[DeTomaso] Replacement Door Panels

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Fri Apr 8 20:16:49 EDT 2011


As soon as I pull the money together, I have a nice list for Pantera  
Performance Center I intend for them to fulfill.

Asa Jay

Quoting Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>:

> I thought of that, but bought Hall's instead.......and while I was at it, I
> bought a bunch of other stuff too.  When I look at what my "gal" is getting
> for her 40th birthday, it includes:
>
>    Plastic 'door panel' surgery,
>    A 'firewall reduction' tummy tuck,
>    All new interior wardrobe,
>    All new A/C (although that just makes me look cool)
>    Some bodacious new headlights (get your mind out of the gutter)
>    and Side transmission mounts (to cut down on her chatter)
>
> I feel like such a sugar daddy.
>
> I hereby challenge everybody to support our Pantera vendors as much as I
> have these past few months.
>
> Rob
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Garth Rodericks
> <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> For stock type OEM looking door panels, use Masonite hardboard. I think my
>> LandCruiser (or one of my vehicles) uses Masonite or 1/4" MDF as the base
>> for the OEM door panels.
>>
>> Here's a thread with instructions on how to make your own door panels -
>> clever use of inexpensive solid pegboard from Home Depot:
>> http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/73gt6br_doorpanels.htm
>>
>> If you want to get really custom, you can use fiberglass, aluminum, or any
>> combination of materials. This thread shows some custom door panels being
>> fabbed. Although they're very custom and use fiberglass, bondo, and whatever
>> else, they use 1/4" MDF as the base:
>> http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1036384
>>
>> Post pics of your progress somewhere so we can watch!
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Garth
>>
>>
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