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| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | I have the armrests off, and I have the panels unscrewed on the bottom. So...how do they come off? The bottom is loose, but its secure at the top. I have odd red fabric quilted panels that I am sure were redid (or GM had some really UGLY color combos, I have the funky medium olive metallic green truck) that have a chrome trim piece on the top of the panel. So, are there screws under that? Or are there clips? Or is it like my mercury where the panel is screwed in at the bottom, but when you lift it up, it unhooks at the top?
Thanks O river of knowledge! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | They are held in with " Christmas Tree " type clips. You have to pry them out (Very carefully) from behind the panel with a interior trim tool. (Looks like a mini flat bar with a slot in it for the clip) The clips may be brittle with age so you may have to replace them. LMC truck has em in their catalog for .45 ea. Good luck. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | OoooooooOOOOoooooooh. I knew that.  Thanks mucho Shipwright. Very helpfull. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 738 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 738 | just break/cut them and buy new ones. it is much easier and it will be much more solid when you put it back together.
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton My Machine | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | Well....turns out they had this chrome cover on the top of the panel. And this was covering up chrome sheet metal screws on one side, and regular screws on the other. There was this icky red quilted fabric cover applied to original door covers, but I don't think they came from this truck. The covers are blue and my truck is that funky green.
I kept prying on them until I saw the threads of one screw and thought 'what the he...?' Then lifted the cover and there they were.
I have the interior emptied out enough that I can now paint it white and scrambootch the green. :p | | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 275 | FYI. Hint from restoration publication I read recently--try using big flat hood insulation fasteners to attach door panels when the cardboard backing is hogged out, torn, or in poor shape. It works.  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | Noted, Thanks Arch. I haven't decided what that will get. I did get some white paint in the interior, but my stupid pressure remote head gun is giving me problems and tomorrow it's going to rain so i'll be taking a break from it for a while. At least I got the cab back/bed front painted so I don't have to deal with that. | | |
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