We reproduce and or repair all vintage (antique) auto and truck running board rubber mats (matting).
These include: La Salle, Nash, Dodge, De Soto, Plymouth, Chrysler , Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, Packard, Oldsmobile, and Studebaker. As well as many less well known antique vehicles like: Hudson, Hupmobile, Terraplane, Lincoln, Essex, Stanley Steamer, Star, Durant, Reo, Graham Paige, Duesenburg, and Fargo.
At this time I would recommend that you visit The Business History of the website to see the evolution of the business from it's inception in 1996 to the present day.
The most unique floor mat we reproduced was a 1903 Marr floor mat. Reproducing this rubber mat posed several unique problems. It had an inverted pattern, meaning that the white canoe pattern was cut into a black mat surface. In order to clean the white canoes the rubber mat had to made with a white mat trapped under the black mat. It required making a die cutter to cut the canoes out of the black rubber mat one canoe at a time. A laser cutter was required to cut out the Marr logo and the letters 1903 as well. Then the whole assembly had to be very carefully put together.
The most complex pattern we ever put together was a 1928 La Salle rubber floor mat. It consisted of hundreds of pieces that I milled, and we carefully assembled it one piece at a time.
Both of these mats can be seen on our Specialty Rubber Parts page.
The finest running board rubber matting material we ever reproduced was for 1929 to 1931 Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler running boards. The design is 5 grooves cut into the top of 1/4 " wide tread bars with an 3/16" valley between tread bars. This mat tested the very limits of the capability of our milling machine. The machine had to be 100% accurate, and my measuring skill and patience was tested to the limit. One error meant the mat had to be discarded and a new one milled in it's place. To see pictures of the extremely fine pattern go to our: page.
One of the most elegant running boards we have installed running board rubber matting material on was the 1940 Studebaker. The mat consisted of several patterns and the Studebaker logo. It required the use of the milling machine, hot knife, and a laser cutter, as well as a great deal of time consuming hand work to assemble the various pieces. To see it go to the Vintage Running Boards page.
To see a partial list of mats we have reproduced over the years go to the: Mat Reproduction List page.
