Package Tray Restoration; was re: 66 Coupe Rear Window motor & Mouse Urine

["Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

I found that outdoor lawn furniture fabric is an almost perfect weave match.
It comes in several colors but being vinyl, can be died to match anything.
About 10 bucks a yard in 54" width and you need two yards because the car is
more than 54" wide.  The good news is that 2 yards is enough to do 3 package
trays so you can sell the rest.

Goes down with contact cement.  Easy project.

KerryP
Patch panels fabricated
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Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 62, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a
bunch of lesser marques
----- Original Message -----
From: Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:30 AM
Subject: IML: Package Tray Restoration; was re: 66 Coupe Rear Window motor &
Mouse Urine


> --- Chris Lynch <creesto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > vinyl. And can anyone recommend a supplier for the
> > material to restore the package tray?
>
> Chris,
>
> Take a piece of the fabric from the package tray with
> you and visit some fabric stores.  Ask them for
> outdoor furniture fabric.  I found some at a fabric
> store here in Chattanooga last year that was almost an
> exact match for my package tray.
>
> It's very easy to glue the new fabric onto the package
> tray with some 3-M spray adhesive (available at
> WalMart or any auto parts store).  If the cardboard
> part of the tray is cracked or broken, first glue on
> some plain fabric (I used a piece of an old bed
> sheet), then attach the outdoor furniture fabric over
> that.  Then you can just spray paint the whole thing,
> and it will look like new!  You can have a paint shop
> mix a can to the original color, or you can probably
> find something pretty close at WalMart or wherever.
>
> The spray paint works really well, by the way.  The
> outdoor furniture fabric I found was pink and white
> striped!  But a couple of coats of Midnight Blue
> Metallic spray paint made it all look like it was the
> original thing.  :o)
>
> Good luck!
>
> Elijah
>
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