Didn't you get the wet ankle from water coming in the fresh air vent
from the intake in front of the windshield?
daveS
----- Original Message -----
From: datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
To: Terry and Donna Cost <tcost@vvm.com>; Datsun Roadsters
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: carpet
> While I don't make a habit of using the Roadster in the rain
whenever I go
> to the Glen it usually rains. One year it rained so much and so hard
I heard
> slushing noises from all the water on the floors. I remained
completely dry
> and I still don't know how or where it gets in from. I had to
completely
> strip out the interior to dry everything using fans.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry and Donna Cost" <tcost@vvm.com>
> To: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 6:03 PM
> Subject: carpet
>
>
> > I just got in from a long weekend and have been reading the carpet
items.
> I
> > put new carpets in a year or two ago and I used the mylar and
bubble wrap
> > insulation they sell at Lowes (Home Depot, etc) for my underlay.
I cut
> out
> > pieces using cardboard patterns and connected the pieces together
with
> gray
> > duct tape, then duct taped them to the floor and sides of the
cockpit. I
> > then had a local upholsterer glue "mouse fur" carpet to the
insulation.
> > When I need to take out pieces of carpet they come apart at the
gray tape
> > seams and can be taped back in easily. I took some of the carpet
out to
> > install a different roll bar. Everything went back together and
the carpet
> > looks good. The mylar insulation is super light and insulates
against
> noise
> > and heat very well. I don't drive in the rain in my datsun, so I
don't
> know
> > if the floorboard carpets retain water, but I'll bet they don't
retain
> that
> > much. If you use a one-piece carpet from a list supplier, you can
still
> use
> > the underlay, just cut small circles where the snaps will go. I'm
pulling
> > for you. We're all in this together.
> >
> > Leisure Suit Terry
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