1917 Touring Interior Question

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1917 Touring Interior Question

Post by Oldav8tor » Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:04 pm

I'm ready to put the panels on my doors and interior and have a question. I have the Classtique kit and the kick panels forward of the right front door and on the foward part of the driver's side panel have a sewn edging on them unlike the door panels. I know I'm supposed to finish the edges of the doors with a simple welt and painted round headed tacks but I was wondering if those were omitted on the forward kick panels with the sewn edges?

I looked at photos of the Rip Van Winkle 1917 in McCalley's book but found nothing helpful. Does anyone know what is correct in this instance?
1917 Touring
1946 Aeronca Champ
1952 Willys M38a1 Jeep (sold 2023)
1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor


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Re: 1917 Touring Interior Question

Post by Erik Johnson » Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:14 pm

The panel forward of the passenger door has trim/binding around the entire perimeter, no different than the door.

The driver's side panel also has the same trim as above around it's entire perimeter. If you want to do it the same as the factory, the trim immediately forward of the seat riser is just a continuation of the driver's armrest trim.

Below is a photo of the 1917 Rip Van Winkle driver's side.
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Re: 1917 Touring Interior Question

Post by Erik Johnson » Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:35 pm

Here's the driver's side of my '17 roadster.

The binding for the armrest continues past the upholstery, all the way down to the bottom of the panel. In other words, it is one continuous piece of binding the covers both the armrest and rearward end of the panel. Click on the photo to enlarge.
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Re: 1917 Touring Interior Question

Post by Oldav8tor » Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:55 pm

OK - all good info, thanks.
1917 Touring
1946 Aeronca Champ
1952 Willys M38a1 Jeep (sold 2023)
1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor

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Re: 1917 Touring Interior Question

Post by Oldav8tor » Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:20 pm

Another question - the steel end caps on the armrests.... do you tuck a little of the seat vinyl under them before nailing them on or just run it up over them before putting on the trim welt?
1917 Touring
1946 Aeronca Champ
1952 Willys M38a1 Jeep (sold 2023)
1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor

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