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Type 65 / Nippy floor covering
Colin Wilks Offline
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Car type: Type 65 1934 + RP 1932
#1
29-06-2022, 11:14 AM
My 65 has some ordinary carpet on its floor and transmission tunnel. This has been fitted pretty well but doesn't look right. I have an idea that the car was fitted originally with rubber mats. Is my thinking correct and does anyone know what style of rubber matting was used?
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Mike Costigan Offline
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#2
29-06-2022, 02:56 PM
They were, indeed, rubber mats; from memory three pieces - two floor mats and one for the prop-shaft tunnel. They were basically special versions of the Ruby mats, with a moulded border pattern.
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Colin Wilks Offline
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#3
29-06-2022, 03:15 PM
Many thanks Mike. If anyone has a photo of a Ruby mat I'd be very interested.
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#4
29-06-2022, 04:16 PM
Like these?

https://www.theaustinsevenworkshop.com/p...-low-frame

Propshaft tunnel new replacements, as far as I am aware, do not exist due to the prohibitive cost of 3D moulding
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John Cornforth Offline
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#5
29-06-2022, 04:33 PM
Hi

If you look at Publication 1521 in the A7CA archive, there are details of the late Ruby mats.

http://archive.a7ca.org/wp-content/uploads/PL_1521.pdf    
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Colin Wilks Offline
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#6
29-06-2022, 07:45 PM
Thanks both. Something to work with.
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Peter Naulls Offline
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#7
30-06-2022, 01:28 PM
A couple more pics for you Colin, the first one from a "for sale" ad some time ago.

   

   

If you need details of the edge pattern or the rib spacing etc. let me know.
http://www.peternaulls.co.uk
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#8
30-06-2022, 02:20 PM
Am I right that the tunnel ones are no longer available?
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30-06-2022, 07:42 PM
You're correct, they're not I'm afraid.
http://www.peternaulls.co.uk
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Car type: Ruby mk 2
#10
01-07-2022, 05:37 AM
Hello
I am just about to attempt making my own Ruby floor covering.
Hoping to use 3mm castle profile rubber
Anyone had a go at this ?
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