'59 Imperial carpet

["Don Hudson" <mopar4me@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If it has a similar pile to your 59, ask them to yuse that type of carpeting and mold it for the 59 floorpan.  I did the same thing a few years back and asked them to use mid 60s to early 70s pile on a Cordoba or similar type car.  They actually contacted me and said it wasn't original to that particular car but would do it if that's what I wanted.  Check with them and if they'll doing, at least you won't have the problem of the carpeting not conforming to your floorpan.

Don

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----- Original Message -----

From: Neal Herman

To: Imperial Club

Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:48 AM

Subject: IML: '59 Imperial carpet

Sorry to beat a dead horse here, but I didn't save the e-mail from many months ago which described the particular type of carpet that the '59 Imperial came with.  It wasn't loop pile or cut pile, I don't think.

 

My '59's black carpet must be replaced.  In many places there's no nap left at all.  How feasible would it be to use late 1970s Lincoln carpeting?  I think I can get that through Original Auto Interiors in Michigan.  I realize that molded carpet for a '79 Town Car wouldn't correspond to a '59 Crown 4-door, and that I'd have welting or seams along the edges.  It does, though, have a similar deep pile that would be close to the pristine original carpet I have on the back of the front seat, more so than the loop/cut pile that Mopar used in the 60s.  Any thoughts?

 

 

Neal Herman

Washington, DC

1959 Imperial Crown 4-door Southampton

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