SteveF Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Can anyone give pointers as to how to fix the carpet into a TR6, specifically footwells, not the floor but the sides and the rear "deck" area over the back axle. I presume they are glued but.....???. Cheers, Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Gill Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 HI Steve. Just finished new carpets in my 1971 TR6, and used no glue. At the rear deck (over the axle) I first removed the rear cockpit liner (thats fitted in front of the fuel tank) and just positioned the small halfround carpet over the dif. Remove the cockpit interior light (screwed to the drive shaft tunnel) then postioned the deck area carpet. Replacing the cockpit liner and interior light traps the carpet, so no movement. At the footwell (engine bulkhead), I used 2" wide VELCRO that was epoxied to the carpet/bulkhead. Again, at the sides (sill area), I just postioned the carpet and the footwell side cards will trap the carpet as does the floor carpet and door seal Cheers ....> Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmdr19 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I think Alan's right, try not to use glue at all. The rear deck and sill carpets were certainly glued in when new - got sloppy 37 year old glue marks to prove it - but there are plenty of good reasons NOT to stick them down. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveF Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thanks for the replies so far, According to Bill Piggott`s book the inner wing area in the footwell had the carpet glued to "millboard" (that crappy compressed card stuff) and fixed how...................????? to the inner wing. Any clues, ideas etc gratefully recieved. Even better if anyone has photos that would be great. Cheers, Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobE Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Hi Steve Millboard fitted with 3 self tappers down the door edge and 2 more in the centre towards the footwell, there should be holes in the panel Cheers Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Millward Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) Spam comment deleted, No longer relevant to this thread. Tony Edited May 9, 2012 by Tony Millward Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Athomas Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Can anyone give pointers as to how to fix the carpet into a TR6, specifically footwells, not the floor but the sides and the rear "deck" area over the back axle. I presume they are glued but.....???. Cheers, Steve. Hi Steve Carpets going back in, always a promising sign ! Take a look at this link for carpet fitting. http://www.74tr6.com...replacement.htm Regards Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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