I am restoring a 1968 Firebird with standard interior. The car did not have a trunk mat in it when I got it. I have read somewhere that the standard interior cars did not come with a trunk mat and deluxe interior cars did. Is this correct? Thanks.

In '68, the trunk mat was option 732 only and not part of standard, custom (aka deluxe) or any of the optional groups such as the protection group.

The '68 Sales Manual, posted on another section of this site, provides a good source on the ordering configurations available in 1968.

https://firstgenfirebird.org/1968-info/1968-technical-information/sales_manual/

Thank you for the great information.

Your question got my curiosity about the trunk mats. Years ago I added an aftermarket one but discarded it when it promoted rust from trapped moisture.

If I'm right, my 1972 parts book shows that there were four different trunk mats in 1968. Apparently they had mats cut to accommodate the mounting bracket locations for both Space Save and conventional spares in both coupe and vibration dampener-equipped converts.

It would be nice if the repro mats came with templates to show where to cut for the options.

I had one for a while in my '69 and, like Jim, I pulled it out when I realized that it was holding moisture under it. I had a slight leak around one of the tail-lights that didn't amount to much but with the mat there it couldn't dry out.

Thank you Jim.

I appreciate all the input!