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I put the battery in the '66 this morning and was going to cruise around the block. Once inside, I remembered I had a new shifter with the correct lever for it. I also obtained a correct hump and carpet over the winter, so I dug into that.

Existing carpet and high hump.

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New shifter installed with the correct hump.

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Impossible to photograph black carpet with just the flash. I will wait till it settles for a while and then cut the hole for the carpet guard I have to finish it off. Drove it around the block finally and the new shifter handle is way better than the old one. The old one didn't have a replaceable handle to change and it was too far forward in 3rd.

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Looks good. I did the CAC thing in 1 day today too-see separate thread.

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Very nice. How did the carpet fit?

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Tim H wrote:

Very nice. How did the carpet fit?

Not well. It fits baggy around the tunnel and the jute backing was folded over in 2 places making ridges. I cut off the ridges so the jute would lay flat. I had to do all this with the first carpet that I just removed too. The quality control is not good.

 



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That's about the same issues I've had in the past. I went to a fabric store and bought more jute and built up the tunnel under the carpet. It did make it better.

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Tim H wrote:

That's about the same issues I've had in the past. I went to a fabric store and bought more jute and built up the tunnel under the carpet. It did make it better.

That's a good idea. I may have to pull it out and do that. One problem is I am not using the floor mounted throttle pedal to pull it down tight. I installed a Lokar cable pedal that hangs from the firewall like a '70.

 



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