Question About 72 Door Panels?? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

*dtlilly* · 12-10-2003, 01:06 AM

The 72 door panel on the left has the stainless steel insert. Is that what the woodgrain decal was affixed??

The right (parchment colored one) has the strip of scrolling inside the chrome band. Is this door panel for trucks without woodgrain dash and glove box door??

Thanks for any info, I am deciding which ones to use in the 72 "Project 9 Foot Step"

cheyenne10 · 12-10-2003, 01:13 AM

Panel on left is the one that used to have woodgrain on it. I have seen these polished and looked very good. I have also seen 1 guy who could re-woodgrain them real close to original.

The panel on right is custom deluxe one. They also made a plane jane version without the scroll and stainless strip trim. The woodgrain door panels came in the regular "cheyenne" (no dash woodgrain) and "cheyenne super" that had woodgrain glovebox insert and dash bezel.

I think this covers it.

*ILIVE4TRUCKS* · 12-10-2003, 01:22 AM

Woodgrain peal and stick shelf paper works good for a year or so

Longhorn Man · 12-10-2003, 01:29 AM

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Originally posted by ILIVE4TRUCKS
Woodgrain peal and stick shelf paper works good for a year or so

Should look good longer than that...it took 2 years for my tailgate band to start looking bad, and it is nothing more than contact paper.

cheyenne10 · 12-10-2003, 01:29 AM

Hmmmm....... ,but what WOOD I use on my shelves?? Maybe thats what guy I saw pics from was using. He had a slight shrinkage problemm as well as getting it over rolled part of insert.

I love optioned shortbeds

*dtlilly* · 12-10-2003, 02:01 AM

Thanks guys!! Hmmm, polishing or woodgrain...??

Thanks, I knew I shouldn't have bought the parchment panels

Maybe I'll go back and get the matching seat belts. The truck is an olive green/white Cheyenne with Highlander package. I'm also going to save a good swatch of what's left of the seat material. I'd like to buy the whole truck to restore, but it was rolled

cheyenne10 · 12-10-2003, 02:37 AM

That parchment panel looks good. The woodgrain or polished off insert can be installed onto door panels without them,. they fit under trim strip. Most vendors sell good reporduction inserts too. Some are in plastic and some in aluminum woodgrain like originals. Several people alos claim decent results with cleaning and re-dying these panels different colors. Just don't grease or armor all them before painting, use mild soap and water.

*dtlilly* · 12-10-2003, 03:10 AM

Yeah, I wish the other parchment panel cleaned up as nice. I plan on either using that green plastic/vinyl paint or ask at an upholstry shop for the correct green I need in a dye. I'd have to go with a woodgrain decal of some sort to cover where the handles gouged the metal from being on a 71 door.

teeitup · 12-10-2003, 10:23 AM

Don, I got a new repro. set of wood the woodgrain inserts. $75 plus shipping, just a thought. Thanks Randy

tom hand · 12-10-2003, 10:32 AM

What color green do you need?....might have some laying around

*dtlilly* · 12-10-2003, 03:15 PM

Randy, Thanks for the offer, I'll keep that in mind for future reference

Tom, I really don't know yet. If I go to O'Reilly they have a green that will come close to matching the dash pad green. I'd prefer a lighter color so there would be a contrast of the dark forest green paint on truck and the vinyl/plastic trim. Sent you a PM.

Thanks, Don

12-10-2003, 01:06 AM	#1
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Question About 72 Door Panels?? The 72 door panel on the left has the stainless steel insert. Is that what the woodgrain decal was affixed?? The right (parchment colored one) has the strip of scrolling inside the chrome band. Is this door panel for trucks without woodgrain dash and glove box door?? Thanks for any info, I am deciding which ones to use in the 72 "Project 9 Foot Step"

12-10-2003, 01:13 AM	#2
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	door panels Panel on left is the one that used to have woodgrain on it. I have seen these polished and looked very good. I have also seen 1 guy who could re-woodgrain them real close to original. The panel on right is custom deluxe one. They also made a plane jane version without the scroll and stainless strip trim. The woodgrain door panels came in the regular "cheyenne" (no dash woodgrain) and "cheyenne super" that had woodgrain glovebox insert and dash bezel. I think this covers it. __________________ Bob

12-10-2003, 01:29 AM	#5
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	shelf paper? Hmmmm....... ,but what WOOD I use on my shelves?? Maybe thats what guy I saw pics from was using. He had a slight shrinkage problemm as well as getting it over rolled part of insert. I love optioned shortbeds __________________ Bob

12-10-2003, 02:37 AM	#7
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	parchment panels That parchment panel looks good. The woodgrain or polished off insert can be installed onto door panels without them,. they fit under trim strip. Most vendors sell good reporduction inserts too. Some are in plastic and some in aluminum woodgrain like originals. Several people alos claim decent results with cleaning and re-dying these panels different colors. Just don't grease or armor all them before painting, use mild soap and water. __________________ Bob

12-10-2003, 10:23 AM	#9
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Don, I got a new repro. set of wood the woodgrain inserts. $75 plus shipping, just a thought. Thanks Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

12-10-2003, 01:22 AM	#3
ILIVE4TRUCKS AKA Phillip Johnson, AKA BANNED! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 94	Woodgrain peal and stick shelf paper works good for a year or so

12-10-2003, 02:01 AM	#6
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Thanks guys!! Hmmm, polishing or woodgrain...?? Thanks, I knew I shouldn't have bought the parchment panels Maybe I'll go back and get the matching seat belts. The truck is an olive green/white Cheyenne with Highlander package. I'm also going to save a good swatch of what's left of the seat material. I'd like to buy the whole truck to restore, but it was rolled

12-10-2003, 03:10 AM	#8
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Yeah, I wish the other parchment panel cleaned up as nice. I plan on either using that green plastic/vinyl paint or ask at an upholstry shop for the correct green I need in a dye. I'd have to go with a woodgrain decal of some sort to cover where the handles gouged the metal from being on a 71 door.

12-10-2003, 10:32 AM	#10
tom hand CCRider Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Olive Branch,MS,USA Posts: 2,232	What color green do you need?....might have some laying around __________________ 72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail Olive Branch MS

12-10-2003, 03:15 PM	#11
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Randy, Thanks for the offer, I'll keep that in mind for future reference Tom, I really don't know yet. If I go to O'Reilly they have a green that will come close to matching the dash pad green. I'd prefer a lighter color so there would be a contrast of the dark forest green paint on truck and the vinyl/plastic trim. Sent you a PM. Thanks, Don



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