As many have done, making the patterns to cut some felt for the ratty looking trunk. Found the same material as original (even though a bit cheap) and soon will making a glue mess! Did the back and all is fine.
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That looks great.
I have to redo mine.
Somehow, my original tub was done with a single piece, and it fit well. When I tried…. not so well.
Rocky
I found simply by accident that in my Home Depot the "Moving Blankets" were the exact black thick felt that was installed in the car originally.
At around $20 it is a bargain. Not all Home Depot locations carry the same exact product even though they may have the same Skew number so keep that in mind.
Both of the trunks are not for novices. You need to stretch the material in spots to get the wrinkles out. I'm thinking originally the factory used heat guns on it so getting the right adhesive is essential as well.
Kudos for your attemp. From here it looks ok...an d black!
Thanks! The original was made of several pieces and I am trying to "duplicate" this. Glued and stretched then cut, you can see some original knife marks in the paint. I'll just do it slowly one piece at a time and should stretch out and be fine.
Yes.
It looks a lot better than my feeble attempt, Seeing Doug's HD moving blanket and your neat job has me inspired to redo mine!
You may need several blankets if you are like me. I don't know how to stretch the stuff, which you need to and the headliner adhesive is not the best for it either.
It also shrinks a little so when you start off you cut it nice and tight in the square corners. Overnight you will find that those joints have opened up a bit since the material shrank.
As I said also, the material in the moving blanket in your HD may be different. It depends on who the local supplier is.
The one I had (past tense) is pretty thick like the original deTomaso material was. There were no HD's in Italy back then.
...an option to stay thin--search for "wool" instead of "felt."
Thanks all for messages. I am using pretty much the original material and it stretches well. I have been gluing "things" for many years and feel OK for the trunk work. So all should be fine (hope!)
I picked up some of the HomeDespot moving pads, I've gotta say, they looked pretty close
MH
