Pyramid Running Board Matting Sources

[Wilky]

Does anyone have a recent experience purchasing good quality pyramid running board matting for a 1930 car? I have read in the past that the repro matting does not have the same number of pyramids per inch as the original matting, but is there a source for matting that is very close to looking like the original stuff?

 

[Jim/GA]

How many "pyramids per inch" do you need to be original?

Check out page 82 in the following catalog:
http://www.restorationspecialties.com/2009 Catalog ebook/2009 Catalog ebook.pdf

I have not used this stuff before personally, just know about it.

 

[Wilky]

The pyramid rubber on a friends original car is spaced at about 6 pyramids per inch. (The repro material that I have seen recently has about 5.0 to 5.25 pyramids per inch.)

 

[Doug in NJ]

Check out page 82 in the following catalog:
http://www.restorationspecialties.com/2009 Catalog ebook/2009 Catalog ebook.pdf

It looks like those guys carry the special male pronged snaps that are used on the S/W sedan rear carpet!

Doug

 

[Jim/GA]

It looks like those guys carry the special male pronged snaps that are used on the S/W sedan rear carpet!

Doug

They do have lots of neat stuff. I browse their catalog like a kid browsing the toy section of the Sears Catalog before Christmas. You have to recognize it from sight, though, because they don't know what all it fits.