Late Ruby/Pearl Door Card Carpet

[Ivor Hawkins]

I love the little aluminium plate repair at the bottom of the B post! Yes, a lovely original car, you can’t manufacture patina like that.

[Denis Sweeney]

My Ruby is an early and so will not be exactly as yours Martin but I attach some pics which may be useful and may give you a clue to a way forward.

Whilst I move the originality, unfortunately Ivor I was not too enamoured with the numerous aluminium patches, pop rivets and copious amounts of body filler that appeared when stripping my Ruby and the extensive rewelding required....

[Nigel Ricardo]

Yes by all means, but there is no carpet on it at all, just the smaller door pocket,could you send me by PM your email address as I don't know how to attach photos here, so I will email them.

[Ivor Hawkins]

Whilst I move the originality, unfortunately Ivor I was not too enamoured with the numerous aluminium patches, pop rivets and copious amounts of body filler that appeared when stripping my Ruby and the extensive rewelding required....

I have to agree Denis pop rivetted plates aren’t ideal but the are a particularly period feature!

[Denis Sweeney]

Actually thinking about it Ivor my comments are a bit rich, my first ever car was an Austin A40 Farina which I found to be a total rust bucket which I put a complete new floor in with ………. Aluminium and pop rivets including the sills and copious amounts of filler……mea culpa, doh!!

[Ivor Hawkins]

I think we are all guilty to some extent, the floor of my Ford Anglia 100E was patched with oil cans and underseal!

[Reckless Rat]

Luxury! You were lucky. We used to dream of having a floor in our Cortina...