Carpet installtion advice for my '69 Corvette coup

[Dave Rifkin]

Well I received my carpet set from Eckler's (ACC) and I am quite pleased with it. I started to fit the rear side panels and storage sections today and, as usual, I have a few questions.

1) Do you guys recommend glueing all carpet sections into the car or are there certain key pieces that require glueing? Having worked with contact cement before I am very leery about glueing some of the more tedious to install sections for fear that they'll get stuck before they are fit just right.

2) The floor sections of my original carpet had a rubber trim piece that went around the area where the front lap belt came through the carpet. My replacement carpet doesn't have this and I was wondering if this is something that can be transferred without too much difficulty or are there other suggestions for handling this?

That's all the questions I have for now; man is it nerve racking to trim the carpet or what? I don't know if I was sweating so much because it was so hot or from nerves.

Thanks for the help,

[MosportGreen66]

Long Island Corvettes stocks a spray can glue used for the carpet. Do not get a brush on glue. It will get every where, quite possibily on the new section of carpet. I would glue all the sections that were originally glued. Replicate the original style.

[olredalert]

--------3M 80-80 spray glue, adjustable nozzle. The best over the counter spray glue you can use.........Bill S