OK the last time I did this sort of thing was in 1954 when I covered all the door panels and rear quarter panels of a '47 Ford convertible with grey vinyl AND made my own padded dash with alternating red and gray 1" padded tubes but I didn't want to do it again and later found out with the MG Midget that black plastic overlays are available for cracked dash covers. Sooo, now I will need a way to do my roadster doors and Brian is showing how. The question is will you just cover the panels with vinyl or try to put some patterns as shown in the deuce roadster. What simple treatment can be done more than just stretching vinyl over the wooden panels and glueing/stapling on the back. What is your plan Brian, or shall we just wait a day or two and you will show us? In my only previous attempt I made a bunch of red and grey vinyl "tubes" and then stitched them together and filled them with cotton. It was not quite as good as a professional tuck-and-roll treatment, but almost as good and maybe I could borrow my daughter's sewing machine to make enough tubes to cover the door panels and kick panels. So make sure you show us the next step and if you want to try the padded-tube method note that they need to be narrow or they will bulge out too much. I watched the guy do a tuck-and-roll on American Hot rod and it was flatter than the tube method. Well I am just rambling on like the geezer that I am but this is very interesting thread and I am eager to see what Brian does next!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder