Original Door Panels - Would you use these?

[rbarkley]

These are the original door panels with Burtons Brushed Aluminum Door Panel Inserts.  While not bad for a 50 year old Ford product there are a few cracks etc in the panels.

I tried to restore the original inserts and they came out looking like a wavy, platinum something or the other!


I am not posting this in the Concourse section so you know that I am not going that route,  but I still try to keep as many original parts as possible.  Well, maybe not the 427 Side Oiler!

Should I just purchase new repop panels?   It would be so glaringly obvious if I don't!

Ron

[onelimegold]

Personnally , if both of your panels look that nice .. i would reuse them with no hesition . and more importandly ..  they will fit  !!! 

[Kent]

I also would use them, they look good.

[greekz]

Use them.  My panels were way worse than yours, so I had no choice.  You will like the fitment better with your original panel. 

[J_Speegle]

Plus an easy to upgrade/replace later if you change your mind. Use them and focus on the next details IMHO

[rbarkley]

You guys are right.  They are original, look descent enough, and time to move on to the next project.  Buffing front/rear window molding!
Thank you!
Ron

[roddster]

  Hasn't been said 'till now:  Nobody likes the grain on the repop panels, and, as far as I know, nobody has bothered to correct it.  Am I wrong in this?

[Bob Gaines]

  Hasn't been said 'till now:  Nobody likes the grain on the repop panels, and, as far as I know, nobody has bothered to correct it.  Am I wrong in this?

You are not wrong in this case . Don't get a big head. - just teasing. As Rod has pointed out difference between the repro and original is quite visible once you have a point of reference .No updates to the repro grain that I am aware of.

[67BoB]

I may feel guilty offering to buy you new repops and take those off your hands

[GT350Lad]

They look good, use them

[557]

Those are great ,use em! (However they do lack the electrical tape repair"patina"of my originals...LOL )