As the restoration/customization of my '84 is coming to a close, I decided it was time to get to the door panels. I would have just left things stock because I really don't listen to music in the Mustangs, but since someone already hacked up the dash for an aftermarket radio, I figured why not.
The stock door panels were a little wavy, but overall in pretty good shape.
Just couldn't bring myself to cut holes in these for speakers. Factory has those piddly little 3 1/2" dash speakers that just won't cut it, and I wanted to run 6 1/2" speakers up front for better sound.
First off was a trip to the scrap yard to get some really nasty panels off of an aero. All I really needed was the aluminum top and maybe a template for the backer board. Well, that's exactly what I got.
Welcome water-logged template.
Picked up some 1/8" hard board and layed out a pattern.
Started drilling holes and came up with this
All cut out
The holes for the door panel clips were drilled with 1/2 and 1/4" forstner bits. Used the jig saw to connect the two holes to make it correct. I don't have any pictures of the actual making these (I forgot to take some). Sorry.
Picked up some fabrics from yourautotrim.com and got to it.
Continued....hit the limit....
The stock door panels were a little wavy, but overall in pretty good shape.
Just couldn't bring myself to cut holes in these for speakers. Factory has those piddly little 3 1/2" dash speakers that just won't cut it, and I wanted to run 6 1/2" speakers up front for better sound.
First off was a trip to the scrap yard to get some really nasty panels off of an aero. All I really needed was the aluminum top and maybe a template for the backer board. Well, that's exactly what I got.
Welcome water-logged template.
Picked up some 1/8" hard board and layed out a pattern.
Started drilling holes and came up with this
All cut out
The holes for the door panel clips were drilled with 1/2 and 1/4" forstner bits. Used the jig saw to connect the two holes to make it correct. I don't have any pictures of the actual making these (I forgot to take some). Sorry.
Picked up some fabrics from yourautotrim.com and got to it.
Continued....hit the limit....