Just in an effort to stamp out any misconceptions, non-GT Alpines NEVER
were carpeted from the factory. All had rubber floor mats, front and
rear, with carpeting covering the transmission hump.
scott christie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Downing [SMTP:downing(at)mlml.calstate.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 1997 11:27 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: re: Rubber floors
>
> Jerome-
>
> My car still has the remains of the rubber floors. I imagine they were
> more
> flexible when new, and certainly more attractive. The rubber in my
> car is
> in front and back and sits on top of what looks like it used to be
> black
> carpet. I can only imagine that most restorers wouldn't want to
> duplicate
> it because it's molded to the shape of the floor pan in places and
> would be
> hard/expensive to reproduce. Besides, it just looks hideous, IMO.
>
> James
> '63 SII 9119860
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