making a new cardboard for the parcel shelf

duncan
duncan Expert Adviser
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Hi everybody. I am trying to make a new parcel shelf cardboard that the plastic is glooded to in the back under the back window of our 54 Horned Hollywood. Any tips?
Thanks Hudsonly Ray

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  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    That's funny! I was trying to make one yesterday for my 52 Hollywood.
  • Ol racer
    Ol racer Senior Contributor
    edited February 2012
    FYI

    I make patterns from thin cardboard that I buy at K Mart and/or Dollar Tree. Panel Board sheet & 'Gel' Contact Glue is available at Lowes. Better Panel Board (waterproof) is available at 'Perfect Fit' and 'Auto Trim Stores' Online.
  • duncan
    duncan Expert Adviser
    Thankyou for the replys. How do I get the curve in the panel board. Ray
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I think you use the thin cardboard to make a "template via trial and error. Then you use that to cut out the shape from the panel board.
    At least that's what I'm going to try with my '54 Hornet later this month....I remember that the origial on my '53 sedan had large- diameter windlace around the back edge, presumably as a draft stop. I you do that too it might mean that you don't have to be as precise in cutting as you might be otherwise. I guess we'll both see....Good Luck
  • duncan
    duncan Expert Adviser
    I used the old panel board for a patern. You also can use clear plastic and tape it on and use a black felt marker and draw the size you want. I am still trying to figure out how to make the panel board have a curve lengthwise from quarter window to other quarter windoe. I thunk the sedan panel board is flat. Hudsonly Ray
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I was thinking, depending on the thickness of the panelboard, of either scoring the back in a few places with a very shallow-depth router, which might allow the board to flex into the curve, or else, if the panelboard is thin enough, just bend it, like benderboard in the garden, and secure it with sheetmetal screws as you go. Now that I think about it, there's gotta be a better way.....Well, originally the material used was heavy cardboard, about 3/8" (??)thick. Maybe we should look for some of that...
  • hudsonguy
    hudsonguy Senior Contributor
    edited February 2012
    When I did this in my '49 sedan years ago, I used clear polycarbonate sheet. In my case, I don't recall needing any major bends, just two separate pieces cut to shape, with maybe a slight bow in one of them. I covered these with a very thin foam rubber, and then a chunk of left-over headliner material glued down over that. I do have two round speakers mounted here which no doubt helps hold it all together. It still looks great many years later, and perfectly flat where it's supposed to be. Here in the midwest anything that can absorb moisture....WILL, so that's why I chose a non-absorbent material like the plexiglas. I want to do the same thing to my door panels one of these years, and replace the cardboard with the plastic.
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