The Old girl Gets a New Rug

[55 Fargo]

Hi all, went to the Home Depoit and bought some cheap grey carpet and installed it into the 47, cleans up the floor and quiets things down a bit, this is just temporary unitl I get the whole interior done, someday way down the road, cuz all the body and paint will be done first.

I still need to make sill mats, I also need to fit the carpet in a little better. I was thinking of cutting an access to the Master Cyl door, but that might end up looking lousy and being a spot where the carpet freys and sticks to the heel of your shoes......................Fred ps pleas excuse my crappy lookin seats, the interior is not done yet

[BobT-47P15]

Fred, you just keep making it more like a real car all the time. That carpet

will get you by just fine for now. At least you didn't use shag.

[55 Fargo]

Thanx Bob, I'm trying, but with a shoestring budget, you can't too extravagant. One old guy, told me today that he thought the car looked great, it does look good outside form 20 feet. As far as the carpet is concerned I wanted to use short loop, I did not put down underlay, was thinking of using reflective bubble foil wrap, lay it down on the floor and up the firewall and on the ceiling.................Fred

[Allan Faust]

Fred,

Go to your local Rona, Home Depot, lumberyard... and get yourself some flexfoil.... that is what I'm going to cover the entire interior with on mine... and the sound deadener, I'll be using cut squares off of a roll of eaveguard... (an asphalt based product used to prevent water infiltration by ice dams on roofs.... but seems a heck of a lot like dynamat) and it has one sticky side too.... cut a square, remove the plastic, set it in an area with a large metal surface, ie roof, middle of door... then cover with the flexfoil...

Allan

[55 Fargo]

Thanx Allan, on the floors, do I use flexfoil over the sound deadener (eaveguard), then I can put the carpet back over it,right?

[Normspeed]

Fred, that looks like the carpet I used in the rear floor and cargo area on my wagon. I stuck it down in a few strategic spots with 2 sided carpet tape. The longer it's in there, the better it molds to the contours of the floor. Nice work.

[Norm's Coupe]

Looks good Fred.

I originally bought enough of that type of carpet from Fleet Farm for both the interior and trunk for $2 per foot. Before I got it in the car I found the cut and sewn to fit carpet though. Cut a piece of the gray carpet to fit the trunk and still have about 14 feet left in a plastic wrapper over the rafters in the garage.

[mackster]

Nice carpet Fred! I like it, but you are using the wrong seat covers...They have to be mexican blankets!