[Healeys] Door card material

Roland Wilhelmy sentenac.rw at gmail.com
Sat Oct 19 09:44:24 MDT 2019


I used plywood from aircraft Spruce and Specialty. 3 ply. Finnish birch.
Available in thicknesses from 1/64 “ 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 at 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 at gmail.com>
> To: healeys <healeys at 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, road.
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