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Last edited by Deaf Bob; September 16, 2012, 11:27 AM.
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Originally posted by Deaf Bob View Posthttp://www.katu.com/living/autos/Pho...ery&c=y&img=19
Local Tv channel's website!
This qualify as "ink"?
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Decided to finally do a little more work on my interior firewall today. I bought a black carpet remnant the other day that was 6'x8', which should do my firewall and the floor too. (nice to have a tiny car!)
I cut cardboard to fit each side of the firewall, and then test fitted it. Once I had a template I traced it on some 1/4" finish plywood and cut it out with the jigsaw. After that I traced the pattern on the back of the carpet and cut it a couple inches larger than my wood backer. Then I simply stapled it to the back after stretching it snugly.
I cut a piece of carpet to cover the center of the firewall and pulled the gas pedal to glue the carpet to the sound/heat shield material, leaving enough to overlap the two sides. After that I simply put the sides in place and snapped them to the magnetic latches I installed on the back side of the firewall.
It hides all the wiring, foil insulation, and gives me a 1.5" dead space to reduce heat transfer, and allow for wiring to run under the panels.
This winter I'll pull the seat bases and cut them down one inch in height to get headroom when I wear my helmet at the track. It was pretty close! Then I'll do the carpetting on the floor at that time, and the ends of these panels too. Just need a small filler to cover the area between the interior panel and the edge of the door opening.
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Originally posted by JOES66FURY View Postthat pic really shows just how small the car is...I would look like a circus clown in that thing...such a cool car.
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Still the coolest build thread ever. Its nice being able to use regular carpet, having a big hump in the floor and firewall makes it harder to get it to lay down right.
You make me want to build something like this... The video of you running the twin sbc digger was cool. Awesome to see two epic BS cars on the track together.
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Originally posted by Thumpin455 View PostStill the coolest build thread ever. Its nice being able to use regular carpet, having a big hump in the floor and firewall makes it harder to get it to lay down right.
You make me want to build something like this... The video of you running the twin sbc digger was cool. Awesome to see two epic BS cars on the track together.
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Originally posted by Thumpin455 View PostStill the coolest build thread ever. Its nice being able to use regular carpet, having a big hump in the floor and firewall makes it harder to get it to lay down right.
You make me want to build something like this... The video of you running the twin sbc digger was cool. Awesome to see two epic BS cars on the track together.
Thanks!
Pretty nice piece of carpet I bought as a remnant at Home Depot. It's kind of stretchy on the back with a latex or rubberized binding. The Austin has a small tunnel, and hump, so I'm going to lay down patterns of butcher paper on the floor and cut them to make patterns. Then I'll trace that on the back of the carpet and cut out the carpet. After that I'll either hand sew it together on the backside, or take it to a guy I know who does interior work, and have him hot seam it together. That's a winter project, so lots of time to decide.
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Originally posted by Deaf Bob View PostI am rarely overly impressed with cars I see.. I do see some nice ones and some head-scratchers... This car is just perfect.. A few flaws here and there from USE! Yep.. This is a nice car! (ok I'll get off the soapbox)
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