These are the original door panels with Burtons Brushed Aluminum Door Panel Inserts. While not bad for a 50 year old Ford product there are a few cracks etc in the panels.
I tried to restore the original inserts and they came out looking like a wavy, platinum something or the other!
I am not posting this in the Concourse section so you know that I am not going that route, but I still try to keep as many original parts as possible. Well, maybe not the 427 Side Oiler!
Should I just purchase new repop panels? It would be so glaringly obvious if I don't!
Ron
Personnally , if both of your panels look that nice .. i would reuse them with no hesition . and more importandly .. they will fit !!!
I also would use them, they look good.
Use them. My panels were way worse than yours, so I had no choice. You will like the fitment better with your original panel.
Plus an easy to upgrade/replace later if you change your mind. Use them and focus on the next details IMHO :)
You guys are right. They are original, look descent enough, and time to move on to the next project. Buffing front/rear window molding!
Thank you!
Ron
Hasn't been said 'till now: Nobody likes the grain on the repop panels, and, as far as I know, nobody has bothered to correct it. Am I wrong in this?
Quote from: roddster on September 07, 2019, 05:15:42 PM
Hasn't been said 'till now: Nobody likes the grain on the repop panels, and, as far as I know, nobody has bothered to correct it. Am I wrong in this?
You are not wrong in this case . Don't get a big head. ;D - just teasing. As Rod has pointed out difference between the repro and original is quite visible once you have a point of reference .No updates to the repro grain that I am aware of.
I may feel guilty offering to buy you new repops and take those off your hands
They look good, use them
Those are great ,use em! (However they do lack the electrical tape repair"patina"of my originals...LOL ::))