new door panel Pic

[vdubyah73]

just finished my first ever custom door panel. Made with scraps of leather from leather jackets and furniture foun at the dump.

http://sluggoproductions.com/iac/album_ ... d2ce7408e1
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Bill

[DurocShark]

Pretty cool!

[chitwnvw]

Nice. Is the rest of the bus also custom?

[vdubyah73]

rest of the Bus is bare naked in side. Got the bubble insulation in the sides and am starting to make the new panels. Bus is going to be a Westfakia Weekender. I have a full width Z bed and the 3/4 width one as well. Don't know which one I'll use yet.
Also have the stove sink cabinet with the spare tire stowage and the refridgerator to go next to it, and the closet for the 3/4 Zbed,and the over head that goes with the 3/4, and the flimsy ASI overhead that goes with the full Z bed. I'll mix and match to come up with what I like. Not really thinking about it yet.
Thinking about flooring and such. you know the commercial grade tile used in schools and hardware store floors,with one base color and streaks of another color in them. Well my Bus is battleship gray with black trim so I was thinking of that tile in gray with black streaks or visa versa. Dunno it's all fluid I'll make it up as I go.
Something I learned building my buggy a couple years ago 1 thing at a time. If I look at the project as a whole it gets a little overwhelming. I have the trim panels figured out so now I can think about the floor.

Bill

[Sluggo]

Very Nice! What's that on the end of the armrest vent?

[vdubyah73]

Maybe you are looking at the antique brass oval head screws and brass finish washers that hold the panel on. I used spray adhesive to hold the leather on and bronze ring shank boat nails on the seams, with staples on the back side.

Bill

[Sluggo]

At the vent hole on the end of the armrest. Looks like an air director from another car.

[vdubyah73]

Don't know I thought it belonged there. It was there, on passenger side to, when I got the Bus.

Bill