Whoever made the body of my recently purchased Depot Hack didn’t do any favors when he left a firewall ‘see through’ opening between passenger area into the motor compartment area. I don’t need to explain about all the heat from the motor drifting and being fan blown back from a hot motor!
My pictures should be pretty self-explanatory as to what I did.
I figured; while I am doing this chore that I might as well place a shield between the floorboard and the area under it. There wasn’t enough space available to allow air space between the floorboard and the shield.
The filler piece and the shield is a section of rain gutter cut and beat out flat.
Gene
One of the duplicate bottom pictures should have been this composite picture of my floorboard shield.Sorry about that.
I think you should do whatever you have to do......kind of like Ford did with the early 20's coupes: http://www.funprojects.com/products/3638E10.cfm
They just made an oddball piece to fill an oddball space........you'll fit right in.......
Great Idea ! My grand daughters don't want to ride in the front of my hack in the summer because it is too hot - I have racer's insulation on the exhaust pipe and my Dad put thin insulation on the bottom of the floor board over the exhaust pipe. Making an aluminum shield makes sense. Thanks for the idea and pictures.
I use a combination of things,,,,, First I use heat tape on the exhaust pipe then I installed that silver heat sheald stuff dirt car racers use stapled under my floor boards, Then on the top side I use camping sleeping mats. Not only does this keep the heat down but also keeps my feet from burning on long trips
Depending on the year and the proper firewall, there is a metal "Pie Pan" cover and another board that fills that gap. I will try to post a picture of the floorboard on my 14.
That sure took care of it, great thinking!
As other George mentioned, depending on how the hack body is built, sometimes you can get away with one of the stock shields.
Yeah I know, open hack with a manifold heater, lol, it came that way but the shut off grate works fine
Those stock fitz all boards can be a problem anyway. I used mine as a template to cut a new set from 5/8" Poplar which was laying around the shop. Cut & try, Cut & try. It took a while but I've got a set that fits perfectly. Note the top most board. It hugs the metal work "like it was made for it". Those brush kits that fit in the pedal slots and a good mat help too.
Then, evidently the firewall opening to the engine on my Hack is not unusual?
Gene -- No, it's not unusual at all. Fun Projects makes correct dash shields for most years of Model T's:
http://www.funprojects.com/search.cfm?querystr=dash+shield&querytype=all
Of course, your solution is a good one, and you can say you did it yourself.