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I just used wood paneling and replaced the vinyl glued it on , reused the clips. I put speakers in the doors and eliminated the pockets. made screens with black cloth overtop to match the panels. later I removed the speakers because they are non original, but I left the cloth covered grills.
I'd rather do something more original looking. for the rubber you might use the strap from a pair of ( new) underwear.. Sounds funny, Yes it does ;-) but it's about the right width and cloth , and stretchy. in the factory they must have used a hot die to imprint the stitching pattern into the vinyl and that would be hard but maybe not impossible to replicate. maybe you could do some sewing machine stitching to the vinyl, maybe sew it to a backer, and then apply it.
the panels are a sorto fcardboard material , an upholsterer might have a source, I just used wood paneling and that worked fine. contact cemented on the vinyl.
I covered my dash with leather, made a seam down the middle and sewed two pieces from a long ladies coat, got it wet and stretched it over, when dry I contact cemented it to the original dash. I then dyed it black. I bought an repro dashboard cover thing but it looked too cheap. I still have it put away. I like the leather more. maybe real leather would be ok on the door panels too. If they make repro ones I suspect they are going to be spendy. I could not justify a thousand or so for repro rubber mats either. I used carpet and then threw in volvo mats from a 140.
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