I should have the rest of my materials by Tuesday so I can get this going. I have three different types of insulation. I have the jute that came with the car, but really wasn't close to being enough. I have two 36"x60" rolls of Cool It by Thermo Tec. I bought these a couple of years ago. This is a foil faced self sticking material. I decided against using this after talking with the tech people that were not sure if it would be a good appliction for the foot box areas that were verticle. The heat may not allow it to stick as good as it should. It would work really good for the flat surfaces like the floorboards of a metal car. I guess I will sell this stuff. After reading as much as I could from the FFR guys I ordered two 4'X10' rolls of EZ Cool. This seems to be pretty good stuff at a resonable prices. I am going to use 3M high strength 90 for adhesive to the firewall and Weldwood Gel cement in a can for the rest of the interior. Another good glue is Sprayway #092 Fast Tack Hi-Temp heavy duty trim adhesive. It's really a good deal for about less than half the price of the 3M 90, but I can't get it locally.
I ordered carpet samples from three companies and ended up ordering 7 1/2 72" wide yards from ACC Custom Carpets. I found that they supply a lot of the other companies with carpet. Their colors matched one of the other companies exactly, and this other company just added an additional number to the part number. I decided not to carpet the two side walls and instead ordered vinyl to match the seats and dash. I also ordered 15 yrds of binding from ACC to edge the carpet. My wife did a test and her sewing maching will sew through the binding and carpet without any problem.
Cost so Far:
ACC cut pile carpet 7 1/2 yrds at 29.74 a yrd. was $223.03 plus 96.50 shipping to Utah, less 20% internet special for May ended up at $274.92.
The Ez Cool Insulation was $80.00 delieved from Texas.
The extra yard of vinyl was $31.87 shipped from Colorado
The binding was $1.25 a yard.for a total of $20.00
Total so far $406.00
I have heard of guys getting it done for $500-$700. It seems like a lot of work to do a good job. We will see. I may just fail at this.
Larry, I caught your idea of notching the side panel for the cowl/door support. That's a good idea. I'm going to use it. Thanks!