Thread: do your own interior

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Here's a rear window molding for the willys.
It is impossible to find rear window moldings for a 41 willys and if you do they are usually a rusty POS that cost several hundred $. I made my own by taking a pice of 1/4" plywood and rough cutting it 3" bigger than the opening. I held it up to the opening and had Shirley mark the inside of the glass lip with a felt marker. I then added 1 1/2 " to that line and cut it out. After sanding and smoothing the curves I cut a strip of 1/8" masonite 1" wide and glued and staple it to the inside edge of the pattern. Fill in the back inside corner with fiberglass putty and then grind the glued corner so it has a nice round edge. . Now here's is a neat trick. cut your 1/8" foam 5" wide by the inside radius length + 1/2" overlap. Start by glueing the foam to the INSIDE of the moulding first. After it has set up stretch to foam around the outside of the frame being careful not to tear it. Keep moving around the piece pushing the foam out as you go. this will give you a very tight wrinkle free surface. If you start on the outside you will have all of the excess foam to deal with as you push it inward which will leave wrinkles that you will have to slice to get rid of. Bring your foam all the way around the 1/4" edge and cut with your razor blade so it is flush with the BACKSIDE of the plywood.
Lay your moulding on your vinyl and trace around the insde and the outside edges add 1" onto each line. Glue your vinyl to the insde surface first and let it dry completely. Now begin to work the vinyl up and around heat and stretch it going around the frame and you will have a nice tight seemless covering. Sorry I don't have a good picture of the finished molding right now.

I do like using 3m #90 spray glue....itis in a black and green can . Holds up better to high heat in the summer months

Looks to me like you've got some hidden God given talents !!

you can also use a sanding block to sand the edges and put a contour on them

I did my own interior as well with the exception of the seat, console and dash. I don't sew, but I can fabricate and glue stuff together.

Lynn,
Nice job, I especially like the door panel layout.
John

how is the headlining in that 32 coupe done without the pleats in it for the bows? Is it a fiberglass mould or was it made specifically for the car?

I stapled interior backing (waterproof cardboard) to the wooden bows with an air stapler. From there, I covered it with quarter inch closed cell foam using 3M's #90 spray glue. After than I covered the foam with the vinyl fabric using the same spray glue. I don't know how Iceburg did his, but perhaps he can chime in. It looks like a full ceiling insert, but he will have to explain what he used to hold it up there.

Originally Posted by rumrumm

I stapled interior backing (waterproof cardboard) to the wooden bows with an air stapler. From there, I covered it with quarter inch closed cell foam using 3M's #90 spray glue. After than I covered the foam with the vinyl fabric using the same spray glue. .

I did the Willys much the same way as Rumrumm did his accept I used 1/8"closed cell and 3M 74, then added the raised portions with more pieces of 1/8" then covered that with the same type of headliner material used in new cars. I found the headliner material is much more pliable than vinyl and you can get around the corners with out any wrinkles. It is all a matter of preference as to the material and the final look you want. Headliners always seem so daunting but are really not that hard.

John

Made a mold for the roof in one piece from glass and then cut in two to cover and fit. .
You can see it here and then notice the line where it was cut in the second pic


The reason I cut it was to be able to get the curves looking correct with the material.
Leather will not shrink as easy as some others

Hey Icebergh,
How did you make the fiberglas mold? I've never worked with fiberglas but would be interested to know the process you went through to create this piece for your car. Thanks.

Randy

Originally Posted by randyr

Hey Icebergh,
How did you make the fiberglas mold? I've never worked with fiberglas but would be interested to know the process you went through to create this piece for your car. Thanks.

Randy

The head liner came with the car...we made the exstensions using slipsheets...basically a real heavy paper board and formed it to shape then used glass sheets and resin. Lots of grinding and sanding to form

Gosh darn, you folks make that look easy!!!!!! I wish some of you lived closer to me, I do! GREAT WORK. One of the best threads I've read for sure! Many thanks. Perley