As I described before, the headliner is up, all the trim polished and installed and now the carpet is in.
The carpet set ordered from SMS Auto Fabrics when we ordered the seat and trunk fabrics was about the biggest piece of crap I’ve seen or experienced since beginning this project. The plush carpet supplied is nothing close to what was originally installed in the car and their version of a custom cut and sewn carpet is about as far from the truth as one could possibly get.
None of the sewn seams are anywhere close to being where they belong and the back and front pieces do not even overlap under the front seat. there is at least a 10″ section under the seat un-covered. Not only that, there is no material to cover the door posts like the original set. A huge disappointment to say the least and surely not worth anywhere close to the $250.00 charged. I could have done the same job buying $40.00 worth of roll goods from Home Depot. I had to hack the whole set up to make it fit and it’s done for now but next Spring I’ll take the seats back out and send it to a shop and get it done with the proper carpet.
I made up new cardboard kick panels for the front, installed all of the duct work and vents, upholstered the panels with new vinyl and put everything back in. The back seat is back from the shop and now installed in the car,
the package shelf has been re-covered and the radio parts finally arrived. The dash is now complete, glove box installed along with the 2 front ashtrays. Soon I will install the front seat tracks and then we will be ready to put the front seat back in. Once that is in, she will actually be a driveable car, though there will be a lot of adjustment and fit issues to deal with. The door panels will still need to be recovered too.
Till then.….….


