Re: Mike's 53 Caribbean

Posted by Tobs On 2023/11/21 15:49:50

I had access to a rug and upholstery cleaner, so I took out the carpets from the car and cleaned a lot of brown yuk from them. They still look 70 years old, but are a little fresher smelling and more pleasant to be around.
The original noise and vibration matting is still in good condition, and I plan to leave that as it is, and treat the surface rust on the floor pans. Was there orignially this type of jute ? material between the tar paper and the carpet? I am debating if I put in a modern "aluminum foil and bubble wrap" type insulation in before putting the carpet back, or if I get some fresh jute type material to put under the carpet.
One thing is that the carpet does have some holes and is shrunk enough over the years that the edges do not cover the whole floor...Silver aluminum looks terrible peeking out from under there...
Here a pic of the floor before I treat it with "owatrol oil" and the original type insulation that I might replace.

Is this original stuff?

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