We have a '69 300 Deluxe SS396 Chevelle and they came with the rubber mat too. I picked up a repro a few years ago but the pattern on the drivers side isn't correct and fits poorly over the hump. It's more of a stiff plastic rather than the plyable originals. Wouldn't mind a mint original but they are as rare as hens' teeth.
We have a '69 300 Deluxe SS396 Chevelle and they came with the rubber mat too. I picked up a repro a few years ago but the pattern on the drivers side isn't correct and fits poorly over the hump. It's more of a stiff plastic rather than the plyable originals. Wouldn't mind a mint original but they are as rare as hens' teeth.
I'm having the same problem Keith. I didn't like the fit of the first one I put in and the second one was no better. Threes a charm?
the original rubber style mat that was found in the entry level cars have not been available for many years. No one reproduces such a product. The item that Brad and others speak about was developed for off road use, police cars, taxis and other heavy work vehicles. Many of the applications are not vacumn molded but made in a carpet mold so may not fit as expected. Cost wise the same as a molded carpet
Think "carpet" would keep the noise down too!!!! & add some "class" to a base line car. Remember the Road Runner when it 1st. came out, rubber mats, looked like a TAXI interior, seats as well. but I guess it kept the cost down.
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Carpet I believe-- back "in the day" on lower/cheaper models was probably an option, therefore the rubber mat. I like carpet as it is quieter (road noise) and you can clean it easier!
There just might be a pent up demand for these old rubber mats. When we bought the Chevelle it had carpet installed and the rubber mat was gone. I had buckets and console in the car too for a while. Once I found the original material to repair the seat and the rubber/plastic mat from Dale's Musclecar Parts, I put it back more or less original. The car still has the Stewart-Warner tach and gauges that the original owner installed. Just something neat about having them the way they were so that people can enjoy some of th oddball old stuff. Then, with the MOT charging people for not having smog equipment I even put that stuff on the engine. At least I can drive around now without having one eye on the rear view mirror all the time. Now there's sacrilege.
We have a '69 300 Deluxe SS396 Chevelle and they came with the rubber mat too. I picked up a repro a few years ago but the pattern on the drivers side isn't correct and fits poorly over the hump. It's more of a stiff plastic rather than the plyable originals. Wouldn't mind a mint original but they are as rare as hens' teeth.
hey guys you can re mold the newer material with a blowdryer or carfully with a heat gun and add more insualtion to pad it up
You mean you can try. When I put the molded rubber floor mat in my 69 I layed it on the floor in the shop in direct sun with the floor heat on. Put it in the car with the windows up on a hot sunny summer day, put a electric heater in the car with it, and got the temperature to 95 degrees. I added additional heat with a heat gun, added padding underneath and when it cooled down it started going back to the shape it was. I'll be polite; these aftermarket rubber floor mats are the most ignorant pieces of @*&^&$%* garbage I have ever worked with.
Never thought of it, but more padding underneath might must increase the radius enough to take out the wrinkles. They had to have moulded them over something original. The engine shot was before the smog system was put back on. I don't have a good interior shot on this computer.
-- Edited by Keith Tedford on Thursday 1st of December 2011 07:11:35 PM
