> 
> >a) What type of material are the original panels made of and
> >   should I have even bothered with the pressboard crud?
> >   The rear is campered out in original wood paneling and I
> >   was wondering if the same stuff is supposed to go up front
> >   as well.
> 
> Pressboard, is that the same as hardboard or Masonite? This is the brown 
> stuff that looks like compressed dung. It breaks if you try to bend it too 
> much and is difficult to cut cleanly. The hot tip for splitty interior 
> panels here is to use thin (like 3 or 4 mm) MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard). 
> This really tough, easy to cut neatly, and can be sprayed to match the 
> original panels. It's even water resistant for when your door windows leak!
> 
> Andy E.
> 
> A.C.Erskine@lut.ac.uk
> 
> 

Cool, thanks Andy.  The crap I've been working with has been a nightmare.
I'll be hunting down some MDF this weekend.

Do you happen to know what the original panels were made of/looked like?

Danny D.