[NoVa-Corvairs] Tunnel Cover Felt

[Richard Widman]

I'm going to use the cheap version of eDead (that I ended up buying  
locally since the 40 sq ft of eDead I brought down was 14 sq ft short  
for my floors..


On Oct 27, 2009, at 5:43 PM, CURTIS SHIMP wrote:

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> I had the tunnel covers off and replaced them with new ones that I  
> have had for about 30 years just such an occasion.  Just curious as  
> to what any of you may have found as a readily available replacement  
> for the felt on the covers which keeps the clutch cable and other  
> rods from rattleling on the metal cover.  I bought an outdoor fiber  
> welcome matt and cut off small sections.  I then used Scotch, double  
> sided tape to secure the matting to the pan.  I just put 1,200 miles  
> on the car and all seems well.  However, for other reasons I need to  
> take the covers back off and then can also see how they are holding  
> up.  I think at the same time I may soak a little oil into the mats.
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> By the way, my 1, 200 miles was R/T for the Great Western Fan Belt  
> Toss & Swamp Meet in Palm Springs.  First time and in keeping with  
> the culture of southwest part of the country things were, well - a  
> little casual.  When I arrived at the host hotel I found out that  
> the event was held off site and there was no one or no written  
> instructions in the hotel to find the event site.  So I lost a half  
> day doing nothing regarding Corvairs.  When I did get to the event  
> the next day I was please to see 70 Corvairs and about 20 vendors.   
> However, there were no scheduled events, like econo runs or rallies  
> etc.  There was a people's choice but it was difficult to make a  
> selection as the cars were randomly parked and not parked by group.   
> So from Friday noon to Sunday noon you had nothing to do but look at  
> cars and visit the vendors.  By 3 PM Saturday I had seen everything  
> 3 times in 100 deg. temps and left for home early Sunday morning.
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> I'll go again next year.
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> Curt
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