Carpet Installation, Part 1

We didn’t get a lot of time in the garage last night since we were out so late celebrating Victoria's successfully passing her MD driving test, so accomplishments were minimal. I was able to find all the hardware and install the antenna. Then she and I went to work on putting the new carpet in. The front and rear carpet pieces come with pads glued to most of the bottoms. The pads are cut to fit around features of the floor; one of which is the accelerator pedal and shaft. Following Clark’s directions, we were able to set the front piece in where we thought it should go. Unfortunately, this didn’t place the shaft in its associated padless region. We adjusted the carpet forward to get it to line up and I cut the hole. We then slid the carpet over the shaft and installed the pedal. We were disappointed that the pedal now sits right at the edge of the heel pad instead of slightly offset, but the pedal does rotate smoothly and that’s what’s important. By that point, it was nearing 10 PM and time to head back inside. Tonight we trim and glue the pieces down followed by seat and seatbelt installation