340sFastback
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Cut out more carpet forward of shifter, trim around front console brackets a bit, and that allows it to lay down much better around that tunnel. At this point fit is pretty good.
Yes cause once carpet is in could have small not obvious leak then water sitting on floor causing rust again.Those type checks allow you to find glitches before they get buried. Great work.
Understand that a rusted floor on the passenger side is par for thr course.Next get seats carpet out and take a look at floor rust that has not been seen in 40 years. Been so long wasn't really sure what was there cause from bottom of car a bunch of under coating spray bombed covered up the mess from below. Luckily I did a super half assed fiber glass patch and was able to easily pull them off the floor. Red primer area passenger's side rear foot well is a snow shovel buried in caulk to patch a big hole back there cause by a spot weld hole in rear wheel well allowed water to fill that area up. But hey I did stop all the water leaks decades ago kept it from being worse.
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Not always. If the car never had water leaks the floors don't rust. Usually when there is rust in the floors water was leaking in. Mine rusted due to water leaks. Carpet sat wet too many years early in its life.Understand that a rusted floor on the passenger side is par for thr course.
I ordered carpet for an auto trans car. Fit is good except top of tunnel up by firewall is baggy/loose but that wont be visible once HVAC unit is back in. Carpet fits good otherwise and once console is in no one is gonna know a bigger trans tunnel is hiding under there.I might have missed it. But did you use a special carpet to fit the T56 or a standard manual carpet kit? Thanks