herald948 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I did a search but didn't turn up much on the topic. In a few posts a couple years ago, there was reference to this carpet as used in early Vitesse 6 / Sports 6 and some early Spitfire 4. Has anyone found a source for this that's even reasonably close to the original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Find yourself a Mazda Bongo Friendee people carrier/van (yes it is a real name) and you'll find a very passable modern equivalent - I made some progress tracking down where it came from many years ago but lost my Japanese contact and the trail went cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Anyone in the southern hemisphere tried this lot?http://www.knoxautocarpets.com.au/index.htmI can't see anything to match that early Vitesse (and 12/50) mottled carpet, but the Charcoal Loop carpet on this page looks very interesting.A customer with Australian contacts said he was going to try and get a sample, but he's since gone awol... :(Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herald948 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Yes, that Charcoal is a nice color match, even if the carpet itself is acrylic. In their "Classic Loop" range, which -- being rayon and nylon -- could be a bit more accurate for some of us, the Gunmetal Grey is a nice color as well, if a bit too bluish.Jason, any idea what a North American equivalent to that Mazda might be? It doesn't really look quite like anything Mazda sold here!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 It's not something they ever sold here in the UK either! I think it was JDM and/or Australia - I've seen a few here as grey imports. Ford and Mazda used to share some models. (More than) all you ever wanted to know about the Mazda Bongo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Bongo and http://www.bongofury.co.uk/Well you did ask! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 There are more than a few grey imports here now.Cheap, reliable and very versatile camper vans.You can get one for a fraction of a grossly over priced VW camper, and are better than lots of the van conversions. Also they were designed as a camper to start with.And if you want one, I know a man with one for sale.Got slightly tacky skirts and spoilers on it. The Japanese do like pimping their rides.. :-)Then you too can attend "Bongofest" or whatever it is called.They have a chat forum as well www.bongoforum.co.uk. It is better than this forum as they not only get to post lots of questions about their cars (vans) but they also get to post about where they are going to camp in their cars as well. That is not something CT offers now is it?? :-)CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 herald948 wrote:Yes, that Charcoal is a nice color match, even if the carpet itself is acrylic. In their "Classic Loop" range, which -- being rayon and nylon -- could be a bit more accurate for some of us, the Gunmetal Grey is a nice color as well, if a bit too bluish.Jason, any idea what a North American equivalent to that Mazda might be? It doesn't really look quite like anything Mazda sold here!!??It's also sold as the Ford Frida in the US market. Have a very overcomplex cooling system that leads to HGF and is an absolute horror to fix. Best avoided IMO.Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Moore Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 heraldcoupe wrote:Anyone in the southern hemisphere tried this lot?http://www.knoxautocarpets.com.au/index.htmI can't see anything to match that early Vitesse (and 12/50) mottled carpet, but the Charcoal Loop carpet on this page looks very interesting.A customer with Australian contacts said he was going to try and get a sample, but he's since gone awol... :(Bill, would you like me to get a sample and forward it to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Only Chatterton and Marc do "camping" - I will resist the temptation to post that picture again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Nick_Moore wrote:Bill, would you like me to get a sample and forward it to you? Nick,If you'd do that I'd really appreciate it. They're obviously reluctant to send stuff overseas, if I knew it was a good match, I'd make an effort to acquire some, one way or another. Until I've seen it in the flesh though, I don't want to start jumping through hoops to get a roll,Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I for one would be extremely keen to get my hands on that carpet if it were an exact or very close match to what was fitted to my cat when new. If there is a way to recreate the originals, I'd pay well, very well. I think that the Newton ones are very good, but not right for the early cars.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 The interesting thing about Knox is that they mould these carpets in sets for indigenous classics. If they could be convinced there was sufficient market (even if only within Australia and NZ), they could produce sets to fit Heralds.Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Moore Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 1218 wrote:I for one would be extremely keen to get my hands on that carpet if it were an exact or very close match to what was fitted to my cat when new...MarkCan't help with the cat sorry, they tend to be built at random!I'll contact the carpet people on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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