New trunk boards and carpet.

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New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby zachmac » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:59 pm

Just finished cutting new trunk boards and then carpeting everything and couldn't help but think it came out pretty well! Not bad for $20 of carpet from Home Depot. Now to mount and wire that stereo amp!

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Still debating carpet on the battery box. Opinions?
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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby klweimer » Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:04 pm

I'd vote "no" on carpeting the battery box.
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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby aj81spider » Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:56 am

I carpeted mine. I built a custom box around it because I have a battery disconnect and left a hole at the top to get to the disconnect. Here's what it looks like if that helps you make a decision.

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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby DUCeditor » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:03 pm

Beautiful work, both of you!

How'd you fit, cut and attach it? (Gotta be more than just being clever!)

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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby DRUMMOND » Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:04 pm

Both of them look great! Well done.

I would go with the carpet cover.

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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby PhillySpider » Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:26 am

do you glue it down? Velcro?...or just lay it in?

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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby aj81spider » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:45 am

On mine I used Velcro strips to hold the carpet to the plywood. They hold very well so the carpet doesn't move at all.

For the battery box I glued it to the wood as the box comes off as one assembly.


To cut and fit it I made cardboard templates. I basically got close with a large piece of cardboard, then taped smaller pieces to it following the contours of the trunk. I used that to cut out the plywood, then used the plywood as a template to cut out the carpet. Getting the cardboard right was fiddly. Leave the old plywood in the trunk as you're doing it to provide a solid base, as the cardboard starts to get floppy - especially as you tape more and more pieces to it that are following the contours of the trunk.
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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby Texsardo » Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:19 pm

Great job. I'll be doing mine soon. But big question, what are electrical connections beside the drivers side of battery?

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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby Odoyle » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:26 pm

Texsardo wrote:Great job. I'll be doing mine soon. But big question, what are electrical connections beside the drivers side of battery?


Trunk Light, it has a small bulb and housing that attaches to a clip.

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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby zachmac » Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:17 pm

Texsardo wrote:Great job. I'll be doing mine soon. But big question, what are electrical connections beside the drivers side of battery?


Actually NOT the trunk light wire (that is a single wire much higher up).

Most of it is connections for a stereo amp I need to re-install. The fuse box I installed for various loads back there, the electric fuel pump, thew stereo amp, an electric antenna and whatever else I might add. To the left of the fuse box is a relay for the fuel pump. You can also just barely see the Ford inertia switch I put in the path to the pump mounted to the side of the battery box.
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Re: New trunk boards and carpet.

Postby Texsardo » Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:11 pm

Thanks, just wondering. Thought might be a complicated battery cut out. Anti theft. I routed one under dash of my 65 GOT. Switch off, car dead.


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