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I picked up about 100 sq/ft of this foam interlocking flooring at a garage sale for $4.

It will be perfect in the van covered with 1/8" mahogony plywood.

M1D

Cool idea... sound deadening and a good surface for the plywwod.

I plan to glue the plywood to the foam only so the whole thing can be removed from my van in one piece.

M1D

Someone else had pics of there floor with bedliner on it, can't remember who, but anyway that would take care of any moisture.

1/8 plwood for the floor seems thin?

67a 100 pickup wrote:Someone else had pics of there floor with bedliner on it, can't remember who, but anyway that would take care of any moisture.

That was probably me. I use it on all my floors. 1/8" plywood sounds way to thin. half inch or thicker would be better.

No I'm not going to use that foam bacause it is not "closed cell" foam so it will hold water. The newer VW camper uses 1/8" closed cel foam and 1/8" marine play wood over a corigated floor simular to the early floor. It lite and a litle flexable, priovides a cusion effect. I intend to use hard wood flooring glued to the plywood so it will be plenty thick in the end.
I think thick plywood is too much weight and unnessesary unless you intend to throw cylinder heads, engine blocks and other heavy junk onto it.
M1D

Have your thought about Styrofoam ?
That is what I was thinking of putting on the floor,side's and ceiling in my van. what are your thoughts???

Styrofoam will be noisy!! What else woule we normally haul in our vans -than= heads , blocks , manifolds - heck if it aint heavy , rusty & dirty- what are we doing -looking @ some new vans?

Check out J C Whitney's. I ordered the 48" x 72" (Item #QJ339988) for 60 bucks and was satisfied with the product in itself. But for me personally, I don't know: it fits between the wheel wells perfectly, but doesn't go all the way to the doghouse.
They have a 55" x 79" size (Item# QJ339989) for $70. Thing is, I didn't think about how heavy these good, dense mats are-my smaller one weighs at least 70 lbs.
I'm thinking about changing plans and going with their brush-on rubber kit; costs more, but lighter and will cover everything to the edges (I think). Then I'll just throw down an area rug for camping.

Sorry I didn't post links, I'm a newbie and still getting the hang of this site.

Welcome Chroma66!!!

Thanks, great inspiration on here. I'm the proud owner of a 1966 Chev SportVan. Hoping to post my work after I'm done! Engine's done, just interior and body/paint. Saw a really nice paint job on a VW bus the other day-guy said he used Ace Hardware brand enamel and a roller (!!!)

Welcome Chroma, hey man don't wait til yer done to post pics ,, we live on pics of what other guys are doing! gives us something to look at while we're waiting for the weather to get better ,,LOL Start yourself a thread in members showcase or the gallery and post away !