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Is your first defense against engine noise and heat. QuietRide firewalls are year make and model specific and are molded to fit the engine setback and firewall contours—like a glove. More than 600 firewalls are available for antique, classic, custom and street rod cars and trucks. Use our Product Search page to find a firewall for your vehicle.
Ford Firewall Insulators
Ford Firewall insulators are made for the make, model and year of the car or truck specified. The first firewall insulator that Ford installed in a production car was in 1932 and the company selected an oil impregnated cardboard with a unique “chicken track” image embossed on the cover surface. Ford Chicken Track—A Little Early History Tidbit. Coxford ABS Chicken Track Firewalls for the Ford Model A Model A Cowls and Other Panels Chicken Track and Leather in Ford Trucks Authenticity |
While it is generally assumed that Ford invented the “chicken track” texture material on their firewall insulators and other interior panels, it was actually Dodge which used this texture on some of their firewall insulators as early as 1928—four years before Ford started manufacturing firewall insulator pads. Ford did use “chicken track” in the production of their Model A cowl side panel. However, the Model A cars and trucks never had a firewall insulator.“Chicken Track” was used on some Chevrolet Military truck headliners and firewalls in the early 1940s—probably as a result of the combined efforts among the automotive manufacturers to adhere to uniform manufacturing standards during the war effort.Original Equipment Manufacture Firewalls & Cowl Panels
Firewall Insulators are made for the make, model and year of the car or truck specified. Most firewall insulators made between 1928 and the mid-1960s were constructed using an oil impregnated cardboard. Beginning in 1964 General Motors and Ford began using a rubber firewall insulator bonded to a thin layer of insulation. Black Vinyl rubber material has a smooth finish. This material can be heated and formed to match the contours of the steel firewalls their they cover.
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After a number of years, these upholstery pads become dry and brittle and begin to disintegrate. Various owners may have installed after-market heaters, radios or other accessories so they may have "extra" non-factory holes. Some firewalls have welting sewn along the sides or bottom and others have a rubber "skirt" sewn along the bottom to cover the top of the floor mat or carpet. All of our patterns are based on out-of-the-car originals that someone has sent to us for duplication. Application: Restoration Vehicles, Street Rods and Customs.
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Big Engines In early Ford and Chevrolet Cars and Trucks If you are changing the steel firewall in a 1928 to 1954 car or truck to accommodate a larger engine, you should consider one of the aftermarket steel firewalls from Bitchin Products, Direct Sheetmetal or Howell Sheetmetal. These units have been engineered for structural strength and are designed for a variety of the early Ford and Chevy bodies. We make the matching firewall insulators that fit these aftermarket steel firewalls--like a glove--so you don't box yourself into a situation where your upholsterer has to spend many hours building a carpet insulator from scratch that may not be very effective when it comes to noise and heat control. >>Click here for on-line catalog
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