Replacing The Carpet -

[Bryan]

Replacing the carpet. I knew the car was in amazing condition for 50 years old, but I was not expecting the floors to be this rust free! Everything came apart very easily, no problems at all with seat and accelerator bolts.


Tired old Carpet.
50 years of Dakota and Colorado dust under the door sills.Ready to come out
Dusty, but not Rusty.

 

[Bryan]

Treasures from under the carpet

 

[Bryan]

Cleaned up and ready to install.Most of the tabs had to be straightened up again.

The accel pedal welt back in pretty easily.

Had to quit for the night, so this is as far as I got today..

 

[commando1]

Beautiful carpet. Where did you get it?

 

[tallhair]

Man Bryan that's an excellent floor board. Very nice and thanks for sharing

BTW I haven't seen one of these for a long time but sure I have one or two somewhere with my junk

 

[polara71]

NIce......... always a good feeling to find out your car is better than expected

 

[detmatt]

Looks great! I had shell casings in my trunk. I guess bullits were almost as common as pennies back then.

 

[tallhair]

I was just wondering why it seems standard equipment under carpets are wheat pennies and .22 casings found several myself

 

[detmatt]

Mine are big rifle casings and I just left them back there.

 

[Bryan]

Beautiful carpet. Where did you get it?

From These guys. Very nice carpet. The padding is about a third the thickness of the original but for 159 shipped, it is worth it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351003473118?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

[Bryan]

Man Bryan that's an excellent floor board. Very nice and thanks for sharing

BTW I haven't seen one of these for a long time but sure I have one or two somewhere with my junk

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Old cars don't have cup holders.. I am too used to my cup of coffee:3gears:

 

[Bryan]

Looks great! I had shell casings in my trunk. I guess bullits were almost as common as pennies back then.

They still are around here. Knowing my family and Michigan like I do, I would say they are there too..

 

[Bryan]

I was just wondering why it seems standard equipment under carpets are wheat pennies and .22 casings found several myself

Maybe some old guy that worked the line carried a pocket full around and dropped a few in every car. I'd have done something like that. :busted: We were tearing a Pontiac apart once and found a guy's initials and the date written on the side of the cowl. I always wondered how many cars he signed.

 

[Bryan]

DONE. Just need to put the seat belts back through the seat.

 

[polara71]

Originally gold huh? .... Nice.......

 

[Bryan]

Originally gold huh? .... Nice.......

Original was little bit darker. The color samples were this and a darker tan, almost brown. I decided this was closer to original and liked it better. There are more color choices for modern pile carpets, but not so much for loop weave.

 

[polara71]

It looks great....... Most were black, glad you were able to get something close to your color

 

[tallhair]

It does look great .. really brightens it up

 

[Bryan]

It does brighten it up. I like matching or coordinated colored carpets a lot better than the same old black or grey that seems to be the norm today.

 

[commando1]

Looks fantastic. We have to do something about that steering wheel cover, though.
I know it matches the outside but....