I'm looking for tips on proper installation of the carpet where the front seat bolts down. Was there a special flap cut where the seat bolts down and the flap covers the bracket and bolt or was it bolted straight down on the carpet?
Does any one have some pictures of original carpet installed where the front seat bolts down? I would like to get a idea how it was installed.
The rear portion carpet goes in first. Then the front seats bolt over that. (rear seats over the top of carpet too) Then the rear leading edge of the front portion of carpet goes over the tops of the front seat legs (without any notches or cut outs). This is how you can tell if you have the correctly made carpet. The front portion of Al Knoch carpet ends about three inches too far back and makes you cut notches for the seat legs.
In reality, you can install the front portion of carpet before the seats, then partially fold it back, install the seats, then flop it back in place.
Sorry, no pictures, but I hope my description gets you there.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
So what I understand is, put in rear carpet. Bolt in seats. Put in front carpet and the back finished edge just lays on top of the front seat bolt downs.
Does the front edge go up under the firewall pad?
In the situation of the Al Knoch, could the carpet been trimmed in front where it hits firewall to move the rear edge forward?
So what I understand is, put in rear carpet. Bolt in seats. Put in front carpet and the back finished edge just lays on top of the front seat bolt downs.
Does the front edge go up under the firewall pad?
In the situation of the Al Knoch, could the carpet been trimmed in front where it hits firewall to move the rear edge forward?
Yes, the front edge goes up under the firewall pad. The carpet is moulded, so it perhaps could have been shifted slightly forward, but not enough to be in proper position. So trimming the front edge would not have helped enough. The rear edge really needed to be shorter with the edging re-sewn.
I do not rmember having this issue at all with my '67 carpet made by ACC. That was spot on.
I think Al Knoch is a bit behind the learning curve and won't admit it. Otherwise, color and fit were good.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
No problem! Your car is turning out awesome! The blue looks exactly like mine!
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
Another question on the carpet installation. I have a console. Should the console bracket be removed and then the carpet installed? It seems the way to me however I've read somewhere that the bracket bolts may not be long enough to go threw the carpet. Any tips?
Floor bracket goes on first. Slit carpet around verticals. Then console goes over that. Need to notch out areas of carpet where shifter goes, and notch out where console bolts go down into hump metal.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
X2 - as there is no way I am dropping the tranny just to get to those bracket bolts.
2012 Mustang Boss 302 #1918, Competition Orange. FGF replacement 2006 Mustang V6 Pony, Vista Blue. Factory ordered. 2019 BMW X3 (Titled to the wife, but I'm always driving it for her. So I'm claiming it) Old projects, gone but not forgotten: 1967 FB 400, original CA car. After 22 years of work, trashed by the guy who was supposed to paint it. I had to sell it. 1980 Turbo Trans Am 1970 Mustang fastback, 351C 4Bbl, auto 1988 Mustang GT, 5 speed 1983 F-150 4x4, built 302 1994 Chevy K2500 HD 4x4, 454 TBI
That sounds good then I can go ahead with finishing up installing the drive shaft and exhaust without having to worry about doing so to remove the bracket.
I see "slit carpet" around console front bracket vertices. Don't you also have to cut out a notch for the rest of the front console bracket (between those two verticals)?
The carpet does not lie on top of the front console bracket, does it?
2012 Mustang Boss 302 #1918, Competition Orange. FGF replacement 2006 Mustang V6 Pony, Vista Blue. Factory ordered. 2019 BMW X3 (Titled to the wife, but I'm always driving it for her. So I'm claiming it) Old projects, gone but not forgotten: 1967 FB 400, original CA car. After 22 years of work, trashed by the guy who was supposed to paint it. I had to sell it. 1980 Turbo Trans Am 1970 Mustang fastback, 351C 4Bbl, auto 1988 Mustang GT, 5 speed 1983 F-150 4x4, built 302 1994 Chevy K2500 HD 4x4, 454 TBI
The carpet does not lie on top of the front console bracket, does it?
What you describe is stock, but if you look under the console at that location, it is hollow. So technically the console would not be sitting on the carpet, simply over it. the edges of the console outside of the bracket sit on top of the carpet.
Some trial and error fitting wil help you figure it all out.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
Man, I wish I read this before I installed mine. I put the seats over the front carpet, when I tightened the bolts it pulled the carpet away from the hump a bit. Looked pretty nice until I did that. Maybe I can remove the seats and pull enough thread to fill the holes but I doubt it.
I bolted my seat on top of the carpet, too. I'm pretty sure that was how the original carpet was. I may be wrong (wouldn't be the first time). I like the seat on top of the carpet. It holds it down nice.
Over on performance years the are saying the carpet had a special cut under the tracks so the seat bolts to the floor. I don't knew what is correct because I keep getting conflicts.
They say it get cut similar this image however our front just lays over the front legs but the back was cut this way. THis image is a A body. So until I see a original FGF I don't know.
Someone here has to have original carpet. Maybe Jim.