Brad Kahler wrote:
> I had hoped to get this sent to the list this past weekend but I haven't had a
> chance to discuss a couple of issues with Mark Walker. I called to talk with
> him and found out that there was a recent tragedy suffered within his family
> and he wasn't available.
>
> Anyway, on the whole I'm happy with the carpet kit that was supplied. The
> quality seems to be very nice. The coloring also seems to match quite well
> with the photos in Piggotts book. The bottom of the carpet has some kind
> of rubber coating on it. Might help it resist moisture to a certain extent.
>I
> plant to ask Mark what the rubber coating actually is.
>
> The carpet kit was a total of 14 pieces. The carpet section for the drivers
> footwell fits nicely and has a nice rubber mat in the center of it. The
> passenger side does NOT have the rubber mat. The two pieces that fit
> under the seats also fits nicely as does the piece that covers the driveshaft
> hump. There is a small 1/4 circle piece that fits the differential bump on
>the
> rear deck and it fits fine.
>
> The 2 pieces that cover the inner sills appear to be right but I am a little
> confused as to how they fit in the car. From the looks of the cuts on it my
> guess is they will fit fine.
>
> The 2 pieces of carpet that fit on the outer side walls located in the
> footwells fit nicely. However one thing about them confused me. The
> parts catalogue shows that there should be a piece of hardboard on each
> side wall and the carpet should be glued to it. The carpet sections supplied
> each had the jut backing glued to it. I'm not sure if the jut backing would
> have to be removed before gluing to the boards or not. I don't have those
> boards so I couldn't play with the fit. BUT, the carpet sections themselves
> seemed to fit just fine. So there is NO complaint here, just an installation
> question.
>
> There was piece supplied to be glued to the firewall around the the
> transmission opening. I didn't fit that piece but from laying it out on the
> floor and then comparing it to the opening it sure looked ok to me.
>
> Now for the two areas of concern.
>
> The rear deck mat fit nicely on top. Almost a perfect fit. However where it
> folded down there is a problem with the curved cutout that fits around the
> driveshaft hump. Its to hard to explain the problem with it so I've taken
> some pictures and they are located at my web site. If you click on the
> following URL's you can see the various pictures that I took of this area. In
> all honesty the whole problem with this piece may just be my method of
> installation. I don't have the rear squab in place so I couldn't really tell
>for
> sure where the place the carpet exactly. I do want to talk to Mark about
> that piece and get his feed back. The way I had it sitting in the car I felt
>it
> could be done differently to provide a better fit.
>
> Just the rear deck.
>
> http://www.141.com/triumphs/hump-bare.jpg
>
> Rear deck with hump covering.
>
> http://www.141.com/triumphs/hump-rear.jpg
>
> The last area of concern was the transmission tunnel coverings. There
> were two pieces provided. I really think the upper piece I think should be
> about 1 to 1 1/2" longer front to back. Placing it where I "thought" was
> appropriate resulted in a little more than 1" gap up by the firewall. The
> lower piece has the overall correct shape but where there should have been
> a hole with a sewn edging around it for the shifter there was just a U
> shaped piece of carpet cut out. This allows for part of the tunnel cover to
> be exposed in that area. Again, see the photos. This was probably the
> single most disturbing thing to me. I was hoping for a nice fit there. Again
> I will ask Mark about this and see if there is anything that can be done to
> remedy it. Worst case is I will need to get some carpet and have a local
> shop correct the problem. Best case would be for the factory to correct the
> problem for me.
>
> Top half of tunnel housing.
>
> http://www.141.com/triumphs/tunnel-top.jpg
>
> Bottom half of tunnel housing.
>
> http://www.141.com/triumphs/tunnel-bottom.jpg
>
> I want to restate again that I have NOT had a chance to talk to Mark about
> any of this and am with holding any judgment until I do talk so. So far all
>of
> my dealings with him have been on the up and up and I have no reason to
> think that won't be the case now. Shortly after he shipped the carpet to me
> he phoned and left a message asking me to call him so we could discuss the
> quality and fit of the carpet once I had a chance to look it over. Not to
> many venders would do that!
>
> Considering the carpeting was $150 plus shipping I feel it was a very good
> buy even with the problems mentioned above.
>
> Let me know if you have any specific questions and I'll try and answer them.
>
> Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
> My Web Site Http://www.141.com/triumphs (updated 2/15/99)
>
> 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L
> 1962 TR4 CT288L -- 1965 TR4 CT38888LO parts car?
> 1959 TR3A TS41311L -- 1959 TR3A TS53523L parts car
> 1951 1/2 ton Dodge Truck B-3-B-108
Brad,
I've seen this many times on the carpet sets. That particular set looks like
it is
tailored to a TR-4A through TR-6. The extra "humps" cut in the rear deck piece
are
designed to clear the parking brake cables. Since the later cars use an extra
cardboard (now plastic) piece in that area that effectively raises the center
tunnel,
the humps don't show on the later cars. Same holds for the trans tunnel. The
cuts,
etc. are hidden under the center console.
I do like the look of the set from the photos and I hope to order a set for a
TR-250
from Mark soon. Thanks for posting the photos to look at!
Regards,
Brian Schlorff '61 TR-4 '64 TR-4 '72 TR-6 '79 Spit
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