Cheap or Good second hand carpet for my 65 Chrysler Newport Sedan

[Cianmini1]

Hi guys,
Can anyone point me in the direction of a cheap or second hand carpet for my 65 newport sedan?
I’m from Ireland so postage is expensive on these sort of things,
Online I’m seeing $300 plus postage.
Any chance anyone has a second hand one or knows of anywhere to look for a cheaper alternative?
Thanks
Cian

 

[Big_John]

All the molded carpet is made by ACC and resold by vendors. I like these guys, but I understand how shipping is going to be an issue. Looks like ~$250 USD Auto Carpet for Car, Truck, Van - Stock Interiors

You could do it yourself. If you can find automotive carpet by the yard, the way to do it is to apply a coat of contact cement to the carpet (just the carpet and not the floor) and place it on the floor and beat it to shape to fit with a rubber hammer. It has to be automotive carpet that has no backing to work.

forming carpet?


If you have access to a heavy duty sewing machine, you could sew the carpet too. Lot's of books on the subject and YouTube videos too.

 

[Cianmini1]

Hi great thanks for the reply and suggestions,
I might go down the route of doing my own carpet alright
Thanks

 

[fury fan]

Look for carpet tape also, if you need to do cutting/splicing, it works well.
And keep in mind that the seats, door sills, etc held hold the carpet, so if you cut/form it well, it's not going to move around.
To that end, there would be some residential carpet types that might be useful. As @Big_John said, pay attention to what the backing material is. Buy something flexible. A buddy of mine used some indoor/outdoor carpet for the headliner in a Jeep Cherokee. It's a salt-and-pepper gray carpet, and you can tell it's not headliner material, but it formed and looks *really good*!