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harrymarlin Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2018 Posts: 723 Location: Washington, DC
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:36 am Post subject: Padding under rear carpet? |
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When I pulled up the carpet over the rear package tray on my 1967 Beetle convertible, I saw that there was no padding under the horizontal section - just sound deadening on the vertical/firewall section, and some juke behind the rear seat. Was there originally padding there, or was this all there was:
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1967 Ruby Red Convertible Beetle ("Becky")
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anthracitedub Samba Member
Joined: June 20, 2007 Posts: 3241 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:12 am Post subject: Re: Padding under rear carpet? |
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Most cars have the padding there... maybe someone removed it if it got wet. Looks pretty solid, they may have saved it from rust.😁 |
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meranda Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2015 Posts: 277 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:21 am Post subject: Re: Padding under rear carpet? |
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I have a cabrio but have never looked under there,maybe they were different. _________________ Currently filling the garage
1961 beetle cabrio
1971 Superbug
1974 Porsche 911S Targa
1968 1500 Beetle A Project!
Past Garage fillers dozens of type1 &type3 VWs
Jaguar Mk5 & XK120
Lancia Flavia Coupe
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harrymarlin Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2018 Posts: 723 Location: Washington, DC
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: Padding under rear carpet? |
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I did some searching around where the carpet was set aside, and it *does* look like there was padding going all along the bottom of the carpet, and it appears to be a thin coconut fiber, similar to the padding in the convertible top and in the seats. Mine is falling apart, so I'll probably try to find a reproduction (anyone know any like this - not just felt/jute?), but I wanted to share the results of my investigation.
Thanks to all who helped!
_________________ -Harry
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1967 Ruby Red Convertible Beetle ("Becky")
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