Restoring the Factory material on the floor

[leecarrera]

I am doing some surface rust repair on the floor of my 1970 911. Has anyone found a suitable replacement to copy the factory original material. I only have had to remove the piece under the passenger seat. The rest is intact and it would be nice to use something that matches pretty close to what's remaining. Thanks

[JohnT]

Mats are what the factory put under the carpets on early cars (I don't know when this changed). This stuff is poison! It holds the water that enters through any leaky or missing floor seals as well as that which passes by old hard rear window seals or standard issue leaky Targa seals (you get the theme here?). This enables your floor pans, rear seat wells, and read deck panel to rust 24/7 rain or shine.

What material should you use to replace it? I'm just a racer and everything looked heavy so I didn't. Saner folks use various sound insulation materials for which they pay a lot at car stereo shops. Hopefully a Wise member with a properinsulated, quiet car will join the thread and give you some advice on this.

cheers!

johnt

[J-P]

I didn't verify it, but was told that replacement material of this type is available from Stoddard. It comes in a sheet and you put it down with a heat gun to sort of melt it in place.

[denson]

Some say that the use of a thick roofing tar paper does the trick. You could fold it over, gluing the center to create some bulk. Put it down with contact cement. You could spray over it with Wurth Schult for a more factory look. With carpeted mats over it there should be no issue whatsoever.

Good luck.