Woodywagon Posted April 5, 2016 Report Posted April 5, 2016 Looking for reproduction rubber floor mats for my '47 Plymouth wagon. Quote
suntennis Posted April 5, 2016 Report Posted April 5, 2016 Good luck finding the mat. Some years back there was a man making these mats from the original molds, but he got out of the business and destroyed the molds. If you just want a rubber mat but will settle for not original, I wonder if a after market Ford or GM mat could be fitted to your car. They do make mats for the 40s Ford cars and trucks. It is possible to make a rubber mat yourself. Quote
knuckleharley Posted April 5, 2016 Report Posted April 5, 2016 Good luck finding the mat. Some years back there was a man making these mats from the original molds, but he got out of the business and destroyed the molds. I don't know who that ahole was,but I am very glad I never gave him a dime of my business. What did he gain from destroying the molds,other than insuring no one else would ever profit from them if he couldn't? If he had just sold them to Steele or someone for 10 bucks that would have been 10 bucks more than he got out of destroying them. I hope only bad things happened to him for the rest of his life. 2 Quote
Bingster Posted April 5, 2016 Report Posted April 5, 2016 That type of person (mold guy) is not a happy guy. Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 I know who that guy was but will not tell. He did make some P-15 Repro mats. Quote
knuckleharley Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 Was he a nice guy? No,he was a selfish,self-centered prick that didn't give a damn about anyone other than himself. 1 Quote
knuckleharley Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 OMG What do you call someone that purposely and knowingly destroys something useful of historical value that people will want and need,for no reason at all other than to keep anyone else from benefiting from it's existence? The market for early 50's Mopar stationwagon mats is so tiny we all know that it's not worth the time and money for Steele or any other rubber re-pop company to make new dies. 1 Quote
Woodywagon Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Posted April 6, 2016 Thanks for the input. I'll try to make one as I don't want to use carpet. Quote
48ply1stcar Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 After reading these comments I am wondering if I could make a reverse mold with plastic dip. I have a new floor mat that has never been installed. I bought the mat new in the box and there are little tears where the rubber has split. I have been thinking about painting it with either Plastic Dip or Flex-steel. Any ideas out there? Quote
Robin (UK) Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 If anyone finds a solution to the problem, I'd love to get a reproduction rubber trunk mat. Quote
normanpitkin Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 As would I !! Ones for convertibles appear to be made of unobtanium. Quote
De55 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 I have also been looking for full width one piece rubber mats......for the front and back of my '51 Desoto. Haven't come up with any good solutions yet. I'm interested in seeing how this goes. Dean Quote
JerseyHarold Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 I have also been looking for full width one piece rubber mats......for the front and back of my '51 Desoto. Haven't come up with any good solutions yet. I'm interested in seeing how this goes. Dean I got a large piece of rubber matting from a van converter who ripped it out to install carpeting. Quote
49DODGEBOY Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 maybe a bit off but for my last trunk mat I used a 1/2" thick horse stall mat. worked great except it took forever to get that heavy rubber smell to go away. they make great truck bedmats too. Quote
Don Coatney Posted April 6, 2016 Report Posted April 6, 2016 I don't know who that ahole was,but I am very glad I never gave him a dime of my business. What did he gain from destroying the molds,other than insuring no one else would ever profit from them if he couldn't? If he had just sold them to Steele or someone for 10 bucks that would have been 10 bucks more than he got out of destroying them. I hope only bad things happened to him for the rest of his life. No,he was a selfish,self-centered prick that didn't give a damn about anyone other than himself. What do you call someone that purposely and knowingly destroys something useful of historical value that people will want and need,for no reason at all other than to keep anyone else from benefiting from it's existence? The market for early 50's Mopar stationwagon mats is so tiny we all know that it's not worth the time and money for Steele or any other rubber re-pop company to make new dies. How do you know if he is still alive? He may have died and his family liquidated his estate. Or he may have been in financial straights. Whatever reason he had made sense to him or his family and I have a hard time believing he did this just to piss anyone off. Two sides to every story. Lighten up a bit. 3 Quote
Eneto-55 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Posted April 7, 2016 After reading these comments I am wondering if I could make a reverse mold with plastic dip. I have a new floor mat that has never been installed. I bought the mat new in the box and there are little tears where the rubber has split. I have been thinking about painting it with either Plastic Dip or Flex-steel. Any ideas out there? If it would not destroy them to unroll them, I'd like to see some pictures of the original mats you have. I'm picturing a shaped mat with grooves (or ridges, looking at the other way) about 1/2" apart, and shaped like half rounds. (The grooves. I'm thinking tha tthe peaks or ridges were sort of pointed - is that accurate at all?) Then there was a border about maybe 3/4" wide all around the edges. I might be thinking of the floor mat that was in the 53 DeSoto my folks had, but that was a lot of years ago, and I don't know if it is still in the car (my younger brother has it). Some basic dimentions would be helpful, too. Am I correct in remembering that the rear floor board area had carpet, and the front had the rubber mat? (Or was there a difference between the DeLuxe & the Special DeLuxe?) Quote
dpollo Posted April 7, 2016 Report Posted April 7, 2016 Sad story but if it is any consolation, the mat, while very nice was too narrow and needed about an inch more material on each side to cover the floor..... unless a P15 convertible is wider . An upholsterer stitched a strip of black plain rubber along each edge. Quote
rb1949 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Posted April 7, 2016 4' wide rubber in various designs and thickness can be bought by the foot. I got some from http://www.rubbercal.com/ Some on sale, some with free shipping. No problem for a flat area. Quote
knuckleharley Posted April 7, 2016 Report Posted April 7, 2016 How do you know if he is still alive? He may have died and his family liquidated his estate. Or he may have been in financial straights. Whatever reason he had made sense to him or his family and I have a hard time believing he did this just to piss anyone off. Two sides to every story. Lighten up a bit. I "know" it because the poster that wrote about him wrote "I KNOW......",not I KNEW. Seems to me to be a pretty clear implication that the guy was still alive when he sold the dies. As for him "being in financial straits" goes,WTH needs money,has something valuable he can sell,and then destroys it instead of sells it? Quote
mopar_earl Posted April 7, 2016 Report Posted April 7, 2016 Don telling someone to lighten up. That had me laughing out loud. Earl 1 Quote
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