Nailing down the carpet nails question

["Wayne Graefen" <wgraefen@xxxx>]

Pete Fitch has made me aware that my first post about nailing down carpet
may have gone out for some unknown reason without text. Here is the text if
you did not receive it.
Wayne
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I can't recall whether the nailing down of carpets from the factory was
something discussed on this list or whether it was a question from an
individual however I have found an answer.

Chryco (Canada) service bulletin # 361 (Nov. 27, '57) and 361A (Jan. 16,
'58) cover this.

In 361 it talks about using drive nails to keep the carpet in alignment and
prevent wrinkling but does not indicate this was done at the factory.

In 361A it states that "The glove box of models equipped with carpet-type
floor mats now contains a package of six drive nails for this purpose." A
non-dimensioned diagram of the floor indicates that the four of the drive
nails are to be positioned
along the edge of the two-piece carpet underneath the back of the front seat
where the front foot well carpet overlaps the rear carpet, one in each outer
corner and one each about 2/3rds of the way across toward the driveshaft
hump. The remaining two drive nails are shown placed in front of the front
seat near the outer floor edge before it rises to the door sill.

So apparently these drive nails were not installed in the floor at the
factory but starting in mid-January of '58 they were in a package (likely a
manila envelope - my guess) in the glove box.

I don't know how long that practice may have continued from January of '58
but I do know that it is very common to find these nails through the
floorboards of '57 through '61 letter cars. Can anyone comment on earlier
or later carpeted Chryslers?

Wayne