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I've searched for Panel Interiors and came up short so I'm asking here...

I'm interested in hearing what you guys have done with your interiors - specifically the back end vs. cockpit. What did you do with the sides and roof?

Thanks!

Well, mine has a lovely 70's orange shag carpet in the front with a crumbling vintage aftermarket steering wheel, random gauges everywhere, modified overhead console from a '39 Mack truck, torn mystery bucket seats, no head liner throughout, original wood floor in the back and a few peices of cardboard shoved in the sides to keep the panel sides from shaking over bumps. Hope that helps give you some ideas! hahaha.

Great image! Especially the orange shag carpet!

I'm looking to go in a different direction than carpeting and paneling - - anyone else out there care to share what you've done (and photos?) Thanks!

Bartamos came up with a good rear headliner idea, although it works best with the scarce metal valances that the panels don't have in the back - for the cargo area sides, I've always put thin painted wood paneling between the uprights with the foil/bubble insulation glued to the back, leaving the cargo tiedown wood strip, which is oak and looks nice with a good clear finish

Bill

Nice tips Bill! Thanks!

I glued grey vinyl to very thin plywood (door skin material, about 1/16" thick) and did the upper part of the sides. On the floor I put thin rubber right over the original wood floor. The ceiling has plastic bubble wrap as an insulation, still wondering about the ceiling liner. The cab floor has an original style rubber mat. I haul lumber to job sites with mine so shag wouldn't work. I hope shag carpet never makes a comeback.

I rounded up the upper valance pieces from a suburban...

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p291/mrduckphoto/Panel%20gallery/DSCN1540.jpg

Then used some 1/4 inch oak plywood to fill in the upper sides
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p291/mrduckphoto/Panel%20gallery/inside.jpg

And used the same 1/4 inch oak to veneer the floor, there's a thread around here somewhere on how that's done.


Good luck


Don J

"bubble wrap" overhead and inbetween "posts". Front floor will be the orignal type felt and rubber.

Lucky for me when I retired the company was making automotive fabric for OEM's including the headliner material laminated to the thin foam. Soooo, I have enough of the headliner to use in my panel...AND I have a big roll of grey fabric that was the very FIRST roll to come off the machines for about 3 or the OEM models that were to be 2006. That roll of fabric will be the side panels to match a set of lt grey bucket seats out of 99-06 GM models. Oh, the overhead is a light grey to like what is probably in most of your cars and trucks....for the rear plywood floor I'm not sure but thinking a thin layer of low pile commercial grade carpet...we'll see...and a 58 Impala steering wheel.

Great ideas guys! Any more out there??

On my 49 burb I have carpet in the rear floor that can be taken out if necessary to haul STUFF. I am in process of making cloth covered panels with MDF for the sides that can also be removed when needed. I hope to complete over the weeknd and will post if successful.

For my Suburban, I'm going to do a stained wood floor in the cab section. Some day it will all get torn out to replace the rust and holes, but I couldn't beat $20 for a left over box from a job done by a local flooring company.

My panel has the factory birch floor, and luxurious bins on the sides to hold my tools. Hahahaha. Here are some crappy pics.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP2343.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP2342.jpg

you've got more work space in there then my garage!

Well so far, I've stripped the layers of paint off of the wood floor, stained it with a semi-transparent stain... Put a layer of Peel 'n Seal on the ceiling and wall panels... Added a layer of foundation styrofoam insulation on the walls; then put a layer of jute carpet padding on walls and ceiling. I'm planning on finishing off upper walls and ceiling by running 1x2 wood strips length wise with 1/4" between them.

The Project continues!

It was great getting all of the feedback about what to do with the panel rear interior. Here's what I ended up doing...
1) Striped the wood floor and stained & poly'd it
2) Put Peel 'n Seal throughout interior - side walls, roof, under dash, on front floor... even put strips in side walls through access panels.
3) Glued styro panels (the house foundation type) over Peel 'n Seal on side walls
4) Glued jute carpet padding over styro and over entire interior roof and front floor and under dash
5) Screwed 1x3 stained poplar strips along side walls and across ceiling.

Overall I'm really pleased with how it came out.
Pics heah: http://fernscountrystore.com/fun/ferns-fotos/bella-the-ferns-wondertruck/?nggpage=2

:thumbs_up: Keep the pics coming :pix: Don J :wave:

The sides and top look like a million bux! Very well done!

Thanks!

PEP Boys (check on line) used to carry fabric on foam cloth in many different colors. It's marketed as replacement headliner cloth for late model cars and trucks.