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There are a few suppliers who make parts for
certain models. Mainly they supply the really popular cars like
Ford/Chevy/etc. They also produce mainly for the real popular
models. Some suppliers, such as Steele, produce for a wide number of
applications, but mainly these are for families of cars using the same
components. J.C.Whitney has a large number of generic components that are
quite suitable if you have a pretty good idea of what you are supposed to
need. There are a bery limited number of manufacturers, I'd say maybe 2 or
3 at the most, still making this stuff, so quality is probably likely to
be the same no matter where you buy your parts, because the same factory made it
the specific parts. There were not all that many sources of these parts
when they were new, so the factories used a lot of pretty generic stuff,
too.
The outside felts usually
have screws that mount them to the sill. I can't remember any that were
stapled.
For molded seals,
I'd look at Steele, and J.C. Whitney. There are a number of other
retailers around; there is one from Hayward Cal that offers custom molded
stuff, they advertise in Old Cars Weekly. Hemmings has a number of
suppliers, too.
For your door panels,
if they are flat, you can probably see a local auto upholstery shop and they can
make them for you. If they are molded, you have things a little
tougher. Again, look in Hemmings for suppliers for the fabric and
plastic. Be sure you go to a place that at least does auto work as a main
line. The guy who specializes in doing couches and chairs doesn't
understand cars, forget him.
Windlace comes from the same place that the rest of your cloth
comes from.
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