I'm with Ron on this one.
The set I aquired (new in a box from a parts car and never installed)
was real junk! It was too small around the shifter and ripped when I
tried to fit it. The footwell carpets lasted almost all month before
they ripped. And they just look like crap, cheap looking.
But I really shouldn't complain, the price was right. Free in the trunk
of a $100 running parts car.
The receipt in the box had a 4 letter word on it.
No more comments from me, I get in trouble.
Frank
Ron Soave wrote:
>
> > I need to buy a kit and don't know from whom, anyone else want to offer
>
> Ulix,
> I don't know if they're still around, but there was a place called Automat
> in NY in Hicksville. I did find a phone # on the web - (516) 938-7373 . I
> bought a closeout $100 set for my old MGB that blew away the "deluxe" crap
> I got from, ahem, a major retailer. They were on the expensive side, but
> ask about closeouts. They advertised in Road and Track for years back in
> the days of Barbara Eden with a girl in a bikini under the ad line "Car Pet
> Anyone?" Ah, simpler times...
>
> Good luck,
> Ron
>
> ----------
> > From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
> > To: Swift Justice <samesq@pacbell.net>
> > Cc: Spridget mail list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Re: Question - Carpet snaps, number and location
> > Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 11:26 AM
> >
> > Steve,
> > sorry, no answers from me.
> > I just wanted to ask, how do you like the Moss carpet kit?
> > How is the quality of the carpet, stitching, etc.?
>
> > an opinion? I guess I should ask about fit too...
> >
> > Thanks, Ulix
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Swift Justice wrote:
> >
> > > I finally pulled out the moss carpet kit and laid it out on the
> > > garage floor to see how the pieces would go into the car. The DPO had
> > > put in an ultra cheap black carpet, had glued it down, then screwed
> some
> > > of the snaps back in on top of the carpet, screwed some in
> > > with washers (the type used to hold the radio console in) and omitted
> > > others completely.
> > > (I had always wondered what kind of funky tonneau cover would snap to
> > > the floor)
> > >
> > > At my best count I have determined the following:
> > >
> > > 1. There should be four snaps in each footwell.
> > > 2. There are two snaps on the floor in front of each seat
> > > 3. There is a snap on the trans tunnel in front of the shifter near
> > > the floor on each side.
> > > 4. There are six(?) snaps that hold the piece on the shelf behind
> the
> > > seats.
> > >
> > > The question mark on the last point is that my car has three snaps
> > > near the seats but no snaps near the rear panel, nor any holes near the
> > > rear panel that I can see. My friend's '72 definitely has 6 snaps on
> > > the shelf.
> > >
> > > Can anyone verify to me these snap locations and numbers?
> > > Particulary anyone with a late production car (like a '79) The Moss
> kit
> > > only came with rings for 16 snaps, by my count I will need 20. Anyone
> > > know an order number for these parts? They do not appear in the
> regular
> > > catalog.
> > >
> > > Thanks listers,
> > >
> > > Steve.
> > > --
> > > _________________
> > > | Steve McGee,
> > > | Atty. at large
> > > | samesq@pacbell.net
> > > | http://home.pacbell.net/samesq/
> > > |________________
> > >
> > > "Then", said the mock turtle to Alice, "I will believe in you, if
> > > you will believe in me ."
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Ulix __/__,__
>
> > .......................................................... (_o____o_)....
> > '67 Sprite
> >
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