, it’s on its 3rd 1.6 td engine which seems to be working and my mate Alan whose garage it is in is staring to scan the small ads for a Trabant to replace the once rotting pile that graced his garage.
Metal work and Paint work are Alan’s forte as it would seem is making brackets, holders and metal pipe work out of just about anything and recreating many obsolete VW parts
My forte is the other bits the electrical, wood work and the trimming.
Below are my new door cards.
I bought the ply ones from EBay (they fit kinda and only require a little fettling).
I wanted vinyl cards either embossed or two tone but couldn’t find what I wanted so I made them.
The first picture shows the layouts for the different vinyls
The second shows the middle strip face up and the upper strip face down and a 2mm thick strip of plastic. This sandwich was stapled down using 12mm staples which were then bent over on the reverse side.
The third shows the middle strip filled with 2layers of compressed fleece from Dunelm its non slip and it gives right padded feel (about 3 mm), a sandwich the same as the top is made and again stapled into position.
The fleece (2 layers)is placed under the top and bottom vinyls and they a glue on the reverse face using Evostik spray adhesive and 4mm staples in the corners.
The last three show the finished card and the card plus the door pull (Audi80) and the door handle and door pocket (BMWe36).
I’m quite pleased with them, I chose two different kinds vinyl the middle section being perforated, and a slightly different grey for effect.
To everyone reading this, give it a go, I’ve done it a few times but it really isn’t that hard if you take your time, each card took about 2 hours to do.
Cheers
Si
Metal work and Paint work are Alan’s forte as it would seem is making brackets, holders and metal pipe work out of just about anything and recreating many obsolete VW parts
My forte is the other bits the electrical, wood work and the trimming.
Below are my new door cards.
I bought the ply ones from EBay (they fit kinda and only require a little fettling).
I wanted vinyl cards either embossed or two tone but couldn’t find what I wanted so I made them.
The first picture shows the layouts for the different vinyls
The second shows the middle strip face up and the upper strip face down and a 2mm thick strip of plastic. This sandwich was stapled down using 12mm staples which were then bent over on the reverse side.
The third shows the middle strip filled with 2layers of compressed fleece from Dunelm its non slip and it gives right padded feel (about 3 mm), a sandwich the same as the top is made and again stapled into position.
The fleece (2 layers)is placed under the top and bottom vinyls and they a glue on the reverse face using Evostik spray adhesive and 4mm staples in the corners.
The last three show the finished card and the card plus the door pull (Audi80) and the door handle and door pocket (BMWe36).
I’m quite pleased with them, I chose two different kinds vinyl the middle section being perforated, and a slightly different grey for effect.
To everyone reading this, give it a go, I’ve done it a few times but it really isn’t that hard if you take your time, each card took about 2 hours to do.
Cheers
Si