340six
King Of Bling
Ok, I will start with some background. I worked in floor covering for over 40 years Mostly Wood Floors, and Stone / Ceramic. And in that time period, I made lots of custom rugs. And also had a 10 year plus contract with Sears, and Sears always needed some sort of boxes or raised platform things covered for use As display bases.
I also had a long-term working relationship Shipyard who would remove the floors to install engines and trans. They required new floors, and various strange shaped things insides to match in Yachts, when thet gutted them for overhall.
So, I was. always covering plenty crazy shapped stuff, so doing this was right up my alley.
Going over the wheelhouse was unlike cutting a V out at a cars hump and putting back together. I had to make a pattern and add material. As it was easier than heating the carpet and forming it slowing heat and cool until stretched.
You can see in picture #3 where I added carpet on. Glued on and used scrap carpet as a backer to make a seam with 3-M contact glue. In the old days carpet was sewed up with or without a backer tape and adhesive was added.
Note} On car floors at Transmisson tunnel. You make a cut and fold carpet over on itself and cut a V out. Then sew the 2 together from backside where you cut the V out at the transmission tunnel. I have done that too. You sew one way with a curved needle across to one side. And then turn around and go back the other way to make an X if you have a car that cannot find molded carpet for.
I also put the floor in two pieces and had the edges surged, by a local company I delt with at work. It was done this way, so later I could add some amps for a sound system verses form fit. Figured it would be a great place to hide amplifiers under
it.
The fuel filler was blasted and was supposed to be a satin finish. And look like the trunk latch looks {like silver cad Wanta-Be} But after it was dropped at platers, they mistakenly polished it and is blingy now.
The Jack is from a super low mile slanty six car that was hit early in life and is not restored. I did put in new padding inside the jack cover. I have seen 2 kinds of covers the soft ones that are vinyl type and hard ABS? hard plastic like mine. Cars Build was 8-1973
Note
I also had a long-term working relationship Shipyard who would remove the floors to install engines and trans. They required new floors, and various strange shaped things insides to match in Yachts, when thet gutted them for overhall.
So, I was. always covering plenty crazy shapped stuff, so doing this was right up my alley.
Going over the wheelhouse was unlike cutting a V out at a cars hump and putting back together. I had to make a pattern and add material. As it was easier than heating the carpet and forming it slowing heat and cool until stretched.
You can see in picture #3 where I added carpet on. Glued on and used scrap carpet as a backer to make a seam with 3-M contact glue. In the old days carpet was sewed up with or without a backer tape and adhesive was added.
Note} On car floors at Transmisson tunnel. You make a cut and fold carpet over on itself and cut a V out. Then sew the 2 together from backside where you cut the V out at the transmission tunnel. I have done that too. You sew one way with a curved needle across to one side. And then turn around and go back the other way to make an X if you have a car that cannot find molded carpet for.
I also put the floor in two pieces and had the edges surged, by a local company I delt with at work. It was done this way, so later I could add some amps for a sound system verses form fit. Figured it would be a great place to hide amplifiers under
it.
The fuel filler was blasted and was supposed to be a satin finish. And look like the trunk latch looks {like silver cad Wanta-Be} But after it was dropped at platers, they mistakenly polished it and is blingy now.
The Jack is from a super low mile slanty six car that was hit early in life and is not restored. I did put in new padding inside the jack cover. I have seen 2 kinds of covers the soft ones that are vinyl type and hard ABS? hard plastic like mine. Cars Build was 8-1973
Note
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