It is 90 degrees and really humid, plus it rained a couple hours ago so it is even more humid. The carpet is settling as I work on it, since I am crawling around all over it. It is not perfect. I think it was molded over a catalytic converter hump giving me a little slack on the passenger side. Maybe that will settle out over time. Now that I have the shifter installed, there is something to look at to distract your eyes away from the slack on the top of the tranny hump. It won't be perfect, but it will definitely be nicer than a bare floor... I am using a soldering iron to burn the holes in the carpet where the wires and screws need to go through. This keeps the holes nice and round, and should prevent fraying and enlarging of the holes in the future. The green wire hanging on the floor is for the linelock, and the cheesy button that came with it busted at the mount. Any suggestions on a new button that would mount to the shifter and work for this?
Looks good! Now I understand on the shifter mounting! Now I confused on line lock. Was the button in the shifter knob? If not, may want to get a knob with button in it. Does look nice an time will seat it in with your coaching!
Button was on the shifter "trigger". The cheap Summit button had a rubber boot that would slide over the trigger, but not anything much bigger. I would like to find a button with a mounting base that can expand to maybe the outside of the handle that the shifter ball is attached to...so I can hit the line lock with my ring finger while going from 1st to 2nd, but out of the way the rest of the time when I am shifting normally (I usually drive it as a manual, because it shifts too soon in D, unless I am just cruising to the store or something.).
more pics Progress...taking my time and trying to be careful, got 12 hours into it so far. May have it done tomorrow, if the Dad doesn't show up too early for Father's Day dinner... Driver side went together pretty tight, still have some slack in the passenger side (they may have considered a 74 as having the cat hump ). I might take the seat belt off tomorrow and paint it to match the kick panel. It sticks out like a sore thumb, and all the other panels will be semigloss black like that kickpanel. Eventually door panels and dash too. Rear "kick panel" will go in after I line the wheelwells with the leftover jute. That should quiet down the fuel pump a bit... Seat brackets were painted today with Rust Oleum, and will install tomorrow. Have carriage bolts in the floor holding the carpet steady while I install everything else.
Honestly, it has a green tint to it. It is called Graphite Grey, but in the correct light, it looks like a really dark green. I will start to paint the entire interior semigloss black. It will go with whatever i put on the outside of the car. Even my maroon seats might go decent with it...
