Re: [Healeys] Door card material

[Richard Collins <gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com>]

Hmmm
Aluminum makes sense; I replaced Masonite with Masonite as it was easy to work 
with but not great once wet.
I put my soft top on yesterday for the season but not the side curtains. Only 
took about 45 minutes. It was chilly not raining.  What a PITA; 

Regards,
Richard of KY
BN7 440


> On Oct 19, 2019, at 11:23, "55healey@comcast.net" <55healey@comcast.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> I used 18g. aluminum sheet,  no problems with water.
> Rob
> 
>> On Oct 19, 2019, at 8:44 AM, Roland Wilhelmy <sentenac.rw@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I used plywood from aircraft Spruce and Specialty. 3 ply. Finnish birch. 
>> Available in thicknesses from 1/64 â?? up by 64ths. Tested to German Lloyd 
>> specs. Something like five hours in boiling salt water.  
>> -Roland
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 7:40 AM warthodson--- via Healeys 
>> <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>> What ever you use, consider that at some point in time they may get wet. For 
>> example, you might get caught in a heavy rain storm before you can find a 
>> spot to erect the top & install the side curtains (if your car has them). 
>> The material might buckle, warp or delaminate if it is not water resistant.
>> Gary Hodson 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: richard mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com>
>> To: healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Fri, Oct 18, 2019 1:53 pm
>> Subject: [Healeys] Door card material
>> 
>> I'm getting ready to make new door cards and trim my doors. My research has 
>> found that people use everything including ABS plastic, foam board, masonite 
>> and plywood. I'm leaning towards Baltic Birch plywood at this point but I 
>> would like the infinite wisdom of this list before I go down that, or any 
>> other,
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