[Spridgets] Fw: Frogeye Rubber Carpets

Wed Dec 5 03:35:47 MST 2018

Hey Guys,
Cool thread, I've seen the original rubber mats and these aren't that close
which surprises me that nobody has been able to reproduce them. I like how
Bob Kiitterer put it regarding the originals as "crap" (one of my favorite
words.....wink). I remember when I almost bought an original black set for
Pinky for a whopping $500. from Jay and Frank convinced me to keep my money
: ). Expensive yes but it would have been cool to have.
Spridget Powered,
Linda
62 California Sprite Pinky

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 6:55 AM Rick Fisk via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Herb,
>
> You can buy ribbed floor runner material at most Ace Hardware store that
> looks very much like the original ribbed rubber door liners.  Only comes in
> black though.
>
> Rick
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
> On Nov 27, 2018, at 10:30 PM, WFO Herb via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Are they producing the black mat(t) material for inside the BE doors?
>
> Herb
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 12:06 PM Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Here is the lengthy response I got from AH Spares with pictures of the
>> prototypes of the ribbed rubber carpets.  I guess they are still tweaking
>> them for more originality at the moment.
>> Mike MacLean
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>> *From:* Keith Bates <keith at ah4h.co.uk>
>> *To:* rrengineer.mike at att.net <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
>> *Cc:* sales at ah4h.co.uk <sales at ah4h.co.uk>
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 26, 2018, 6:51:17 AM PST
>> *Subject:* Frogeye Rubber Carpets
>>
>> Dear Mr Maclean,
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks for your email and for contacting our company. It’s great
>> news that word is getting around about our plans to reproduce these rubber
>> mats for the early Sprites. It’s been a personal mission for more than 25
>> years now and as I’m at the final stages of a 3 year Mk1 restoration I was
>> determined that this car wouldn’t have carpets fitted at any cost. Things
>> evolved further when I managed to find a UK source for ribbed red rubber.
>> The ribs are slightly finer than the original and the red is more
>> terracotta but in many ways it does look like the colour of a 60 year old
>> slightly faded original mat rather than shiny new ones . It’s still in very
>> early stages of development but I’d like to think that we will have
>> something to offer within the next 6 weeks. I have attached pictures of the
>> mats fitted to my own car on which we developed them, plus some of the
>> display that we had on our stand at a Sprite 60th show in England this
>> year. As you can see the plain rubber areas are made of a matching vinyl
>> and stitched to the rubber which works well. The floor mats have been cut
>> in 2 sections and again with the plain area made of matching vinyl but not
>> stitched together. We tried this but the fit was poor so it was decided
>> that trimming the cross member and chassis section in loose vinyl would
>> give a better result and then to lay the cut ribbed rubber pieces over the
>> top. In time we want to look at removing sections of the ribbing to detail
>> the heel mat, the borders and possibly even the circular inscription on the
>> left side of the tunnel with the words ‘Lift Mat To Fill’.  Also another
>> area that we need to investigate into further is the direction of the
>> ribbing on the tunnel sides. I have now seen this in both vertical and
>> horizontal on so called original sets. It maybe that we will need to offer
>> both unless we can determine which is most accurate but both ways is
>> possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> With the help of a recognised English Sprite expert and the loan of the
>> patterns he had made many years ago for his own hand made mats, we were
>> able to accurately recreate a good fitting tunnel cover. I must be clear
>> that these mats are not pre-moulded as the originals but are more an
>> acceptable attempt at something close to the appearance and that can be
>> produced and sold for a reasonable price. At the moment it’s too early to
>> give you an accurate price as we don’t yet have all costs  but are hoping
>> to keep the price around the £300 mark for the set including the door
>> liners. Also we would only be able to supply in red and black but are
>> hopeful of blue and green in the future. This may depend on sales as the
>> supplier of the red require a minimum 100 meter order to produce in other
>> colours. We are prepared to invest in this if sales look remotely
>> possible.  We will certainly be making some notable publicity when the kits
>> are ready to sell and I will of course contact you directly to advise.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you need to know more, then please feel free to contact me or call to
>> discuss.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Keith.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> keith at ah4h.co.uk
>>
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>>
>>
>> On your web site you mention ribbed rubber carpets for the Frogeye.  I
>> could not find them listed in the catalog.  Any information on when they
>> will be available and what price?
>>
>> Mike MacLean
>>
>> San Bernardino, California
>>
>>
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