Re: [alfa] 74 Spider rear mats behind the seats

["The Baylys" <dabaylys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew, that's one hellava email address you have there !!

Have a look here. http://www.worlduph.com/hubpageALFA.htm

I suspect they are more expensive than ReOriginals especially seeing their
price list is from 2002.

Anyone care to comment on how these guys carpet sets are priced against the
competition ?  I need carpet for my Duetto.  Not going for originality
(sorry Biba !) merely functionality.  A few hundred dollars is better than
over a thousand for proper rubber mats.

My tunnel mat is fine so I only need to cover floors and sills.  Is it
plausible (read neat) to make these sections oneself from flat carpet and
then have the edges trimmed ??

Also, I have sourced some closed-cell heat and sound insulated matting I
intend using as underfelt in leiu of the old jute.  Comments on whether this
is wise ?  I realise it doesn't hold water but as it will not breathe like
jute am I just going to end up rusting the floors more rapidly ?   I've
considered cutting a small rearward facing scoop in the lowest part of the
floors to allow drainage.

Beatle
'67 Duetto
Oz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nonuniform@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:32 AM
Subject: [alfa] 74 Spider rear mats behind the seats


> Hi,
>
> I can't seem to find a replacement rubber mat that covered the tranny hump
> behind the front seats on my 74 Spider. I've checked the usual suspects,
> Re-Originals, etc. but noone seems to carry that part.
>
> Am I missing something, any other sources for this mat? Do any other later
> series Spider mats fit my 74? Anyone parting out a Series 2...?
>
> (suspicious rant alert - now that I realize how rare that bit is, I'm
> wondering how it really disappeared...I got my car back from my mechanic
> on Friday, who shall remain nameless, and it was missing the rubber mat
> that covered the tranny hump behind the seats. The stitching was torn out
> of the two side pieces and the center piece was missing. Of course, the
> mechanic knew nothing about it...)
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Andrew
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