First post... we'll see how it goes. I'm well along in turning the shell of a '59 English Ford [Prefect] into a teardrop camper. I'm hoping I can get some advice, as I continue working on the interior. [It's a lot further along, but this pic had a URL code from some time ago.] Now it's back together, floor is in & carpeted with some low-nap carpet with a rubbery backing, which has a little stretch to it. I'd like to cover the front half of the inner wheel wells--which are simply painted at present--with some of that same carpet. But just one piece, and ideally without making pie cuts in it. I "think" I can contact-cement it to the lower part of the wheel-well... and then warm it up with a heat gun and stretch it over the rounded upper part, so that it could then be cemented down without wrinkles. Anyone done anything like that before? I'd love to learn from someone's elses experience before just diving in...... Thanks, Gary Roys
Here's a pic from somewhat later on, which at least shows the floor in place........ And an overall pic, for sense of the project's look, from a last-fall trial run in local park....
My experience is stretch it and let cool. If it doesn’t fit cool, the contact cement won’t hold it place over time and summer heat. But I just used the typical contact cement, someone else may know better choices. Interesting idea. Sure more light and headroom than tear drop.
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