DAYTONA TRUNK MAT

Recently a friend of mine stopped by and helped me get a couple of bugs out of the Daytona.
This was from the long dormancy while on display at the Gilmore Car Museum.
Once this was done it motivated me to get to some things I had been putting off like the trunk mat.
This is a long and winding road that will take several installments.
The trunk mat ordeal goes all the way back to the early 2000's when we were planning to get the Daytona restored.
The original trunk mat was in shreads and we had another a bit better in the R4 Daytona but not good enough.
I checked out all the reproductions and not only were the colors way off but none of them were cut correctly!
I started looking for material to cut one out of from one of our originals.
About this time a fellow Daytona owner told me about some material that looked correct on the web site.
I contacted the supplier and got samples late in 2012.
I have attached a picture of that post mark.
In the next picture you will see the sample that was the best match to the original material.
As time went on I was able to borrow another original trunk mat that was in better shape than what I had.
A picture of it is attached also so you can compare the original color and pattern to the fresh sample.
I was ready to order some blanks and start cutting but there was another problem!@#$%^&*()_!
Unless you ordered a roll of this material it was wide enough but an inch short in length to be exact!
After doing some more checking and not wanting to buy a roll I decided to order 5 blanks and
short the end in front of the axle tunnel behind the rear seat.
When I went to order they only had 4 blanks left and had to put the 5th on back order!
More to follow on this journey soon!
MJ