Showing off my recovered door panels

RoyBatty · Post by **RoyBatty** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:17 pm

When I took delivery of my '75 Spider, the drivers door panel was in the trunk, (cause it was so badly tore up) and the passenger door panel was installed, but it too was showing it's age.
I have a friend that does aircraft interiors and he offered to redo the panels for me.
Thanks to Mike and the crew at Buchanan Aviation in Concord, California !

baltobernie · Post by **baltobernie** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:21 pm

Wow, they look great! Are they interested in doing two more?

RoyBatty · Post by **RoyBatty** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:36 pm

They actually make their living by doing aircraft interiors.
However in these times, you never know.
I didn't think I was supposed to be leaving business adverts in here so I won't go any further there.
I think you could look them up and call them with the info I left in my first post.

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:19 pm

Very nice! Did they have to replace the board under the material too?

RoyBatty · Post by **RoyBatty** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:38 pm

Hi Denise,
No, Mike asked if I wanted that but I insisted on keeping the cost low since this was a professional courtesy type of deal.
I think I surprised him with my goals when I sent him the panels.
He usually does work for folks that insist on absolute perfection.
I on the other hand was telling him to keep it simple and inexpensive.
I had to make it clear that mine was not a show car.
Rather a daily driver that was NOT being restored but instead maintained.
Oh and, gawdz this car is fun to drive!

Exit98 · Post by **Exit98** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:04 pm

Roy, they look super. Did you do anything to shine up the stainless or chrome panels?

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:59 pm

Roy, it's certainly okay to leave contact info for items like this. I'd suggest you list all of their contact info in the Links section. They do nice work

TulsaSpider · Post by **TulsaSpider** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:01 pm

I re covered mine. It was very easy

RoyBatty · Post by **RoyBatty** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:13 am

Exit 98, I was able to clean up the shiny stuff with some spray on plastic cleaner/polish.

Mark, Thanks. This should be sufficient for anyone looking for where mine were done.
http://buchananaviation.com/

Tulsa, Yeah I coulda' done these myself also. But I just never seemed to be able to get to a place where they had the materials I needed during the work week. So when this opportunity presented itself, I jumped at it.

Fiat88 · Post by **Fiat88** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:19 am

Look nice! I redid mine also but I think I'm gonna do them again cause I want a more tan color.

Red76 · Post by **Red76** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:59 am

Very nice!

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