I still rest my feet on the original carpet that my 56 New Yorker came with. There's a lot of the original padding underneath it. Not sure what it's made of, but it sure takes a long time to dry out if it gets wet.
My wife had me go with her to pick up some tile she seen on Craig's List for our bathroom. It would really cheese her off if I put it in my car before we put it in the bathroom. But to answer the original question bare metal and anti skid rubber so far.
My '47 Ford has factory-style rubber mat in front, factory-style carpet in back (weird but stock) My Nomad has loop weave carpet
Right now two layers of peel and seal with some short pile indoor outdoor carpet. Though I've got a roll of half inch thick jute on its way. After 4 years I broke down and have been trying to get the road noise down as much as I can with the fantasy of being able to speak to someone sitting next to me at 75mph
Tim, is that even possible? I have the metal floor that came off of the factory assembly line. I would like to get a rubber mat from Jim Carter, but I am spending my money well before I remember that summers suck in Phoenix while my Converse's are on the verge on melting off of my feet.
You know im starting to doubt it lol. I'm hoping with the jute, more firewall insulation and full upholstery it'll get me closer. Guess I'll know in the spring but as of now the car feels much more solid with less rattles and... Sorta oil canning body noises. It's way better at surface street speed and then less and less effective the faster I go.
Plates screwed to marine plywood in the RPU that I sold... No pairs of plates were used....Still have some more of these rusty crustys for the next floor too.
Spent a lot of time designing and a fair bit of money having nice bead rolled panels made to run bare. It's a roadster with no roof. Nanny state I live in said it must be carpeted. Common sense is not that common. Oh so I run German weave carpet. Looks OK.
Had a 63 Ford Patrol car with rubber floor cover so the Police could "hose out" the car after a bloody fight or a sickly drunk. I put a carpet floor mat over it when it was date night... Still looked and smelled like squad car!
I have a few years old post on here where I was trying to replace the white rubber mats my car came with. They make some for Cadillac that are several hundred. I also wanted Trinidad, black with silver, but still too spendy, so I went with black loop. I bought extra, cut out floor mat shapes after making paper patterns. Then I took it to an upholstery shop where they sewed white vinyl around the outer edge. Everyone likes the look.
I use Lizard Skin with heat shield and noise deadener in all of my cars before applying carpet or a rubber mat. It "tightens up the car and cuts down on the heat. I also apply it inside the doors, sides and to the roof., everywhere! It makes for a cool and comfortable ride.
In my Model A it was plywood. In my Model T it was plywood stained and clear coated after wood burning some fancy script and facts about the builder, me. For my 41 Ford and 55 Chevy it's Rustolium then roll roof tar paper, 1/2" carpet pad, Home Depot black tight weave carpet, and 55 Chevy style floor mats. Same with the 41 Ford except Tweety Bird floor mats. For the 48 Chevy panel it's rattle can primer and silver bubble insulation from Lowes. That's as far as I got. Nuthin but the best.
Rusty factory sheet metal and some K-mart flamed floor mats. "Ugotpk" here on the board, used a really nice thick bathroom rug for the floor in his 1956 F100. Real nice on bare feet and looks pretty cool too!
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