Door panels

[Bob Claffie]

To all 100/6 &3000 roadster owners, what is the overlap of the door panel uphlostery in relationship to the opening in the metal inner door? Are they flush or do they project above the metal? Being a parsimonious person I am attempting to make some door panels rather than spend the outrageous amount reproductions cost. Thanks, Bob

 

[BlueRidge1]

Hi Bob, I to would like to have some info on the inner pocket. I was able to purchase the wooden panels that the leather fastens to from Moss,think they were $16..
Cut out of thin luan . Good start.Bob G

 

[Bob Claffie]

I'm surprised that Moss sells just the boards, especially that cheap, since the full interior kit goes for something like $700. So far $8 for 4 X 8 sheet of tempered hardboard, $20 for 4 yards of dark blue vinal and $12 for spray on glue. That will do the inner and outer door panels and the front kick panels. Only tricky part will be the inner rear quarters which never get seen with the top down so I might just skip them. Bob

 

[anthony7777]

bob claffie,inner rear quarters are not as difficult to do as it might look,ive taken mine off to run speaker wires etc,and it wasnt hard at all,by the way "parsimonious" what a great word!good luck on your interior re-do.anthony 1963 bj7 300 M.K. II. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif

 

[Bob Claffie]

Still waitingfor ONE kind soul to look at their door and tell me if the vinal panel fits flush with the metal opening or extends over the opening and if so how far.
As far as "parsimonious" goes, that was the name of our racing team back in the 70's. My partner and I had both a GP and FP Spitfires racing with the SCCA and between us we didn't have an extra $.10 to spend so we were extremely Parsim------, through necessity. Bob

 

[anthony7777]

bob claffie,id be glad to,id even take some picts,but im not sure what section your talking about.anthony 1963 bj7 M.K. II. im sorry but at least ill need a little more of a discription. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

 

[Dave Russell]

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Still waitingfor ONE kind soul to look at their door and tell me if the vinyl panel fits flush with the metal opening or extends over the opening and if so how far. Bob

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Hi Bob,
Sorry you are not getting answers. As I understand your question, you want to know how far the upholstery trim panels overlap the metal inner door openings. I can only speak for my BN2 which is somewhat different than your car. At least it may serve as a starting point for further discussion. Attached is a pic of my door panel.

The trim panel edge overlaps the top metal edge by 1". Overlap on the rear edge is 1 1/4". Overlap at the front is 1 3/8". Overlap at the bottom is 4 1/2" which forms a pocket to store junk. Corner radii are about two inches. I think your panels might have a wider diagonal edge at the upper front opening rather than a radius.

Note that there is a row of coarse stitching around the inner opening that is sewn completely through the covering AND the backing.

There is a pic here that might help.
https://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=28965

Maybe someone can give you better dimensions for your car.
D

 

[John Loftus]

Bob,

I have a BJ7 which is different but the following is the description and picture from the Anderson Moment book starting on page 111. Hopefully someone can jump in here with some dimensions for you.

Door Trim Panels and Hardware

On all Healeys, the interior door trim panels were covered with vinyl in the primary interior color. The outer door panel had a large center opening so that the inside of the door could function as a stowage pocket. This panel was made of thin plywood and was covered with vinyl, padded underneath with a thin layer of "coach wadding." The coach wadding was only thick enough to produce a slight indentation around the screws, but was not so thick that it would appear soft or push the lower portion of the door out when closed. A narrow wood strip was laminated to the front edge of the trim panel to fill a "step" in the metal door panel. The vinyl was wrapped around the edges of the panel opening and was glued and stitched around the edge of the opening with thread matching the vinyl color. The panel was secured to the door with chrome-plated oval-head Number 6 Phillips trim screws with separate cup washers. An arrowhead-shaped plate was attached with a trim screw to pro-tect the cutout notch at the back edge of the door panel where it passed over the striker plate head.

The inner portion of the door was covered with two vinyl-covered panels, with the upper panel of Masonite overlapping the lower fiberboard panel and the two panels screwed to an inner wooden strip with the three trim screws penetrating both panels at the overlap. The vinyl on the lower panel was secured by stitching similar to the outer panel stitching around the side and bottom edges, approximately half an inch from the bottom and from the creases at the front and rear. The bottom of the stowage area was covered with another piece of vinyl-covered fiberboard that was curved lengthwise. This panel snapped in between the outer skin and backside of the door's metal inner panel.
All visible metal on the inside of the doors, particularly the metal edge inside the door stowage area, was brush-painted to match the interior color when there was a distinct difference between the interior color and the body color (such as with black interiors on white cars or dark blue interiors on Healey Blue cars).

 

[Keoke]

Whew!, John, do you have Mosses phone number?.--Keoke-- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[John Loftus]

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Whew!, John, do you have Mosses phone number?.--Keoke-- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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I even have the secret number that rings the red phone /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Bob Claffie]

Many thanks to John and Dave. I do have the Moment book and the Moss cat., but I couldn't figure out the sizing. If I guessed I would have missed the the overlap at the bottom that creates the "pocket". I should be pretty close to "real" except for the stitching on the panels and possibly the "step" on the forward edge. Not sure about that, yet. Bob

 

[BlueRidge1]

Bob,I will trace the patterns and send it to you if you like. Email me at Bob.Gardner@ge.com with your address.Bob G