Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Before we left, Ray talked me into stopping back at his place to help him install carpeting in his '71 GTX. He ordered it from Year One and hadn't put carpet in a car before. By mistake he had ordered carpet for a column shift car and his was a console car. His plan is still to put a column shift in it because he's used to running them in his drag cars. - But he was adamant that he didn't want to remove the console brackets that were welded to the floor. He wants to be able to put the car back to original after he's done racing it.
You can't tell it from this picture but this carpet was molded better than most that I've ever installed. It really conformed nicely to each bump in that floor.
One issue that we had was the rubber foot mat on the carpet. - Because we didn't want to cut it for the roll bar, - we shifted the rug to the right about an inch.
Once you align the contours of the carpet with those of the floor it is easy to position the rug. Until then it won't lay flat.
Ray held the carpet down while I marked the locations for the roll bars on the bottom side of the rug.
The carpet is not glued down yet. Ray didn't have any on hand so he's planning on stopping by my garage tomorrow to pick up some.
We tossed the remnants in the back seat area as we went.
To cover the console brackets, Ray is thinking about installing a plate to mount his switches and gauges that will cover them. Once glued in place and the sill plates installed, the wrinkles should be gone.
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Before we left, Ray talked me into stopping back at his place to help him install carpeting in his '71 GTX. He ordered it from Year One and hadn't put carpet in a car before. By mistake he had ordered carpet for a column shift car and his was a console car. His plan is still to put a column shift in it because he's used to running them in his drag cars. - But he was adamant that he didn't want to remove the console brackets that were welded to the floor. He wants to be able to put the car back to original after he's done racing it.
You can't tell it from this picture but this carpet was molded better than most that I've ever installed. It really conformed nicely to each bump in that floor.
One issue that we had was the rubber foot mat on the carpet. - Because we didn't want to cut it for the roll bar, - we shifted the rug to the right about an inch.
Once you align the contours of the carpet with those of the floor it is easy to position the rug. Until then it won't lay flat.
Ray held the carpet down while I marked the locations for the roll bars on the bottom side of the rug.
The carpet is not glued down yet. Ray didn't have any on hand so he's planning on stopping by my garage tomorrow to pick up some.
We tossed the remnants in the back seat area as we went.
To cover the console brackets, Ray is thinking about installing a plate to mount his switches and gauges that will cover them. Once glued in place and the sill plates installed, the wrinkles should be gone.
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