HH56 wrote:
I don't remember who first posted these photos but possibly it was BDeB. I grabbed a copy of them in 2012.

The flocking package says the material is rayon and the photo of the trunk, while of a pre 51 model, shows how most of the trunks were finished. Based on the photo in the data book I believe 51-4 was finished in a similar fashion with the possible exception of no flock and just an embossed surface on the cardboard covering the seat back on lower end models.

The mat also had a carpet like finish, some have said it was hogshair, and it was very thin -- almost like a couple of layers of canvas thick. In 55-6 they stopped the flocking and went to cardboard to cover the sides with a mat covering the entire floor including the hump -- at least in senior models. The mat, while still thin, had a smooth patterned surface.