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In 1933, were the rubber floor mats sitting on jute or directly on the floor? I have front & rear mats because it's a sports coupe so would this applicable to both areas? If it has jute, how close to the edge of the mat does the jute come to? Thank you, Joe

The just was glued to the bottom of the rubber mat. At an average it was about an inch and a halve from the edge.
The jute served a a noise and heat insulation.

Thanks Gene. How far up on the toe board?....Joe

All the way up, just like the sides.

Must not be real thick or it would affect the travel of the accelerator pedal. Thanks Gene...Joe

The jute backing was not real thick and a small area around the accelerator pedal hole in the mat didn't have jute backing.

Thanks Skip. I'll have to do some figuring for this one....Joe

The juke backing should work out just fine if you use the correct thickness.

Hi Joe, do you the original mats with the bowtie or have a source for them? Been looking for a looooooong time for them

Jeff

Jeff
Mine is a Fisher body so I used the cut to fit black ones that the Filling Station sells. They have the bowties but they have Fisher I the middle. Maybe you put the fire ext. over that emblem during judging...Joe

The judges will never know the difference.
The padding was about as thick as an average piece of carpet.

The jute backing on the remains of my original floor mat was thinner than an average piece of carpet.

Either way, that's pretty thin. I'll have to see what's out there. Thank, Joe

Please post your source for buying the jute

The next chance I have is Friday....Joe

You should be able to get jute backing from your local upholstery shop.

The upholstery shop says the have 1/4" smallest. That should work, eh?....Joe

As I remember, the original jute was thinner but the 1/4" should work.

Depending upon the thickness of the jute, you will have to figure out how far from the edge of the rubber mat the jute should stop so that the edge of the rubber mat will lay flat on the floor.