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This is my first post . I think my wife is giving me original style floor matt for my 52 1300. What goes up the firewall from the floor on the interior? I want to stay original.

Rusty bolt.

Not absolutely certain on a 52 but more than likely the same as my 59. This area was originally covered with a jute backed firewall cover constructed of oil impregnated cardboard. Don't think you will have any luck locating a repro though. I ended up going with the ABS plastic and am totally satisfied so far. You will find others made of fiberglass but I don't recommend the rubber ones offered by some suppliers as they are cheap, cheap, cheap.

Thanks for the info. Sounds like I should go with the plastic type. Can anyone suggest a specific supplier?

Thanks for the info. Sounds like I should go with the plastic type. Can anyone suggest a specific supplier?

I would try American Classics first since he is our sponser here. Most of the old truck parts suppliers will have them available. I happened to get mine from Quiet Ride Solutions.

hello rusty bolt when you say plastic is it a b s

Welcome aboard Rusty Bolt.

Hey Rusty
Welcome

Use the ABS backed by jute for the firewall stuff and rubber matt for floor.
I also spray glued an extra jute material on top of the one that is supplied w/ your new firewall board. The jute material is pretty thin stuff and a little xtra couldn't hurt (I also have a local upholster supply store close by).
this only covers the wall not the slanted floor where your feet land. that would be a rubber mat or carpet (your choice). I also placed some sound 'dynamat' pads and a double sided foil insulation to help kill the road noise.
consider cutting access panel out to gain access to the under side of your seat w/o removing the seat bottom. my .02

Bruce K. and carolines truck-

Did you two install the firewall cover when your trucks were torn apart?

I bought the fiberglass one from Jim Carter's while the sale was on (Alberto okayed the purchase).

Our truck is not torn down & he had a bear of a time, ended up moving the steering column by un-bolting the four bolts near the adjustment

Well, that wasn't a good idea.

I had tried to tell him we'd use it on the big truck when we had it all apart but no...in he plunged (and in I went too :rolleyes: )

Did you guys have any problems? He said he probably wasn't the only one it had happened to.

Rusty Bolt, welcome to the 'bolt BTW- we think the firewall cover could have been a bit wider than it came.

Sabrina

Installed mine at a point in the build up before any obstacles were in place. Only problem I encountered were some of the fasteners were a bear to push thru due mostly to my arthritic joints. Overall fit was good.

Thanks, Bruce K. for your feed back.

Alberto was able to save & reuse all the original fasteners. That was the good part. No arthritic joints yet.

All told, it ended up costing near $270dlls to get the parts & the steering back together. The drive 8 miles into town was scary

Happy 2006

Sabrina

Thanks to everyone for their input. Maybe computers arn't so bad. I spent 2 days installing the firewall cover because everything else had already been done. What a pain. Just as I was showing off my handywork I noticed antifreeze dripping out of the bottom of the fresh air heater. Guess I will have to get back under the dash one more time.

"Guess I will have to get back under the dash one more time."

Hey Rusty, going back under the dash "one more time" is wishful thinking man! LOL

Suggest before lay down the ABS cover you put the self-adhesive roll roofing material down for extra sound deadener...

Welcome to the 'bolt!

I had visions of the same thing happening with my 72, so spent a few hours today pulling the air box apart to pull out the heater core to have it did.