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Well.. finally getting little things done.

Started in on installing the new carpet. Not bad shape for sitting in storage for years.... many years. This is the 601 black carpet from the TFent group buy if that says anything about its age.

Doing the matting:

Used tape to join all the seams together and to secure the matting in place. Tedious, but it made things easier when trying to muscle that huge chunk of rubberized carpet into position. 

I found that starting at the back of the carpet was ideal. It was the most positive shape portion of the carpet. Also required the least amount of trimming. Which this carpet requires plenty of.

Advice: have your old carpet laid out as a reference. 

Here is the carpet going in. I originally tried to slide it in under the pedals first. 

This did not work.

There is too much excess material to do it this way. Instead. Start from the back pf the car with the carpet folded back and roll it forwards. Getting it under the pedals is a chore, but it will not roll out all the way. Cut off the excess that wont unfold. Be careful not to cut through to anything important. I have not finished all of the holes for mounting the interior, but all I can say is give yourself plenty of time and be very patient. I an hoping I didn't cut too far down on the driver's side of the transmission tunnel where the dash mounts. 

I also installed the new e brake boot from redlinegoods. I like the feel of the leather WAY better. I am hoping my stitching lines up alright with the stitching on the console cover. But for my first ever interior... I'm not going to stress it too much.

I didn't have a stapler to mimic the factory mounting method... but I did have my leather working tools so I punched and stitched the mounting ring onto the leather.

Thanks! I cant vait to start up ze engine you built me.

I replaced the seatbelts with non faded ones. I am continually impressed with how clean the parts in this 102k mile chassis are. These will be up for sale. Possibly a good candidate to be re dyed black. 

And the rear portion of the interior is back together. Thankful for zero lost or broken clips. Now I am just waiting on McMaster Carr to get me all the foam amd such to recondition the heater core and ac evaporator housings. My current foam is falling apart and I would be afraid to turn on the fan blower for fear of getting blinded by debris.