Re: [T2] Cargo Floor Questions.......

[Jim Mowreader <xpr3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bookwus1@xxxxxxx sends:

> Hello All,
> 
> I have a few questions about the cargo floor (you know, just behind the rear
> seat, made out of masonite and covered with a dense fabric) for my 7
> passenger 1970 Bus.  The PO placed fiberglass insulation under the masonite
> and then screwed the floor down.  This resulted in a very lumpy floor.
> Question 1........can these lumps be removed from masonite by steaming or
> some such method?
> Question 2.......in a stock set-up is the floor screwed down?  Or is this
> something the PO did when he put in the fiberglass insulation (I'm removing
> that stuff)
> Question 3.......assuming the answer to Question 1 is "no way" and I have to
> make a new floor, what is the fabric which is glued to the masonite?
> Question 4.......is this cargo floor available from any supplier?

The "cargo floor" you describe, if it's above the engine, sounds like a PO
field modification; my Bus didn't come with one and no Bus I've ever seen
has one. 

If you like this cargo floor except for the lumps, and it does sound like a
good thing (it would help cut engine noise, anyway), I would remove the
masonite, cut a piece of blue-foam insulation board to the shape of your
cargo floor and put that in place, cut a sheet of half-inch marine plywood
to shape and attach that over the blue foam, then carpet it with boat
carpet.
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--jmowreader
1974 SB "Feature"
1972 Riviera "Edelstein"
Type 1 engine parts list: http://www.macsalon.org/howtos/vwengine.html

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