[Healeys] Door card material

Richard Collins gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com
Sat Oct 19 10:33:57 MDT 2019


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 at comcast.net" <55healey at 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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,


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