<VV> warped door panels (interior)

[Geoff Johnson]

On my corsa I took the door panels off and saturated the backside with 
water with a bit of detergent.  I then put each  on  flat floor with a big 
board that covered each  completely, and piled as much weight as i could on 
it, in my case about 10 cylinder heads.  Then let them sit a few days. 
Result was not perfect,  they were a real mess to begin with, but much 
better then they were, and serviceable for a daily driver.  I did have to 
replace the back quarter ones as 30 years of sitting in the sun with no 
windows had taken to much toll on them.
Another option is clarks sells replacement cardboard, and you can transfer 
the old vinyl.  This seems difficult but I am sure others have had good 
results.



-Geoff Johnson
66 Corsa
63 Coupe

--On Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:55 PM -0400 John McMahon 
<jmac2112@adelphia.net> wrote:

> The interior door panels (vinyl over cardboard) are in pretty good shape
> on my car (1965 Monza), except that the cardboard is warped.  Anyone have
> any good ideas on how to straighten these?