Jet Arm Rests / Door Handles

Sarah Young

I've seen two different versions of how the arm rests are installed on the doors of Jets. One is molded into the door panel. The other is seperate. From what I can tell, it doesn't seem to be dictated by year or model. Is one more correct than the other? Why this variance? I know it's a rather trivial detail, but I'm curious.

53jetman

Sara - the above doors are correct. The fabric covered doors were all done as above. The vinyl coverd doors are all done as the red & white one above. Apparantly the vinyl would not mold to the contour as the fabric does when the armrest is completely covered as in the blue door above.



Jerry

53jetman

Sarah Young

I can't believe that didn't occur to me. Thanks Jerry.

Sarah Young

I had a couple arm rests missing from my car. Rather than taking them off a parts car, I chose to make all new ones out of plywood and wood. There are two 3/4" pieces with a cutout for fingers and then another two 3/4" pieces without cutout and a solid chunk of wood on the bottom that I glued together. After drying, the excess wood was taken off by a belt sander. You'd never know, eh?