Panel Board

[mike802]

Does anybody remember the old pick ups that had cardboard headliners?  They were colored and were embossed with a grain pattern.  I had a customer call looking for a replacement, I called Miami and was told they no longer carried these panel boards.  Anyone know a good source for these?

[ajlelectronics]

I think in the UK we call it Millboard. It was used to make under dash panels and gloveboxes in cars like the Triumph Spitfire.

Should you get really stuck, I think it is available over here, but shipping may make it uneconomic of course.

http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-146-millboard.aspx

[SHHR]

What kind of truck is it? There's alot of companies out there that specialize is restoration parts that may have one. If not, What about cutting out a piece of 1/8th inch paneling ang glueing a similar patterned vinyl to it?

[mike802]

Thanks guys.  Yea I think shipping it over seas would really price it out of reach.  I couldn't get the year and make of the truck out of the guy, he said he could get a headliner kit for it but shipping was very expensive.  I told him unfortunately the cost was due to the over size and if I could get the panel board shipping would be expensive for me also.  Redrum fabrics used to carry it, but Miami no longer has it.  I think the guy was hoping he could just get the panel board, cut it out and install it by himself. 

[Mike8560]

my old 70 ford P/U had a headliner like that held up by a metal trim.

[stitcher_guy]

I was thinking along the same lines as SHHR. Regular wall paneling is thinner than luan or chipboard panel board, so once it was covered with the vinyl, the thickness should work.

[Unicorn]

There are repop panels available for R series Studebakers, but they don't have the flexibility to fit without some cracked bends.  I wonder if the pvc panel board I've been using would work better - we used it for the rear panel in a friend's '49 and it worked out beautifully, but his headliner is a modified Dodge Dakota skin.

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