Cleaning Original Carpet

[WRKO]

Reviving this thread - Both my 76 and 74 have/had the one piece carpet.  My personal preference is for the one piece while acknowledging that the multi-piece kits are superior and many have had excellent results therewith.

 

I recently cleaned a valuable estate sale find rug that was hit by a cat.  For that, I consulted with a textile conservator specializing in old rugs...who pointed me to youtube vids of rug cleaning.  Those videos are oddly satisfying to watch for those with  OCD cleaning tendencies.  If the backing is intact and the rug generally stable, the cleaning process can be much more aggressive than you might think!  The old rugs can also shed more dye than you might like.  But I digress.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5GZhdK57h0

 

(not me or my rug, but you get the idea)

 

I am planning to remove my carpet sometime over the summer and I want to try to "restore" it.  The drivers side vinyl parts are in rough shape.

 

My question - does any sell that pedal box and foot pad vinyl for installation by "other"?

Edited May 1, 2021 by WRKO

[fjord-tii]

@WRKO I recently browsed to https://jjautofabrics.com, looks like they have everything.

[Marsattacks]

I had a “both windows left down” episode on a day calling for zero percent chance of rain that turned into a deluge.  That was the last of my precious 1974 one-piece carpet.  I was so concerned about my precious unrusted floors pans that I cut the carpets out of the back (where most of the water pooled), lifted the rest of the carpet and got her dried out nicely after scooping a good bit of standing water.  The consequence was that I had a three-piece carpet.  My carpet showed the same faded and tatty quality some of you know well.  Esty to the rescue!  Now my carpet looks great, smells great (no smell) and lays very flat.  I tracked some winter mud in but hoping to clear that up with Oxy Clean or Hydrogen Peroxide.  

[Madspet]

For the restoration of your carpet, I would recommend using a professional cleaning service. I wouldn't risk doing it just by looking at a video on Youtube or doing it as I think it is right.

[esty]

1 hour ago, Madspet said:

I wouldn't risk doing it just by looking at a video on Youtube

why?

[2002spaceodyssey]

I started this thread. I took my caret to a professional cleaning service, and they refused to clean it. I cleaned it myself.