Gergo
The A-H 100 had a dark brown velvety cloth material covering the lower third
of the door panel on the reverse face. It extended about 2" up from the base
line of the opening on each side. Stitching was introduced on the late BN1
and BN2, and carried on to the end of the roadsters.
The six cylinder roadsters carried on with this treatment on the reverse, but
it was now in a thin leathercloth vinyl, same as the outside. The (mostly
decorative) stitching around the opening held the top edge in place. The
lower inner door liner panels made of panelboard also had stitching around the
edge on three sides.
This level of anality is not for most people, but just for the record, the
original stitching was quite widely spaced (5/16"), and a heavy CSB 207 cotton
thread was used- heavier than a normal modern CSB 69. Also the door padding
was much thinner than on most normal replacement panels one sees now. A very
thin white cotton wadding (hard to obtain now) gave only the most minimal loft
on the roadsters, giving a much flatter look to the panel than the one-eighth
inch foam and thick Ambla expanded vinyl used on the BJ8.
Also double check early on that the notch in the wood, for the chrome latch
escutcheon, is wide enough to comfortably accept your striker. A nuisance to
discover it isn't, when you've screwed everything in place.
Peter
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