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Sat Aug 16, 2025 8:37 pm

richparker wrote: I used that carpeting in my old ‘68 bus and I also used it in my current ‘65 Beetle build. It’ll last a good amount of time, it doesn’t like the sun tho.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2561613.jpg

Nice, looks good there. Unfortunately I still have a couple gaps in my rubber mat underneath, from the original middle seat mount points and such. Despite that it's nice to walk on for sure

Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:46 am

You gotta cut holes in the subfloor for the seat mounts or the subfloor will not lay flat. Square holes if I remember correctly.

Sun Aug 17, 2025 6:21 am

richparker wrote: You gotta cut holes in the subfloor for the seat mounts or the subfloor will not lay flat. Square holes if I remember correctly.

2 at the back and 2 on the side, plus a 1/4" subfloor to make the centre even with the raised outer lips, if you want it flat

Sun Aug 17, 2025 8:56 am

There it is! I thought I remembered doing that.

Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:08 am

W1K1 wrote: richparker wrote: You gotta cut holes in the subfloor for the seat mounts or the subfloor will not lay flat. Square holes if I remember correctly.

2 at the back and 2 on the side, plus a 1/4" subfloor to make the centre even with the raised outer lips, if you want it flat

Pretty sure those are only on wesfalias, I just have some flat plates with slots in the floor for the original 7-passenger config seats. No subfloor. I made some T-head bolts to secure the rear bed to those original slots. Bit hard to explain, maybe I should've taken more photos.

Anyway, the only issue is with the original rubber mat under my carpet having some extra holes in it that become uneven spots in my carpet as a result. Not really a big deal, I can live with it. I appreciate the info however

Edit: here's an old photo I found, shows the plates I have in my floor as a passenger bus

Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:00 pm

Was just gonna drive 10 minutes to work but ended up driving around until the sun went down :lol:

Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:12 pm

Nice! Is that over on the Island? The one pic looked like the ferry terminal in Tsawwassen but I don't remember a tree that big along the causeway.

Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:18 pm

Shonandb wrote: Nice! Is that over on the Island? The one pic looked like the ferry terminal in Tsawwassen but I don't remember a tree that big along the causeway.

Nearly, that's the waterfront in Qualicum. Same same

Fri Oct 03, 2025 7:54 pm

Door panels, 1/8" birch ply. Fitted with rivnuts

Its nice to be weathertight again in time for the rainy season

Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:16 pm

Looks good!

Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:18 pm

Shonandb wrote: Looks good!

Thanks :D

Wed Oct 15, 2025 6:02 pm

Made a little flatpack table for the campsite. Bit of a goofy project but only took an hour after work. Wasn't very fond of some of the cheap camp tables that are available so figured I'd give it a go. Stores nice and flat behind the passenger seat.

Thu Oct 16, 2025 1:51 am

What a beautiful, simple, elegant design!

It could store flat on the back bench with ~zero space need

Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:49 am

Abscate wrote: What a beautiful, simple, elegant design!

It could store flat on the back bench with ~zero space need

Thanks :D that is a good spot, actually. You could make a fairly large one in that case, mine was limited in size as I built it to store behind the passenger but now you got me thinking...

Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:17 pm

Stormy camping. Was so great.

Definitely need to get my early westy table installed and my cabinet built...