While JCWhitney offers a repro
rubber full-floor covering for A-100's (see below), Pat Walsh Restorations
in Massachusetts currently offers replacement truck mats. They fit almost
perfectly and come with a pile carpet-like texture to most of the mat. Note:
these are not OEM style mats, and do not match exactly the original
equipment floor mats in these trucks. For more information regarding this
and other parts, contact Pat at (781)-246-3266. (thanks to Paul Pitcher for
this information.)
For more info, send a large SASE to:
Metro Moulded Parts, Inc also offers moulded
floor mats for
`61-`71 Dodge Trucks and `66-`70 A-100's (the A-100 part probably fits
`64-`65 as well). The part numbers for these are as follows (double check
before buying):
Several companies, such as JC
Whitney and Auto Custom Carpets
offer a selection of marterials in pre-cut carpets for these trucks. Most
times, the carpet will only go to just under the bench seat, and I am not
sure if any companies make carpet to fit the Adventurer trucks. If they do,
then those carpets will also fit the Custom Sport Special trucks, simply
because it is likely impossible to find a part designation for the rare
CSS model. Other routes, such as having a local interior shop custom cut
a carpet, can always be explored. Although the carpet will be made to fit
properly and cut to your specifications, this is usually more expensive
than buying a pre-fab carpet.
Box 1509
Wakefield, MA 01880
Clesters Auto Rubber Seals Inc. P.O Box 1113 Salisbury, NC 28144 1-800-457-8223 |
Restoration
Specialties & Supply, Inc. 148 Minnow Creek Lane Windber, PA 15963 (814)-467-9842 Fax: (814)-467-5323 | |
Website: http://www.surfshop.net/users/restspec/ |
Metro Rubber Resto Parts & Weatherstripping manufactures and sells a wide variety of items, some of which will fit your Dodge Truck. More info:
http://www.metrommp.com/ |
Metro Rubber Resto Parts 1-800-878-2237 E-mail: sales@metrommp.com |
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Steele Rubber Products
offers numerous reproduction rubber items. Parts for Dodge Trucks are also
available.
http://166.82.96.9/homeframes.html |
Steele Rubber Parts 1601 Hwy. 150 East Denver, NC 28037-9735 1-800-544-8665 |
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One possibility, which I came across due to a previous owner, is to
replace the existing door pull/armrests with those out of early sixties
Chevy II's or Corvairs. These armrests can be had with or without
ashtrays and include a padded portion mounted on a thick plastic housing.
Surprisingly, the mounting holes are not far off of those found on the
factory Dodge armrests, so no drastic modifications are necessary. Also,
the angle on the Dodge doors is no problem, as the Chevy handles also
include this angle. I have the armrests with the ashtrays mounted and am
very happy with the fit and functionality they bring to the cab. Please
see the pictures below to see how they look installed.
Headliners were made of a woven straw like material that was color matched
to the rest of the interior. It was attached under the ceiling lip with a
special glue that after a few years of sunshine deteriorates. Both of my
cabs have had the glue, but were sans headliner. The glue is quite
annoying in that it was still on the roof, but flaked off whenever
disturbed. I don't know about any companies that make or sell
replacement headliners but if anyone else does, let me know.
Ideas for a headliner might be to cut a thin piece of wood or other
material somewhat larger in perimeter than the lip found on the ceiling. Then,
cover this new headliner base with matching material from your seatcover, door
panels or both to make a matching interior scheme. This is not resto correct, but
would be great for the custom or daily driver application.
Not surprisingly, JC Whitney offers a seat cover to fit these trucks with bench
seats. Quality is unknown, as well as fit. The best route, especially if you are
not concerned with resto correctness, is to have a local shop custom sew a cover
for your seat. They can also repair any damaged or abused foam in the seat and
make it "like new" for you. Although this would be more costly than the
pre-manufactured seat cover, it will certainly have better, longer lasting
results. As a bonus, one can also obtain more of the same material used on the
seat to cover the side panels and headliner to color coordinate the
interior.
Upgrading the sound system in these trucks is easy, but it depends on the
level of restoration as to how far one should go. Custom jobs consist of
making holes for the speakers and radio, then wiring it all up. Speaker
placement is a more difficult task, as the doors are tough to cut in the
lower portions, and also have many obstructions on the inside to contend
with. Another possible location for small speakers is to the back and
side of the passengers, slightly above ear level on the inside of the cab.
A well cut hole and small speaker is easily placed in this area, as long
as the speaker is not too deep. If so, a spacer can be made from 3/4"
particle board, which would then be cut and fit to the truck and
speaker.
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