Topic: 1970 Convertible trunk mat on a Cali car wth gas evap in trunk

[SCJSTU]

ok,
so what does an original trunk mat look like when it is laid over the Cali evap stuff in the trunk?.....

I am putting that stuff back on my car and have the orig mat....looks funny?

[J_Speegle]

Since you  have a convertible we know that it is a Dearborn car rather than a San Jose built one.

It appears to me that at Dearborn they used the standard mat (no special mat like some San Jose cars used) so it just bunches up and over time often wear through (over the evap hook up to tank)

Do you have the underlayment installed over the gas tank (the evap area should be cut out on it)? This will reduce the differences between one level and the other and reduce the effect

Just a thought

[SCJSTU]

no underlayerment as its a repo tank and I am adding back the evap piping for looks only...

seems weird that the mat would just lay over it looking lumpy?.......but thats the only way I see it...

anyone got a shot of how the trunk mat looks like for a convertible built in 1970 with the evap emmission stuff from the gas tank?

[SCJSTU]

Carl sent me this pic....thanks!

[J_Speegle]

Older tread  but ran across another original example I thought I would post

Unlike some of the other examples I've seen this one used the same (non- Evap) trunk mat





A related item is the trunk luggage protector normally glued over the pinch weld between the inner and outer wheel housing. Unlike the non-Evap cars that used the "normal" thin rubber cover approx 8-9" long a short piece of interior windlacing (black) was cut and installed below the vent attachment point

[SCJSTU]

thanks Jeff.....