semi-teardrop camper

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.

 

Thanks for the input, Mike.
Perhaps I can put a wedged 2x4 from side to side to hold the bottom in place while stretching the middle part. I'll try that in the next couple days and post the results.

 

Well, I began with the drivers' side carpet first. With the carpet wedged in place at the botom, I marked the middle 'zone' that needed some stretching... then folded it over and heated the backside with my heatgun until the rubbery backing nearly melted, and used a small wooden roller to stretch that middle band as much as I could manage. I'll end up having to make 'some' pie-cuts when gluing down, but nearly so many now. I'll do that in another day or two....

The pic looking forward is a 'bonus'... there'll be a glovebox door on the right, and a stereo in the left opening... and there's a carpeted 'package tray' that goes under both sides. Below is the plywood bulkhead that's up against the recessed spare well on the front of the camper, with openings either side of that for misc storage.