71 f100 door panel question
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71 f100 door panel question
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The vinyl ones get ratty, but the steel ones last almost forever.
I switched to the steel ones a couple of years ago for that reason.
I was working on my window regulator and had the panel off and on several times and the particle board backing totally got shredded. Then I remembered how simple the interior of our old '66 was. I lucked out and found a set of beautiful clean steelies in the wrecking yard that *hadn't* been hacked for stereo speakers.
I switched to the steel ones a couple of years ago for that reason.
I was working on my window regulator and had the panel off and on several times and the particle board backing totally got shredded. Then I remembered how simple the interior of our old '66 was. I lucked out and found a set of beautiful clean steelies in the wrecking yard that *hadn't* been hacked for stereo speakers.
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The steel ones came in the base model Customs and the vinyl ones came in the Sport Customs and up. I see good metal ones all over the place, but it's hard to find a good vinyl one. So for those two reasons, I vote for vinyl. Plus I think it looks fancier and it is better at deading noise.
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> the steel one as the backing for a custom vinyl
That is exactly what I am doing once the mechanical work is done on the doors. I vote for metal being the best too. About the only thing on the truck that is not rusted! I think in a side impact they might offer a bit of protection too. Especially against branches and such.
That is exactly what I am doing once the mechanical work is done on the doors. I vote for metal being the best too. About the only thing on the truck that is not rusted! I think in a side impact they might offer a bit of protection too. Especially against branches and such.
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I'm surpised by the different number of panels Ford used on trucks. My 71 Sportcustom came with black vinyl with a plastic chrome race track strip around them. I worked on a friends 71 Sportcustom last week that had metal panels on it with a vinyl insert and a crome metal chrome strip all around it.
I replace mine a while back with the plain metal ones and put my 6x9's in them. I have another set I found and they are metal but also have the metal chrome around them. I am going to put the chrome pieces on mine here before long
Clint
I replace mine a while back with the plain metal ones and put my 6x9's in them. I have another set I found and they are metal but also have the metal chrome around them. I am going to put the chrome pieces on mine here before long
Clint
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Hmmm.... now I'm not sure what to do?
My existing green vinyl panels are in decent shape... but covering the metal panels with black vinyl sounds interesting too.
What I really want to do is to paint the interior black & grey...
Any suggestions?
Thanks all for your replies.
My existing green vinyl panels are in decent shape... but covering the metal panels with black vinyl sounds interesting too.
What I really want to do is to paint the interior black & grey...
Any suggestions?
Thanks all for your replies.
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I have a nice set of black metal panels, and I will be selling the door panels that are in my 1970 F-100 if anyone is interested.. It also has a Factory sliding rear window and the chrome around the windshield that is for sale too
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