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Re: 1970 MGB carpet snaps

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Subject: Re: 1970 MGB carpet snaps
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:07:43 -0700
That's original, at least on CBBs. 2 in front of the seat, and 2 up in the
foot well. When you buy carpet sets you have to install your own snaps to
fit.

on 6/18/03 8:35 PM, John Graham at theklube@hotmail.com wrote:

> Well, I hate to admit this, but I've had my B for almost 20 years now and
> had never messed with the carpets.  No they weren't in real good shape, but
> I lost interest in the beast for a string of years and it sat idle in the
> garage.  I think that I knew from a long way back that I had some rust holes
> in my drivers side floor boards.  I'm fixin her up now so I'm getting around
> to doing something about the holy floor board.  I took out the carpet on the
> drivers side and in cleaning up for my patching, I noticed that there were
> some snaps on the floor that looked like they were for keeping carpet in
> place.  There were two just in front of the seat rails and at least one way
> down in the end of the foot well.
> 
> My question is one of curiosity.  Did the B orginally come with carpets that
> snapped in or is this a remnant of the PO's work?  None of the carpets that
> I've seen advertised in Moss or elsewhere mention any sort of snaps to hold
> them in place.
> 
> John Graham - Charlotte NC 70MGB - the green one.


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