Does anyone know if the rubber/asphaltic material that Toyota used to protect the floorboards in the 40 and 55 series is still available in some form or other. It was a about 3/16" thick and adhered to the top surface of the floorboards. Looking to use it in a restoration. I do not want to use the foil-faced material available at Eastwood.
OEM floorboard protection
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If you really must (I wouldn't), you could spray on some lizard skins on the driver's floor board. The passenger side did not have it. There is also a pattern of it on the tranny tunnel. The MT bracket is embedded into the goop. Edit:
Hard to see, but the insulation goes past the seat bracket, not quite as far down in the back as it goes on the sides.
IMO, a sweet resto would be painted floor boards with a nice OEM rubber mat that was backed with foil-type insulation like you're talking about. The insulation would go with the mat and you could lift it up and show off the sweet floor boards.
I would not put any of that crap on the floor boards. Monstaliner can be paintmatched and it would insulate the floor. Kind of OEMish.
Hard to see, but the insulation goes past the seat bracket, not quite as far down in the back as it goes on the sides.
IMO, a sweet resto would be painted floor boards with a nice OEM rubber mat that was backed with foil-type insulation like you're talking about. The insulation would go with the mat and you could lift it up and show off the sweet floor boards.
I would not put any of that crap on the floor boards. Monstaliner can be paintmatched and it would insulate the floor. Kind of OEMish.
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As you can see, I hate removing it more than I hate it. Wheeling with no mats sucks. It gets about the texture of bubble gum and sticks to your shoes. I"ve got a floor mat I found when we were wheeling that's cut out for the roll cage.
Not sure how you're going to reproduce the quilt patterns there on the tranny tunnel.
Not sure how you're going to reproduce the quilt patterns there on the tranny tunnel.
Fast Eddy said:
Best way to remove it is to wait until a 25-35 degree day when the rig is cold soaked and chip it off with a screw driver you don't care about. It will come off in chunks from 1" square to 5" or 6" on the odd lucky occasion. Plan most of a day to really get everything off and spirits to clean the little bits.
An air hammer with a chisel point works really great for removing the oem floor covering asphalt stuff.
brian
SILVER Star
cold day approach works well.
Floorboards
Hey Fast Eddy, why not lizard skin on the floorboards? I'm just about done cutting out all the asphalt and was planning on lining the entire front in noise and heat reduction lizard skin? Any better alternative to reduce heat first, then reduce noise?
Hey Fast Eddy, why not lizard skin on the floorboards? I'm just about done cutting out all the asphalt and was planning on lining the entire front in noise and heat reduction lizard skin? Any better alternative to reduce heat first, then reduce noise?
Subscribed! I'm getting pretty tired of my feet melting to the floor as well. Would love to see what others have done for insulation.
The OP was talking about a "restoration".
I'd put lizard skins on the bottom of the tub and do the floor with tinted monstaliner. The texture is much better and body-color is how it's supposed to be, not black.
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lizard skin?
Thanks for your comments. What is this "Lizard Skin" you are referring to. Is this a product name or something more generic.
Thanks for your comments. What is this "Lizard Skin" you are referring to. Is this a product name or something more generic.
I restored two vw beetles back in the day day that used the black tar board stuff on the floors about 1/8th inch thick..heated up after a while and shaped itself around the contours of the floor. slick on top with a sticky tar based bottom. Try west coast metric for it.
Living in the Past
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I will probably keep the original tar based cover on my 76 since I want to keep it original as possible. But having the OEM floor mat helps with sticky floor.I would never keep it if I didn't have it covered. I didn't bother taking it off the 76 transmission cover I modified to use in my 68. But I am also using a 74-78 floor mat which fit preet well with the higher transmission cover. I m Curious did the floor switch on RHD vehicles or stay on the left side since that is where the exhaust ran.
Once you get the main part of the covering off WD40 works good to soften tar. Let it soak for a while. Advantage less likely to put scatches in the floor.
Once you get the main part of the covering off WD40 works good to soften tar. Let it soak for a while. Advantage less likely to put scatches in the floor.
shipmag
Hagler Technology LLC. Aka Shipmag
What about using dynamat it sheilds the heat and reduces the noise so they claim thought about putting it in my 74 my son has.
