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Interior panel templates #1
Eka1959 Steve Jackson Loveland, Colorado, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500	Posted: March 26, 2012 02:00PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 86

All,
I'm not ready for a full restoration yet, but I'd like to make the interior a little more presentable. My current door panels were made by PPO (previous, previous owner) and are really ugly. Whomever it was, removed the door stiffener bars and made their own panels that have a large opening. The other thing that is missing is the door pockets. Does anyone have CAD drawings or paper templates they'd be willing to share? I'm looking for door panels at a minimum, but the front and rear kick panels and door pockets would be a bonus. My plan is to make panels from Masonite and cover them myself until the full restoration kicks off.

Thanks

Steve

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Re: Interior panel templates #2
mgaex189 Giovanni Delicio Obrigheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany 1955 MG MGA 1500 "C2" 1955 MG MGA 1500 "C1" 1955 MG MGA 1500 1960 MG MGA 1600 Coupe 1961 MG MGA MkII	Posted: March 26, 2012 02:23PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 322

Check at Barney's page:

www.mgaguru.com

There you'll find what you're looking for.

Giovanni

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Re: Interior panel templates #3
Eka1959 Steve Jackson Loveland, Colorado, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500	Posted: March 26, 2012 02:25PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 86

Giovanni,
I've search Barney's site (I always go there first) and unless I missed it ... I've also looked at Clarke Spares.

Steve

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Re: Interior panel templates #4
mgaex189 Giovanni Delicio Obrigheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany 1955 MG MGA 1500 "C2" 1955 MG MGA 1500 "C1" 1955 MG MGA 1500 1960 MG MGA 1600 Coupe 1961 MG MGA MkII	Posted: March 26, 2012 02:59PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 322

Check this:
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/interior/int103.htm

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Re: Interior panel templates #5
barneymg Barney Gaylord Naperville, Illinois, USA 1958 MG MGA "MGA With An Attitude"	Posted: March 26, 2012 03:02PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 2,144

I have the instructions for installing kick panels and door pockets, but so far not the templates.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude - http://MGAguru.com
Notice: - Do not leave a PM for me on the forum server. Send any private message to my personal e-mail address barneymg@mgaguru.com

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Re: Interior panel templates #6
JimNH Jim Mail Nashua, New Hampshire, USA 1957 MG MGA "Camilla (the Other Woman)"	Posted: March 26, 2012 05:30PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 2,651

i am the one that made my own interior for Barney's site...I have a set of foamboard templates I traced from another car's original interior.

I could trace them on paper and send them to you.

They are not good enough for Barney to make into CAD files - but they worked fine.

JIM in NH

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Re: Interior panel templates #7
Eka1959 Steve Jackson Loveland, Colorado, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500	Posted: March 26, 2012 05:33PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 86

Jim,
That would be great, thanks. PM coming.

Steve

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Re: Interior panel templates #8
cpjim jim patterson indiana, USA	Posted: March 26, 2012 05:38PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 54

if you can find a local upholstery supply house you can buy the proper backing for the doors, dirt cheap also.

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Re: Interior panel templates #9
JimNH Jim Mail Nashua, New Hampshire, USA 1957 MG MGA "Camilla (the Other Woman)"	Posted: March 26, 2012 05:41PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 2,651

I used 3mm plywood from a specialty lumber yard that caters to the furniture and boatbuilding trade...very cool.

JIM

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Re: Interior panel templates #10
Eka1959 Steve Jackson Loveland, Colorado, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500	Posted: March 26, 2012 05:43PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 86

JP,
I know there was a thread awhile back that talked about using Masonite vs paperboard, etc. I don't remember if there was an advantage to one over the other. I would assume that the paperboard (or proper backing) would be a little more flexible than Masonite. I don't know of any local upholstery supply houses, but there is an upholsterer not to far from the office, maybe they have some I could buy.

Steve

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Re: Interior panel templates #11
JimNH Jim Mail Nashua, New Hampshire, USA 1957 MG MGA "Camilla (the Other Woman)"	Posted: March 26, 2012 06:59PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 2,651

you can get really stiff paperboard at framing supply or art supply stores - it's called mat board

JIM

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Re: Interior panel templates #12
TeamEvil / / Gone, /, Kiribati	Posted: March 26, 2012 07:10PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,443

Next time I'm up there, I'm bring brown paper and a marker for sure, OK? Gonna make some tracings.

Did you ever hear the story about Brown Paper Pete? He was hung back in the mid eighteen hundreds.

Wore brown paper boots, brown paper pants, brown paper shirt, and a brown paper vest. Carried a brown paper Colt in a brown paper bag.

Made such an annoying sound when he walked around, angered so many towns folks, that they up and hung him . . . for rustling.

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Re: Interior panel templates #13
vige Geert S Edwardsville, USA	Posted: March 26, 2012 07:15PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 46

TC,

Brown Paper Pete's story is hilarious smiling smiley

Geert

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Re: Interior panel templates #14
barneymg Barney Gaylord Naperville, Illinois, USA 1958 MG MGA "MGA With An Attitude"	Posted: March 27, 2012 12:46AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 2,144

I can make CAD drawings from full scale tracings. The drawings will be a accurate as the tracings, so if the tracings work, so would the drawing templates. Once someone actually makes a set of parts from the templates there may be some feedback for minor adjustment of the templates.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude - http://MGAguru.com
Notice: - Do not leave a PM for me on the forum server. Send any private message to my personal e-mail address barneymg@mgaguru.com

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Re: Interior panel templates #15
JimNH Jim Mail Nashua, New Hampshire, USA 1957 MG MGA "Camilla (the Other Woman)"	Posted: March 27, 2012 07:36AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 2,651

OK - I will trace them and then Steve can send them to Barney when he's done.

JIM

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Re: Interior panel templates #16
Eka1959 Steve Jackson Loveland, Colorado, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500	Posted: March 27, 2012 09:14AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 86

Sounds good to me.

Steve

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Re: Interior panel templates #17
laertes10 Brent Lieberman Portland, Oregon, USA	Posted: May 17, 2013 11:14AM Registered: 5 months ago Posts: 3

Found this thread - I have the same problem - I need to make new Door Pockets. You can't buy them. Did the tracings ever happen and were they uploaded?

Any help as to how best to make these would be great. Otherwise I guess I am off to the Art Supply store - purchasing the heaviest mat board I can find, covering it in black vinyl and getting my tape measure out to custom design the pockets.

Thanks in advance,

Brent

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Re: Interior panel templates #18
Bandersnatch Larry Wheeler Hillsboro, OR, USA 1957 MG MGA "Rosie 2"	Posted: May 17, 2013 12:14PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,138

The door pockets are included in the Moss Panel kit. You might email them and see if they'll sell the pockets separately.

I brought my kid with me on "Take your child to work" day so I could show him why I drink when I get home.

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Re: Interior panel templates #19
Eka1959 Steve Jackson Loveland, Colorado, USA 1959 MG MGA 1500	Posted: May 17, 2013 12:29PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 86

Brent,
No, I never received the tracings from Jim and honestly, I had forgotten about this thread. I have removed the old panels and am just running around w/o them.

Steve

Steve

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Re: Interior panel templates #20
laertes10 Brent Lieberman Portland, Oregon, USA	Posted: May 17, 2013 12:43PM Registered: 5 months ago Posts: 3

Called Moss - they don't sell them separately. Off to the art materials store I guess.

Brent

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