The old carpet was looking pretty bad, so I ordered a molded carpet.  Once I pulled the seats out, I realized how bad  the carpet really was, and why it smelled so bad.  There had been numerous spills between the seats and the console, which for the most part was hidden.

Got quite a mess here - not much fun showing how bad it is ...  Once the carpet is out, set it aside for reference.

I disconnected the battery, after locating the power seat (driver's) all the way back.  If I had it to do all over again, I'd run the seat back - remove the front bolts - run the seat forward - remove the rear bolts - disconnect the battery.  It took a long time to get the rear bolts out with seat all the way back.

The only trim to remove, were the door sills, the forward kick panels, and loosen the rear kick panels.  The clips on the sill panel came off, and had to be reinstalled on the sill panel.

The carpet has to be cut, to fit under this support.   The wires to the seats pass through the carpet, so you need to cut slots for them.   The drivers lapbelt anchor has an electrical lead that will have to pass through the carpet.

It's a good idea to lay the new carpet out and let some of the wrinkles loosen up.

Lay the carpet in, and let it get used to all the curves.  Get it centered, and find out where the difficult places are going to be.  

Both front seats are being repaired & dyed right now.  All the upper (back) panels will be new.

Looks real bad.  Previous owners really let it go.  This photo does it justice.

I installed the seat mount bolts, to hold the carpet in place.  Route the wires through the carpet before you get too many bolts in.   Make sure you have enough carpet lapping onto the door sill area, so the trim piece will lay on it..  If not, you can relieve a little tension by twisting the carpet, or making a slit near the console area.  After having mounted all the bolts,   running the wires, and mounting the lapbelt anchors, I discovered there wasn't an excess of carpet to go under the last door sill trim.  Make sure everything is right  before you cut any holes!  Also, the carpet didn't go all the way over the rear vertical panel (that the rear seat sits on).  If you see that happening, twist the carpet a little - it's probably pushed too far forward..  I had to run a razor blade across the top of the vertical panel, to make it look even.  A spray-on adhesive will keep the carpet in those places where there tends to be air pockets, on the door sill area, on the rear vertical panel, and on the top of the vertical panel.  It wouldn't hurt to apply the adhesive in various places, as you go - do a little area at a time.   Spray both surfaces and let them set for a minute or two, then put the carpet down.   Once the two surfaces meet - that's pretty much it, so push the carpet into all the little nooks and crannies, then let the adhesive do it's job!  Keep some pressure on the carpet until the bonding starts to take effect.  One thing I forget to install was that floormat locking device on the driver's side.  I guess I can live without that for now, but I'll keep it handy.

Once the seats and console are in, there isn't a whole lot of carpet to see ...

It's very difficult to get the wrinkles out of the carpet when you're working with a rounded surface (the "hump").  The spray adhesive will help in this matter, but get it straight the first time!  As you see, I didn't reinstall the locking devices for the rear seat.  I plan on doing the rear seat delete Mod.  The horizontal board will lay right on top on the vertical panel.   I may yet have to pull the carpet up, on that top edge, and reattach it with adhesive, to get a perfectly smooth surface for the board to sit on.

A good looking console takes some attention away from the stray wrinkles.

There are a hell of a lot of wires that run near the door sill, right over the hump for the forward seat mount bolts.  My carpet had a little slack to compensate for this.  Some adhesieve would do miracles right there.

"Shotgun" seat installation is waiting on completion of Rear Seat Delete Mod

I had to use a fan, and portable lights.  So far there aren't any left over parts.

Carpet:   Auto Custom Carpets, Inc.   $144.68 Shipped.

1-800-352-8216.

Had trouble with their Internet Address, but they were extremely helpful when I placed the order on the phone.  They  sent some samples, before I made my color choice (you can request up to three samples).

http://www.accmats.com

                                                                                                                          The last of the coins showed up when I pulled the carpet.  All together, I've found about $2.00 in change, a small cross with a diamond chip in the center, a CD, pencils, cereal crumbs, and some other crap. 

Both front seats are in the upholstery shop.   Should be ready soon.

Have an interview for a new job in a couple of days, so this project may get stalled out again ...  I know the Cobra is getting anxious to get out on the road again.

I plan on doing the Seat Delete  project after the carpeting is done.  I've already bought the plywood for the project.

Rear Seat Delete Project