The front truck liner material

Teafortwo · Samba Member Joined: September 11, 2013 Posts: 148

For a 1973 super beetle, the front trunk liners are very expensive, even if you can source one.
Does anyone know what material the trunk liner is made of and where might it be sourced?

Thank you.

1970VWGUY · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:23 am Post subject:

my PO used carpeting....It looks alright...

1970VWGUY · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:26 am Post subject:

Here is a link...

This stuff it what is known as masonite...

They used 1/8 thick and covered it with cloth or carpet material.

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AuOCQ.aprPOXoV...=yfp-t-900

buy the masonite and get some of this speaker Covering (carpeting)

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_...ing+carpet

It would be nice if you could borrow someones original to use for a pattern.

Cut the masonite...Lay it out on the carpeting...Use some type of contact adhesive and after it drys cut around the edges....and install it

1970VWGUY · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:36 am Post subject:

If we could get some volunteers to make templates for each year...we could all make new liners....

I need a pattern for a 1970.. Wink

You could use paper to trace out each piece of masonite and the carpeting itself....I would pay someone for a pattern for mine....Paper is easy and cheap to mail..

vernonc · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:37 pm Post subject:

They are $36.00 from Wolfsburg West and they are NOT MASONITE! d'oh!

I've never seen a beetle with masonite; it's much to stiff.

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shakers73 · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:12 pm Post subject:

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=133863507D

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=133863505B
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1970VWGUY · Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:15 pm Post subject:

Q-Dog · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:00 am Post subject:

The ORIGINAL factory trunk liner is a black cardboard type material that seems to be impregnated with tar or something similar. This is NOT the same material as door panels.

Lots of people install carpet and other stuff over the years, but the factory liner is most definitely not hardboard.
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vernonc · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:38 am Post subject:

Joel · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:12 am Post subject:

The original cardboard liners actually have the basketweave pattern that the seat upholstery has on them, looks like most of the repros don't.
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1970VWGUY · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:13 am Post subject:

Using 1/8 masonite backing glued to speaker carpet would make a nicer looking job than what the original stuff was...

Why do you suppose most of them are gone now...I would guess because the cardboard didn't hold up very well...once cardboard gets a crease in it, it eventually breaks..

Carpeting would help deaden the sound...what do they have in every trunk today ...carpet or cardboard..

jhicken

FWIW, a Super uses both materials. The upper section is all cardboard/fiberboard, the lower section [above the spare] is cardboard/fiberboard with masonite glued beneath it for added support.

To the OP, the original Super Beetle liners are readily available from many retailers [Wolfsburg West, Westcoast Metric, Mid America, etc]. Expensive is relative but if you are on a budget, if you are completely missing them, you might look for a set used, check the classifieds. Even if they are beat, for about $40, you can get a nice carpeted cover from the same retailers. I guess you could just use the carpeted cover, but you'd need something like masonite to cover the spare area.

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Q-Dog · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:17 am Post subject:

sb001 · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:30 am Post subject:

CarlIseminger · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:06 am Post subject:

When I purchased my bug with just 28,000 miles on it, it still had the original trunk liner. It was a cardboard type material that was painted black. It was well used and I finally took it out and laid down a couple of layers of cardboard and then just laid a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet on top to dress it up.
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Q-Dog · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:20 am Post subject:

My '69 had the smooth liner, but what about a Super like the OP is talking about? I have no idea when it changed. I only had 1 Super, a '71, and didn't keep it very long so some of the details are cloudy. But, the '73 owner's manual shows a texture.

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1970VWGUY · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:04 pm Post subject:

I understand the "Keep it original" aspect..

If I bought one and I found out it was just painted cardboard...I might be a little upset. Making one out of black carpet that has the exact shape of the original, that would help to deaden the sound and still hold up to some abuse and be functional....would be my goal....I want to keep mine as original as I can but using a slight upgrade to achive the desired results isn't a bad thing.

OP asked what the material was and I was just letting him know. So painted cardboard and or masonite/carpet are the options. The speaker covering comes in many colors so one could do an original looking liner that was color coordinated to the outside of the car.

I have a question about the original liner....Did it cover the wiring mess and did the fasten in with screws or anything?

In the picture above about the brake fluid....is that the liner actually going over top of the trunk hinge? And did it go down into the spare tire area at all.

Joel · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:08 pm Post subject:

1970VWGUY · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:13 pm Post subject:

Joel · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:25 pm Post subject:

All of mine had a 90degree fold on the top instead of curving like that one but they were non dash fan bugs which have a different trunk liner.
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