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    I am wondering about the original materials for the front floor and toe boards on my ’35 845. I have pieced together what came with the car when I bought it in 1991. I suspect I am looking at replacements done in a restoration started in 1965 but not completed. The toe board and the front part of the front floor board are high density particle board with a thin sheet metal layer on the bottom. The floor supporting the front seat tracks is plywood that I imagine is correct.

    Is this construction similar to original?

    Thanks for any help, Jim

    #403269

    Sounds as if the floor boards are original or have been reproduced in the style of the original.

    #403270

    Paul, thanks for responding. Looks like I need to get some particle board.

    Jim

    #403271

    Fiber board is a better match to the original material than particle board.

    #403272

    You would not be happy with particle board. It is dense and would transmit sound like a speaker cone. Some kind of sound-dampening fiber board would be much better. I used a 1/4″ plywood sandwich with sound-dampening foam between and covered the underside with sheet metal as the original.”

    #403275

    You can buy sound damping material with foil backing at a marine (boat) store.

    It is very dense and will probably kill all of the sound that a P-A can transmit.

    I used it to deaden the sound of the diesel engine when I owned a sailboat and not a Pierce-Arrow (a sailor vs. a landlubber).

    It deadens sound and insulates temperature sufficiently so that I installed a blower to suck the air out of the engine compartment so that I wouldn’t bake my newly purchased and installed diesel engine.

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