33 Coupe Interior 13        8/01/04

Here you can see that I trimmed the back flush with the bottom. The edges are glued to the sides and will be trapped when it's installed against the sides on the headliner. 
 

 

 

This is a shot of the back of the headliner to show you how the insert is held in. I used pop-rivets as my fasteners. I don't know how anyone else does it but this is what I came up with. If I need too remove it for any reason, I can always drill them out and it would come right out. The red arrows are showing you two of the many mounting clips.
 

 

 

Here it is all finished. I like the contrast between the two colors. I made the lines an equal distance from the outside edges which makes them different lengths if you look close. This was planned if you were wondering because the panel isn't rectangular. I guess it's not to bad for my first time and I've learned a lot from it which will help me on my next panel. Next up, door panels!
 

 

 

8/07/04

This is my door panel which is something that most people look at once they look in the window so I wanted it to look decent.....or in my case.....as good as I could make it look with my limited skills. What I plan to do for a pattern is a few lines like the headliner and use two colors as well. We start this one like the other panels by gluing down the foam first but in this case, I had to do a lot of fitting before I put the foam on. The reason for the fitting is because the door panel fit good in some places and not in others. I used some 80 grit sandpaper on my sanding block to make all the edges the same. I had to remove up to 1/8" in some places to make things line-up. Now I can layout a pattern and do some cutting. 
 

 

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