goodtoothdoc
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Who is everyone using to supply correct original style carpet for '68 New Yorkers? Thank you
1968 New Yorker carpet.
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The only company making molded original style carpet is Auto Custom Carpets (ACC) and they don't sell to the public, so you'll have to find a vendor. My vendor of choice is Auto Carpet for Car, Truck, Van - Stock Interiors as they seem to have consistently good prices and, in my experience, the best service.
Here's my '65 300L with its new carpet and a tip. Use a soldering iron to make the holes for seat belts and seats.
Here's my '65 300L with its new carpet and a tip. Use a soldering iron to make the holes for seat belts and seats.
carguy300
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I like the idea of pilot holes with soldering iron. Neat and tidy! Im going back black carpet in my 68 300 instead of green. 300L looks good!
carguy300
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Hello Big John, which type material did you go back with and what about sound deadener underneath, what did you use if you dont mind me asking. I want to get mine done this summer.The only company making molded original style carpet is Auto Custom Carpets (ACC) and they don't sell to the public, so you'll have to find a vendor. My vendor of choice is Auto Carpet for Car, Truck, Van - Stock Interiors as they seem to have consistently good prices and, in my experience, the best service.
Here's my '65 300L with its new carpet and a tip. Use a soldering iron to make the holes for seat belts and seats.
goodtoothdoc
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Thanks a ton!The only company making molded original style carpet is Auto Custom Carpets (ACC) and they don't sell to the public, so you'll have to find a vendor. My vendor of choice is Auto Carpet for Car, Truck, Van - Stock Interiors as they seem to have consistently good prices and, in my experience, the best service.
Here's my '65 300L with its new carpet and a tip. Use a soldering iron to make the holes for seat belts and seats.
80/20 Loop. I always suggest getting samples first. I didn't do any sound deadener on the last cars I've done. I did place some Ram Mat on the floor of my convertible though.
My Barracuda with ACC carpet.
I don't think they ever sold directly to the public. I bought some carpet direct from them many years ago and had to use my friend's business info to order.
Blusmbl
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You can also buy ACC carpet through Rock Auto, that’s where I picked up mine last year for my Fury when I redid the interior.
When I first discovered ACC, they were at a high-level national Corvette expo in Dallas, TX. Full display of products for Corvettes. The best OEM-level resto carpets I had ever seen. All literature they had was marked with the company name, contact into, and phone number. No mention of "going through one of our agents" at all.
Years later, in about 1990, if you were near the Year ONE trailer at Mopar Nats, later in the day, you could see the ACC truck restocking the trailer. That scenario played out each year after that into the 2000s. Probably later, too.
Year ONE used to have multiple pricing levels. Retail, dealer of record, and volume purchaser (from high to lowest prices).
In those earlier times, many repro vendors would sell to the public as a normal situation, but they could also have other resto shops set up as "local/regional dealers". Who had a representative stock of things for the cars they worked on (i.e., Mustangs, Camaros, GTOs). So a customer to go there rather than buying from the main company directly. Might even save some money and get the items quicker, too.
In those earlier times, they were known for the best place to get repro carpets, so the brand mattered. Now that they have basically purchased their molded carpet competitors (probably through attrition and older owners wanting to retire), perhaps they are retreated from pure retail? So the comment about ACC only selling to their wholesalers and not the general public seemed different from what I had previously known.
Enjoy!
CBODY67
carguy300
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Thanks, I was thinking the 80/20 looked more of my old carpet was. It looks like its molded real good.80/20 Loop. I always suggest getting samples first. I didn't do any sound deadener on the last cars I've done. I did place some Ram Mat on the floor of my convertible though.
My Barracuda with ACC carpet.
I'm going to take that back about them selling to the public. I just looked at the web site and I see a "cart" and all that.
I'm thinking that they weren't for a while or it's an old guy brain fart. I do remember when I bought carpets from them in the early 80's, I went through my friend's business, but I was also buying for several cars besides mine.
Either way, it's probably cheaper to buy from another vendor.
@CBODY67 Just for laughs, I priced the same carpet at Stock Interiors and ACC.
ACC is $251 and that is a sale price.
Stock Interiors is $247 and that appears to be their regular price.
It's not surprising that the vendor is cheaper. Most distributors won't undercut their vendors' prices. That's just smart business practices.
ACC is $251 and that is a sale price.
Stock Interiors is $247 and that appears to be their regular price.
It's not surprising that the vendor is cheaper. Most distributors won't undercut their vendors' prices. That's just smart business practices.
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