Thread: do your own interior

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if you take your time anyone can do it. The examples you show are great. Done the last few of mine as well using the foam but also have used PVC and CPC plastic sheeting. Easy to use with a little heat it will take any shape you want and stay when colled. There is a plastic company across the street and I can get a 4x8 sheet for about $35
For the headliner of the '32 I used tracing paper and traced the flames off the hood

a few shots from the truck I just finished. Started with what vintage air send for under the dash and added on from there and moved the controls. added the center console door panels and everything else.
You can oder plastic from a place like rod doors and also used a headliner from rod doors and covered. In the long run the headliner is formed and is cheaper to do this from RD

[QUOTE=iceburgh]a few shots from the truck I just finished. Started with what vintage air send for under the dash and added on from there and moved the controls. added the center console door panels and everything else.
You can oder plastic from a place like rod doors and also used a headliner from rod doors and covered. In the long run the headliner is formed and is cheaper to do this from RD

Very nice work. It is really much easier to do than one would think. I like the idea of the plastic. I have used the Rod Doors pvc molded panels in the past but they are so expensive for what you get when it is posible to duplicate it with your own materials.

Again VERY NICE WORK

Thanks 41 willys. This thread will be a keeper. One question when you cut your flames out of the foam, does your edge on the foam need to be perfect, or do little blemishes hide once you cover it with the leatherette fabric?

Originally Posted by stovens

Thanks 41 willys. This thread will be a keeper. One question when you cut your flames out of the foam, does your edge on the foam need to be perfect, or do little blemishes hide once you cover it with the leatherette fabric?

You need to try to be as neat as you can as you can see more than you would think. Use a VERY sharp razor blade and cut at an angle to have a smoother transition.
I go through a dozen blades on each panel because I have found one cut will dull the blade so it will snag.
John