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Re: Question - Carpet snaps, number and location

To: Swift Justice <samesq@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Question - Carpet snaps, number and location
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:26:12 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Spridget mail list <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
In-reply-to: <35FC61DB.75F4837@pacbell.net>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
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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.?
I need to buy a kit and don't know from whom, anyone else want to offer
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.
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    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
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                                                           '67 Sprite


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