Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi all - can anyone recommend a vinyl type product to fix to my soon to be renovated door cards.

I'm worried that if I choose the wrong colour it'll all look plain daft!!

I have two moggies to care for - one with red interior and one with black - any tips would be greatly appreciated.

By pure chance I found that Halfords Red Vinyl Spray paint is an exact match - or as near as damn it - to the original red used in my '66.

I sprayed all four door cards using a few tins, a couple reacted and went a little pink so I polished them with standard 'autoglym' and they came up perfectly. (I just straightened the door cards and re-stapled the original vinyl where necessary)

I did this about six months ago now and since that time they've gotton dirty and been wiped over and rubbed against many a time but the paint has stayed true.

The other possibility is to get a couple of cans of VinylKote made to match your colour. It is available from a company called Woollies. They are based at Peterborough. see;

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/

not cheap though at £14 pluss p+p a can

I used the stock grey colour for the back of my traveller and it has lasted really well. I think they stock black and red - ask for a colour match sample.

get them on ebay, ive just bought two, not dead cheap but excellent kit.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MORRIS-MINOR-FRON ... dZViewItem

If you aren't too worried about originality you could use your old panels as templates for thin mdf (or just use old panels) and cover them in something like this.
http://www.automobiletrim.com/vinyl-leatherette.html

I've made a parcel shelf and the panels to the side of the footwell in this way so far.

Anyone know if you can straighten out curly panels? I was thinking along the lines of steaming/dampening them and pressing them while they dry.

Any tips?

Honest guys - save the hassle and buy them at £30 a pair!!!

Yes I agree, or buy new hardboard and attach old vinyl!

James

Woollies sell millboard which is good for door cards, not too expensive, you buy a large sheet and cut out your own shape. It comes as standard black I think - very hard and stiff. It's what I'm going to use for the van doors - not sure what to cut it with though - maybe the jigsaw.

You see, the problem with fitting new & shiny panels is that the rest of the interior then looks even more shabby. It's like cleaning/polishing just one wing. Of course once I actually fit the new driver's seat cover I bought a month ago it'll show up all the other faded & dirty vinyl. Hey ho.

These guys sell vinyl by the metre or foot/ inches and also sell mill board (the backing material to the vinyl) http://www.classiccar-trim.com/ if thats any help and you fancy making your own!

I need to replace the interior door panel on my saloon. Judging by the posts above, if I cut a piece of thin hard board to shape and re use the red interior trim with approiate holes for the fasteners, that should work - should'nt it ?????

I've done this with some success on the front side panels (ie in front of the doors) but not on the doors themselves yet.

so does anyone know how to punch out the holes around the edge of the nice new piece of millboard? do you need to get hold of a punch?

also i am a bit stumped as to how to do the slot for the handles - presumably punch two holes and then saw between them

juliet xx

right then ,im doing this now with really good results, vinyl on a roll ,very cheap, new hardboard cards using old as template, drill holes and wire brush ruff edges,spray adhesive and duct tape,easy and enjoyable

Results look great Steve! I like the nice grain on the vinyl.

cheers mate, around£9 a metre,54" wide ,bargain