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Aaron D. · 03-11-2017, 05:22 PM

I'm trying to install the interior panels on my 28 Tudor. I am fitting the panels above the doors and the small panel on the B pillar between the door and quarter window. My question is, how are these panels held in place after they are upholstered? I searched, but could not find the info I needed.
Thanks, Aaron

2manycars · 03-11-2017, 05:59 PM

They are installed with small headed brads, and then the cloth is carefully pulled over the head of the brad with a needle. The detailed instructions are included in Lebaron Bonney kits.

ltdann · 03-12-2017, 06:59 PM

Not anything to do by yourself. You should have someone with you holding the strip above the door. I recommend not seating them all the way at first either. If you need to adjust the panel, you want to be able to remove it. Once you're happy with the fitment, drive them home and pull the fabric over with the needle like Bill says

BILL WILLIAMSON · 03-12-2017, 09:20 PM

I set the brads with a hard wood dowel, to JUST below the fabric. Using a punch, it's easy to drive the head clear through the "cardboard" panel & say, "OH SHIT"!!!---And the panel falls OFF!!
Bill Profane

Synchro909 · 03-12-2017, 09:53 PM

I've trimmed several cars and covering the "panels" before fitting them is not the way to go. The way they were done in the day by tradesmen was to tack the edge of the fabric face down to the pillar close to the edge, then the fibre board panel is placed in position and tacked down. Once that is done, the fabric is folded over the panel so that the front of the fabric is now facing you and the edge is tucked under the board with a thin piece of steel like a rule or spatula. This obviously covers the heads of the tacks used and leaves the whole thing SECURELY attached to the pillar with no tacks or nails showing.
Difficult to describe with only words but I could find no video demonstation on the net.

Aaron D. · 03-18-2017, 06:41 PM

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Thanks for the replies guys.

Mitch//pa · 03-18-2017, 07:12 PM

You can purchase a combo air stapler / brad nailer from lowes or such.. when it shoots In the brad the head passes through the fabric.. quick and easy

03-11-2017, 05:22 PM	#1
Aaron D. Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Stayton Oregon Posts: 16	1928 Tudor interior panels? I'm trying to install the interior panels on my 28 Tudor. I am fitting the panels above the doors and the small panel on the B pillar between the door and quarter window. My question is, how are these panels held in place after they are upholstered? I searched, but could not find the info I needed. Thanks, Aaron

03-11-2017, 05:59 PM	#2
2manycars Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern CT Posts: 2,732	Re: 1928 Tudor interior panels? They are installed with small headed brads, and then the cloth is carefully pulled over the head of the brad with a needle. The detailed instructions are included in Lebaron Bonney kits. __________________ Bill www.brauchauto.com

03-12-2017, 06:59 PM	#3
ltdann Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Weldon Spring, MO Posts: 63	Re: 1928 Tudor interior panels? Not anything to do by yourself. You should have someone with you holding the strip above the door. I recommend not seating them all the way at first either. If you need to adjust the panel, you want to be able to remove it. Once you're happy with the fitment, drive them home and pull the fabric over with the needle like Bill says

03-12-2017, 09:20 PM	#4
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: 1928 Tudor interior panels? I set the brads with a hard wood dowel, to JUST below the fabric. Using a punch, it's easy to drive the head clear through the "cardboard" panel & say, "OH SHIT"!!!---And the panel falls OFF!! Bill Profane __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

03-12-2017, 09:53 PM	#5
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: 1928 Tudor interior panels? I've trimmed several cars and covering the "panels" before fitting them is not the way to go. The way they were done in the day by tradesmen was to tack the edge of the fabric face down to the pillar close to the edge, then the fibre board panel is placed in position and tacked down. Once that is done, the fabric is folded over the panel so that the front of the fabric is now facing you and the edge is tucked under the board with a thin piece of steel like a rule or spatula. This obviously covers the heads of the tacks used and leaves the whole thing SECURELY attached to the pillar with no tacks or nails showing. Difficult to describe with only words but I could find no video demonstation on the net. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

03-18-2017, 06:41 PM	#6
Aaron D. Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Stayton Oregon Posts: 16	Re: 1928 Tudor interior panels? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for the replies guys.

03-18-2017, 07:12 PM	#7
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: 1928 Tudor interior panels? You can purchase a combo air stapler / brad nailer from lowes or such.. when it shoots In the brad the head passes through the fabric.. quick and easy