I can't believe it's a whole month since my last post but I finally got around to start fitting the carpet. This is something that I'm not very familiar with, so it's been a bit of 'learning on the job' and a bit of 'making it up' as I go along. My budget doesn't stretch to have the carpets professionally made so hopefully it won't look too amateurish.
First, I made a template of the passenger side floor from cardboard.
Carpet fitting by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
I then transferred the template to the carpet. It was raining outside so I made a temporary table by placing a board across my car and workbench.
Carpet fitting by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
I then turned my attention to making a template for the propshaft tunnel but the shape of the tunnel meant that had to split this piece into two sections. The joint will be hidden by the seat when fitted.
Carpet fitting by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
After fitting the first section I made another template making sure I marked the position of the holes for the seatbelt anchor.
Carpet fitting by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
With the second section fitted, I temporarily replaced the handbrake cubby box.
Carpet fitting by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
It's a slow process but getting there....
More templating to follow......
.....peter