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MG MGA - Heat Insulation

I'm looking for a source of foil back insulated underfelt for my 58 roadster. How effective? Where to get it?

Dan
Dan Barton

Dan, a good alternative is sold at most home improvement stores as a water heater insulation blanket. J.C. Whitney also sells a similar product, although the price is about twice as much.
Bill Young

Dan, I highly recommend you give Sleepy Hollow Chimney Supply, ltd, Brentwood, NY a call. Phone: (516) 231-2333. Ask about their ceramic wool insulation, "CiFoil". I used 1/4" material to cover my transmission tunnel and driver's side footboard and floorboard over twelve years ago and it's still doing the job. No heat problem at all. Regards, Marv
marvin Stuart

Dan, shops that cater to the hot rod guys will have insulation materials. California Car Cover Co. will also supply by mail order <www.calcarcover.com>.

George

G Goeppner

http://www.Check out the alternatives here, it is quite a list!: alibaba.com/catalogs/1334/Heat_Insulation.html
Bob Muenchausen

Well, how nice is that, splitting up a URL??
The URL should have appeared as http://www.alibaba.com/catalogs/1334/Heat_Insulation.html

Bob Muenchausen

Just an FYI.....I did buy the Lizard Skin insulation product but have not yet applied it to my coupe. Plan to do so this winter. Sure hope it lives up to its claims. Seems like someone else was thinking about this also. Did it work out?

Regards,
GTF
G T Foster

I ordered the product from J.C.Whitney. I'll let you all know how good it is when it gets here. BTW I couldn't find anything in Lowes or Home Depot.

Dan
Dan Barton

Going to Lowes or HD for our sort of stuff is always iffy. They don't do well on Auto appropriate stuff (they are really more into residential/light commercial stuff ~ little industrial, marine, or specialty stuff) , and also, their inventories vary by region, so that what you find in VT is not always in ID, FL, or NM even tho they are supposedly all one big happy family.

Also, keep in mind that just because a product shows up on their internet sites, doesn't mean it is actually on the shelves in the stores. We get a lot of requests for stuff that is on our website that we simply do not have in our store inventory, but which you could buy online. Caveat Emptor.
Bob Muenchausen

This thread was discussed between 16/01/2006 and 21/01/2006

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