Void underneath rear luggage bay ( fill with sound deadener?)

[russelltatedotcom]

Is it worth filling the area underneath the rear luggage bay? If so what are most people using?

[kiwighia68]

I made a sock using a stocking and filled it with strips of half-inch thick carpet underlay. I used the same system inside the door panels and in the area under the quarter-windows, and also in the engine compartment in the side pockets where the tar boards used to be.

It made a big difference to the sound levels inside the cabin.
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Resto completed Dec 2015

[jeffrey8164]

I put some heavy acoustical foam in mine. Should have "socked" it.
It's turning to fine dust and I have to vacuum often as the subwoofer blows that stuff out its nooks and crannies.
That's a project for the deader of summer when I'm not going to be driving it.
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[Loren]

Originally there was a piece of pressboard / Masonite that was nailed across that opening.

[sputnick60]

[russelltatedotcom]

Did the same thing Nicholas! Removed the strip and put it somewhere safe ( that was 3 years) I’m sure once I Install an alternative… it will show up again.
Good call on the carpet strips and ‘sock’ might give that a go)
Was the sock just an old canvas sack or something sewn together?

[kiwighia68]