Door top trim/felt strip.

[louis_white]

Removing my door cards ready to attach some new door card felt strip as mine don’t have any and under inspection noticed why it’s missing!!

the door card has cracked and snapped in places across the edge leaving nowhere for the trim I need to clip in place.

In a desperate attempt to save the door cards do you have any suggestions???

I was considering maybe DIYing a sheet metal strip frame on top of door card or gluing some plastic in place of cracked edges

 

[Redlevel]

Sometimes we just have to stand back and invent our own ways of fixing stuff.. Only a problem if you are restoring rather than just fixing.
My own door cards were a mess lower down so I just fixed them with hardboard and red sound deadening fabric..
The black line is actually just a glued on length of two core electrical cable..
That shifter is a snooker ball, bit of s/s tube and a rubber boot from a B&M Megashifter.
Tinkering fun!!
Cool, huh?

 

[louis_white]

Sometimes we just have to stand back and invent our ownView attachment 8387 ways of fixing stuff.. Only a problem if you are restoring rather than just fixing.
My own door cards were a mess lower down so I just fixed them with hardboard and red sound deadening fabric..
The black line is actually just a glued on length of two core electrical cable..
That shifter is a snooker ball, bit of s/s tube and a rubber boot from a B&M Megashifter.
Tinkering fun!!
Cool, huh?

Mate that looks awesome. I’m definitely going down the cheaper fix it route first then maybe in time restore.

 

[Redlevel]

If I wanted a restored Corvette, I would have bought a restored, probably 'body off type' C3 years ago and had it as a garage queen, but I wanted an inexpensive, non rusting Corvette with an old skool small block Chevy that gave excellent mpg, big power&torque, good brakes & cornering and reliability, ..and the early L98 C4's are exactly all that, a car that will run 13secs on a Sunday and drive you to work on Monday all year round and take you on holiday later as well.
Being a motorist's motorist too, I get to tinker, change stuff and generally have fun with it without worrying about any resale value.

 

[louis_white]

If I wanted a restored Corvette, I would have bought a restored, probably 'body off type' C3 years ago and had it as a garage queen, but I wanted an inexpensive, non rusting Corvette with an old skool small block Chevy that gave excellent mpg, big power&torque, good brakes & cornering and reliability, ..and the early L98 C4's are exactly all that, a car that will run 13secs on a Sunday and drive you to work on Monday all year round and take you on holiday later as well.
Being a motorist's motorist too, I get to tinker, change stuff and generally have fun with it without worrying about any resale value.

Completely agree with you. I can already tell the C4 was an amazing choice for my first project car

 

[dm575]

Agree 100% with the above posts. My 91 was an absolute bargain for what it delivers. Feels, sounds and looks like nothing else in the price bracket.
I've thought about splashing out on later models but I'd have more invested, I'd be concerned about resale etc etc etc
I love the DIY approach to some of these fixes. I wouldn't be happy about repairing a C6 seat with a piece of leather from an office chair, foam from the same and some evostik but on this beast it just adds to the character

 

[dm575]

When you have that view it takes your mind off the minor details.