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RE: Pads under carpets WAS: Tunnel padding

To: "Haynes, Mark" <mhaynes@ball.com>, "'Atwell Haines'" <carbuff@nac.net>
Subject: RE: Pads under carpets WAS: Tunnel padding
From: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:58:06 -0700
At 07:10 AM 4/21/99 -0600, Haynes, Mark wrote:
>
>
>Atwell- I don't know about factory, but I just finished putting new Top-of
>-the-line carpets in our race car (my brother insisted-In the spirit of
>vintage racing don't you know) and the VB set has about 5/8" of padding
>under the carpets. I believe it's for sound deadening, so the carpets in
>question may be an old set of VB's finest(?)
>Mark Haynes



        Actually according to factory specs, the 5/8" padding under the carpets 
is
actually an oil absorbant filtration device to store all the oil that leaks
past the tunnel cover. ;)


-Vegaman Dan
-66/69 Spitparts
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