Rear end upholstry

[gr8hunter1 at comcast.net (Jacob Hawes)]

I asked because I wasn't sure if there was water damage and the 
upholstery had to be removed or if this was stock. I gather that what I 
have is stock. Black "carpet" lining for the bed, nothing over the sides 
or rear lights. In light of this I already have an idea of how I want to 
"fix it up." I just don't know how much it will cost. Basicly it 
involves foam, most likely thin sheet metal, maybe wood or hardboard and 
linex spray on truck bed liner.

Gordon Forbess wrote:

>On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 15:46:14 -0700, Jacob Hawes
><gr8hunter1@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>What kind of upholstery is supposed to be in the trunk of an '80 roc? 
>>floor, sides and hatch.
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>Here's the project I finished a couple of months ago. carpeting the
>trunk area.  I'll spare you the "before" picture - you know what it
>looks like.  
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>http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/trunk.jpg
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>I had searched numerous bone yards for the carpeting that came in
>later cars, but it was always in sad shape - and stunk.  Decided to
>invest a little in refurbishing - as it turned out, it was cheaper
>than I thought.  Materials were:
>
>2 yards (by 48in) unbacked carpet (speaker carpet)
>2 yards vinyl backed carpet (same stuff, vinyl sprayed)
>2 quarts contact cement
>1 roll (50 sq ft)Pergo flooring underlayment (dense foam sound
>deadening for trunk floor)
>2 18 x 24 x 2 foam sound deadening panels (rear quarter panels)
>1 4 x 4 piece 1/4in masonite (new spare tire cover)
>
>The Pergo stuff ($30) isn't Dynamat, but in multiple layers it serves
>the purpose and also resulted in a soft floor.  All of my cuttings
>were stuffed into the rear fenders for more sound control.
>
>The unbacked carpet (speaker carpet) worked easily around the inner
>wheel wells and inside the rear panel and sticks well with the contact
>cement - glue as you go.  Also covered the cardboard side panels and
>inside of the rear deck lid. I had enough vinyl backed carpet to make
>two complete floor pieces as well as cover the rear seat back.
>
>Total cost of materials was about $75 and I spent about 8 hours doing
>the job.  http://partsexpress.com was the source of the carpet and
>some sound deadening material.  The rest is Home Depot.
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>Gordon
>
>75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
>http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm
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