Lower cost carpet options???

I just priced carpet for my 67' Dart for the first time in quite a while,(cuz' I still haven't permanently patched my floorboard). The last time I checked JC Whitney the cheap stuff was $75 + S&H, now they want $133!!! What the heck? Legendary etc. seemed to be about $150 or so when I first looked too. Why the spike in price?

Anyway, I purchased a nice 5x10 roll of softer Blue Indoor/Outdoor carpet for another project for $15. I started thinking, would I be crazy to try to glue this down over hump etc and try to make it work in the Dart? It's a driver, not a show car and I am at the limit of what I want or can put into this particular car, $$$ wise.

Suppose I should look around for some used carpet. Any that's blue or black would be my preference.
Thanks for the advice

--Elwood67

Use the cheap stuff for now. I cut it to fit, then use a hook needle and clear fishing line to sew it back together. I have sewn a lot of loop carpet and it looks pretty good.