interior door panels

[willisl55]

I am in the process of doing the interior door panels on a 55 coupe. The stainless strips are nowhere to be found and I was wondering what anyone else used to replace these.

Thanks, Lee

[StudeRich]

Anything you like, but it will be pretty hard to make it look correct without them, if that is the goal.

Sorry, this is the ONLY '55 non-Speedster Interior Pic I have, and the Seats do not look original but Door Panels may be almost correct.

Since '55's are one of my least favorite, I have few Pics of them.

[(S)]

Maybe someone could post a photo and measurements......

[willisl55]

I have the originals but they are in bad shape . The material is inserted into the stainless strip which is then folded over and crimped. There is no way to separate the material to install new. I was just seeing if anyone else had used something else for these stainless strips. It does not have to look factory just decent .

Thanks, Lee

[53commander]

I dropped off my door panels to Rene from Southeast Studebakers when I was at York and he mentioned he has a bunch of those strips for the '53 panels. Maybe he has what you need or can point you in the right direction.

[willisl55]

53 commander Thanks, I will give Rene a call..