Boot and Luggage Floor Trim; Sound Insulation : Somerford Mini

Luggage Floor Trim
Boot Board Assembly - Saloon
Super, Cooper and Cooper S Models 1961-71
While fitted originally to the short-lived Super of 1961 and all Cooper and Coper S models from 1961-71, the boot board may of course be installed in any Mini Saloon, taking into account the width of the spare wheel and tyre and the possibility that they might foul the underside of the board if they are too wide. To this end, alternative taller rear boot board brackets are also available allowing the stowage of a tyre of up to 165 width. The boot board is not the same as that used on Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet models, nor are the brackets - sadly, neither are currently available, although sourcing reasonable secondhand items should not be too difficult.
Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
1	CK948	BRACKET KIT, boot board, std. height	1	Car set. Does not include fixing rivets.
	CK948W	BRACKET KIT, tall, for 165 tyre width	1	Car set. Does not include fixing rivets.
2	14A9780	RETAINER, boot floor board, front	2
3	14A9781	BRACKET, boot floor board support, rear sides	2	For standard size spare wheel stowage.
	REPAN199	BRACKET, boot floor board support, rear sides	2	For 165 wide spare wheel stowage.
4	ALH1473	BUFFER, rubber, rear side bracket	2
5	14A9782	BRACKET, boot floor board, rear centre	1	For standard size spare wheel stowage.
	REPAN200	BRACKET, boot floor board, rear centre	1	For 165 wide spare wheel stowage.
6	14A5845	STOP, rubber, boot board	1
7	ZPS415	SPLIT PIN, stop to centre bracket	1
8	14A9783	RETAINER, boot board catch	1
9	RA608123	RIVET, brackets to body	14
10	24E2520	BOOT BOARD ASS'Y, with carpet, Cumulus Grey	1	For single original 5.5 gal. tank.
	24E2520A	BOOT BOARD ASS'Y, with carpet, Black	1	For single original 5.5 gal. tank.
	CK953	BOOT BOARD ASS'Y, with carpet, Cumulus Grey	1	For single later 7.5 gal. tank.
	CK953A	BOOT BOARD ASS'Y, with carpet, Black	1	For single later 7.5 gal. tank.
11	24E2521	BOOT BOARD ASS'Y, with carpet, Cumulus Grey	1	Twin fuel tank models.
	24E2521A	BOOT BOARD ASS'Y, with carpet, Black	1	Twin fuel tank models.
12	24E3392	CARPET, boot board, Cumulus Grey	1	For single original 5.5 gal. tank.
	24E3392A	CARPET, boot board, Black	1	For single original 5.5 gal. tank.
13	24E3393	CARPET, boot board, Cumulus Grey	1	Twin fuel tank models.
	24E3393A	CARPET, boot board, Black	1	Twin fuel tank models.
The carpet originally used on the boot board assembly was made from our old but unavailable friend Veltone, having a short-cropped flock-like appearance. From 1961-69 the carpet was bound around the edges with vinyl; for 1969-71 models the binding was deleted and the carpet simply wrapped around the board edges. The material now used is twist pile carpet, vinyl bound on the edges. Cumulus Grey is the original colour. Black is also available, plus other colours can be specified as a special order, usually to match the interior carpet.

Boot Mat - Saloon
Specified on most not so basic Mini Saloons on and off throughout the car's production life, either as a standard feature or optional extra, was a black Hardura boot mat with vinyl bound edges. Hardura by the way was the trade name for the material used, which was a coarse-fibre felt faced with extremely tough bitumenised paint - tool bags on earlier cars were made from similar material. The boot mat is a very worthwhile addition to any Mini Saloon boot not fitted with a boot board.

Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
14	ALA7731 (EAF10011PMA)	BOOT MAT, Hardura, Black	1	Single fuel tank carburetter models.
	EAF100240PMA	BOOT MAT, Hardura, Black	1	Single fuel tank fuel injection models.
	EAF100240LNF	BOOT MAT, Hardura, Ash Grey	1	Single fuel tank fuel injection models.
15	ALA7734	BOOT MAT, Hardura, Black	1	Twin fuel tank models.

Boot Lid Liner - Saloon
Fitted to some Mk I Mini boot lids before the advent of the 'double skinned' boot lid in 1966 was a black millboard liner, which both allowed luggage stowage on an open boot lid and also protected it from luggage-inflicted damage. The Mk III Mini in 1969 reverted back from the double skinned to the original open framed inner boot lid design and it stayed that way for the rest of the Mini's production life. The boot lid liner was never offered on 1969 on cars, but there's no reason why it shouldn't be fitted and it makes a simple but great accessory, tidying up the appearance of an opened Mini boot no end.

Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
16	14A9838	LINER KIT, boot lid, Black	1	Not suitable for double skinned boot lid models (1966-69). Will fit all other Mini Saloons.
17	RTZ604	SCREW, self tapping, liner to boot lid frame	17	Included in liner kit.
18	FWZ406	WASHER, cup	17	Included in liner kit.

Luggage Floor Board
Traveller, Countryman, Clubman Estate and Van with Wooden Load Floor
In the Traveller and Countryman, the luggage floor board was originally trimmed with its own piece of vinyl-edged carpet, the metal luggage floor sides having their own carpets too. In 1966 these three luggage floor carpets were deleted and all subsequent Travellers, Countrymans and Clubman Estates had a single luggage floor carpet secured only to the luggage floor sides by clips. For the carpets and clips, please see the 'Interior Carpets' section.
Vans fitted with a wooden load floor were almost identical in construction to the Estates (unlike Vans with metal load floors, which were quite different). The luggage floor board is the same as that in an Estate (but always without carpet), the only difference being an additional front floor board where the Estate's rear seat would be, unless of course the once-popular Van rear seat option was fitted.

Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
19	14A7570	LUGGAGE FLOOR BOARD ASS'Y, without carpet	1	Estate models and Van with wooden load floor.
20	14A7418	PLATE, wedge	2	Included in luggage floor board assembly.
21	14A7416	FASTENER ASSEMBLY, Dzus	2	Included in luggage floor board assembly.
22	PTZ1204	SCREW, self tapping, plate and fastener to board	8	Included in luggage floor board assembly.
23	12K661	SPRING, Dzus fastener	2
24	5C2424	RIVET, spring to rear floor rail	4
25	14A7571	LOAD FLOOR BOARD ASS'Y, front	1	Van with wooden load floor (without optional rear seat).
26	14B3500	HINGE, front load floor board	2	Included in front load floor board assembly.
27	14A8931	FASTENER ASSEMBLY, Dzus	4	Included in front load floor board assembly.
28	PTZ1204	SCREW, self tapping, hinge and fastener to board	4	Included in front load floor board assembly.
29	12K661	SPRING, Dzus fastener	2	Van with wooden load floor (without optional rear seat).
30	5C2424	RIVET, spring to front load floor side panel	4	Van with wooden load floor (without optional rear seat).
31	PMZ408	SCREW, hinge to body	4

Sound Insulation
Many attempts have been made over the years to reduce the cabin noise in the Mini, with varying degrees of success; none have quite removed that 'bouncing along in a bean can' sensation we all know and love (?) so well. Two attempts stand out particularly. The first, after the demise of the 850 saloon in 1980, involved stuffing large amounts of sound deadening material onto the floors (replacing the hessian backing on the carpets), in the companion boxes, on the dash and on the roof. Triumphantly labelled 'The Quiet Mini' by the marketing department, it sort-of worked. Can any of you really tell the difference, though?

The other serious, and ultimately more successful, anti-noise campaign took place during the development of the 1997 on model. One of the forthcoming European regulations that had to be passed if the Mini was to stay in production after 1997 was the drive-by noise limit - i.e. the aural impact the car would have on its immediate environment. Once again, sound deadening material was beefed up, but it still required exhaust modifications, the repositioning of the radiator to the front of the car and the raising of the final drive ratio (so the engine wasn't running so fast) plus a host of other changes to get the Mini quiet enough to pass the tests. It did pass, obviously, and the 1997 on Minis are genuinely noticeably quieter both from the outside and inside. Only one other Rover Group product had to turn similar engineering cartwheels to pass the drive-by noise test: the Land Rover Defender. Says it all, really…

Sound insulation material in the Mini takes two forms - bitumen self-adhesive pads affixed to the insides of the larger panels to prevent them from drumming, and thick felt or foam sheets against both sides of the dash and on the floors. Leave them out at your peril - the noise level in an uninsulated Mini is astonishingly loud.

Sound Deadening Pads
The CHM228 sound deadening pad is an industry-standard product used by motor manufacturers for many years. It is designed to prevent vibration in large expanses of sheet metal which would otherwise drum when the car is in use. Following factory practice, application of pads around the body should be as follows: one inside each door skin, one inside each rear quarter panel, two inside the roof, one in each front footwell, one in each rear footwell, two on the centre tunnel and two on the rear seat pan.

Being bitumen based, sound deadening pads are extremely brittle when cold. Even on a warm day they should be carefully heated with a hot air gun or similar until they are sufficiently ductile to follow the contours of the panels to which they are being applied. They can be made to follow extreme contours such as deep floor ribs using heat - something you wouldn't believe when the pads are cold. One final word of advice - if your Mini body is due to be painted in an oven, don't apply sound deadening pads to the roof until afterwards, unless you want a really painful job chipping all the melted bits (by this time set rock-hard) off the floor and rear seat area.

Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
32	CHM228	SOUND DEADENING PAD, bitumen	A/R	500 x 200mm self adhesive pad.
	SDP01	SOUND DEADENING PAD, bitumen	A/R	500 x 500mm self adhesive pad.

Sound Insulating Felt
Somerford Mini have acquired the stocks of original 1990s Mini sound insulating felts from the Rover parts organisation, XPart. These felts are all factory precision die-cut for specific areas of the bodyshell, including bulkheads, inner wings, toeboard, dash, sills and footwells and most feature cut-outs and holes for equipment found on each model. As a result, there are several variations of each felt - too many to list here! If you require original factory insulating felts for your Mini, please contact us for details.

We hold a choice of three under-bonnet soundproofing products, each coated with fire-retardant facings and intended to be applied with trim adhesive to the underside of the bonnet:

Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
33	24A959	INSULATION PAD, under-bonnet, one piece	1	Super, Cooper and Cooper S, 1961-71. Will fit other models.
34	UBS001	INSULATION PAD, under-bonnet, four piece	1	Fits all non-Clubman Minis.
35	UBS002	INSULATION PAD, under-bonnet, three piece	1	Fits Clubman and 1275 GT.

Additionally, a further three kits are available, each containing a 1960s-style quilted under-bonnet insulation pad, complete with an engine bay dash panel insulation pad. These are special order only products:
Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
	CK979	UNDER-BONNET INSULATION KIT, two piece	1	Includes quilted bonnet pad for Non-Clubman Minis plus dash pad for 1959-69 models.
	CK975	UNDER-BONNET INSULATION KIT, two piece	1	Includes quilted bonnet pad for Non-Clubman Minis plus dash pad for 1969 on models.
	CK977	UNDER-BONNET INSULATION KIT, two piece	1	Includes quilted bonnet pad for Clubman and 1275 GT plus dash pad.

The fire retardent felt engine bay dash pads we stock are rationalised from the original countless variations down to two. The 1959-69 dash pad is tailored for inboard bonnet hinges, early (square) wiper motor mounting and the fresh air duct passing through the dash that many Minis of that period had fitted. The 1969 on dash pad is cut to the correct outline but leaves the job of tailoring for the myriad of dash mounted equipment fitted from 1969 on up to the customer - which is no huge task, because the majority fix by screws through the dash pad anyway.

Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
36	BSP001	INSULATION PAD, engine bay dash panel	1	1959-69.
37	BSP002	INSULATION PAD, engine bay dash panel	1	1969 on.

The carpet underlay set includes die cut felts to fit under all of the floor carpets. They are most at home under our standard and deluxe carpet sets (see 'Interior Carpets'). While the set is intended for saloons, we will if asked provide an additional felt to cover the extra four inches of rear floor for Estate, Van and Pick Up models.
Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
38	CUK001	UNDERLAY SET, floor carpets	1

We can also supply additional quantities of insulating felt from bulk stock. It is sold by the square metre, from a 1 1/2 metre wide roll (i.e. if you ask for one square metre you will get a rectangle of felt 1 1/2 metres by 2/3 metre). It can be used for any interior or boot application, common uses (other than floors, which are covered by our underlay set) being:
Lower dash (under parcel shelf)
Upper dash (above parcel shelf, behind dash liners)
Pair of front wheel arches
Boot floor (originally used on more upmarket 1959-75 models)
Underside of rear parcel shelf (originally used on 1959-69 models)
Offcuts can be used in the companion boxes, which were also felt insulated in the factory.
Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
39	SPM001	FELT, sound insulation, from 1 1/2 metre wide roll	A/R	Sold per square metre.

Felt Fixings
Ill. No.	Part No.	Description	Qty. Rqd.	Remarks
40	UBS102	TRIM ADHESIVE, brush-on, 250ml tin	A/R
	UBS110	TRIM ADHESIVE, brush-on, 1 litre tin	A/R
41	GHF1561	CLIP, felt to companion box	10

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Boot and Luggage Floor Trim; Sound Insulation

CARPET ONLY-BOOT BOARD-BLACK-TWIN 5.5 GALLON TANKS

CARPET ONLY-BOOT BOARD-BLACK-SINGLE 5.5 GALLON TANK

BOOT BOARD WITH CARPET-BLACK-TWIN 5.5 GALLON TANKS

BOOT BOARD WITH CARPET- BLACK-SINGLE 5.5 GALLON TANK

BOOT BOARD WITH CARPET-BLACK-SINGLE 7.5 GALLON TANK

BRACKET KIT-BOOT BOARD 165 (wide) TYRES

TRIM ADHESIVE-BRUSH ON- 250ml

WASHER-CUP No 6 x 9/32'' ZINC

CARPET ONLY-BOOT BOARD-GREY-TWIN 5.5 GALLON TANKS

CARPET ONLY-BOOT BOARD-GREY-SINGLE 5.5 GALLON TANK

BOOT BOARD WITH CARPET- GREY-TWIN 5.5 GALLON TANKS

BOOT BOARD WITH CARPET- GREY-SINGLE 5.5 GALLON TANK

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