Carpeting for 69 Barracuda Fastback

The dynamat clone stuff has a peel of paper backing and it’s own adhesive. It doesn’t seem all that sticky when you are installing it, but after the car has set out in the sun you can’t hardly get it back off. Works a lot better than I thought.

The ACC carpet had no adhesive. I had the thin rubbery mass backing layer on the carpet, the the shoddy pad type insulation in selected places similar to the original. The mass backing was not on the rear cargo area pieces. I put them on with 3M 77 spray contact adhesive. I took the floor and wheel housings out of the car in the rear cargo area to make them easier to work with. Not sure whether that was a good idea or not, but it worked. Mine did not originally have carpet on the wheel houses, so it was a little bit of an ordeal working the carpet under the chrome trim. I didn’t glue down any of the forward pieces except the console. The console piece seemed to long and didn’t really fit right. Will have to do that over.

I bought carpet from Stock Interiors for my previous car & it was also ACC. Didn’t have mass backing & didn’t hold its shape as well. I was going to order from them again & somebody told we to check Rock Auto. They were about $50 cheaper shipped. Rock Auto seems to have about the cheapest shipping (except for free). The prices from places with free shipping were all much higher.