Carpet for a non-console Tremec ?

[mayhem]

Has anyone come up with custom carpet for a non-console Tremec? I've got a '68 Dart that had a Tremec in it previously but the carpet looks like ***. I was going to cut out the Tremec trans hump but since everything but the 5-speed trans is still there, I'm just going to put one back in (you know, path of least resistance and all that). Can an auto-on-the-column carpet be 'moulded' to accomodate the Tremec trans tunnel modification or is it best to bite the bullet and have a custom front carpet made up by a specialist?

 

[Professor Fate]

Can't tell from here how extensively your particular tunnel was modified (I'd be willing to bet no two are the same), but replacement carpets in my experience are cut generously enough that you should be able to fit it in and form it well enough with a handheld steamer/heat gun and still have plenty to trim off.
Biggest issue I foresee is locating the heel pad correctly on the driver's side.

 

[dano]

I used an Auto carpet and yes it will not fit perfect. I found a fabric steamer will melt the wax and reshape the carpet some.

Do not use a hair dryer or heat gun, it will melt the carpet.

 

[mayhem]

Can't tell from here how extensively your particular tunnel was modified (I'd be willing to bet no two are the same), but replacement carpets in my experience are cut generously enough that you should be able to fit it in and form it well enough with a handheld steamer/heat gun and still have plenty to trim off.
Biggest issue I foresee is locating the heel pad correctly on the driver's side.

Thanks Professor. I'll ask around about how much extra carpet is on either side - maybe enough to leave the drivers side 'in place' and cheat the passenger side toward the center some.

 

[mayhem]

I used an Auto carpet and yes it will not fit perfect. I found a fabric steamer will melt the wax and reshape the carpet some.

Do not use a hair dryer or heat gun, it will melt the carpet.

Thanks Dano. Good tip to avoid hair dryers and heat guns. As 'Fate said above, a handheld steamer might get me close. I initially thought of the wife's steam iron (no contact with the carpet) but weighed the concequences of getting caught and immediately set that idea aside.

 

[dano]

Thanks Dano. Good tip to avoid hair dryers and heat guns. As 'Fate said above, a handheld steamer might get me close. I initially thought of the wife's steam iron (no contact with the carpet) but weighed the concequences of getting caught and immediately set that idea aside.

That's what I did, stole the wife's clothes steamer. There are still areas I need to work over, I've considered just getting an unmolded carpet and just work it in but the car is together and I'd rather drive it.