Re: [AMC-list] Door panels and Crapets

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After spending the day home sick and recouping. Went down and tried again a while ago. I got front and kick panels in. I think it will end up being pretty decent once I am done convincing it to fit. 
   Once I get the console refurbished and in I will be able to do a little more tweaking. It Should end up ok. 

    I'd not go with cheap stuff again. 


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From: wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx

Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:03:00 
To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Door panels and Crapets


Exactly my thinking, all of it. 
For years I have wanted carpet and now I can either pay twice as much and eat the cost of this first one or make it fit as best I can. 
    The biggest issue is the hump is to baggy and it is two short across the firewall. I'd complain but I now see they are the long time provider for JC Whitney. I have tried dealing with them years ago to no effect. 
    I had hoped the product had improved with technology, no such luck. 
   I'm ready to spray bed liner and use loose rubber Mats!
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From: Marc Montoni <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>

Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:14:08 
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Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Door panels and Crapets



Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

>I sell?ACC and use it in all of my cars.??I have tried?others and ACC seems to be the best.


Not trying to be obtuse, but I bought an ACC carpet for my 79 Spirit back in the mid-nineties, and it was pretty poor.  Most noticeable was that it was too short in the front - didn't go far enough up the firewall.  There were also numerous areas where it wanted to bunch up over the hump, and other detail errors.

I recently purchased an NOS AMC carpet via ebay.  I'm sure a factory molded carpet will be spot-on, but we'll see.

I also ordered a sewn plush carpet for my 69 Ambassador a few months back.  I got it to lay down in the back okay-ish, but the corners weren't right and the front was a complete mess.  The area over the hump wasn't done right at all.  I hate doing things mail-order.  Sending it back and hassling with the supplier over fit is a pita.

Once I removed the factory carpet, it was apparent that the factory carpet was all sewed to fit (no molding) and they fit very well.  Too bad by the time I got the car they were in tatters.  I think in the future, I'm just going to get flat roll carpeting and use the factory carpet as a template and do my own.

Although, someone mentioned Mac McCoy.  I checked him out http://forramblersonlyparts.blogspot.com/ and his prices are truly reasonable for sewn carpets -- especially if they actually do fit.



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