I'm installing new carpet in my 70 GS. The car has a 4 speed with console. Does anyone have a picture of the cutout in the carpet for the 4 speed that they can post? I would like to know how much the carpet encroaches above the lower boot and boot ring.
Copperheadgs1 (Dave) posted great photos in this thread of the original carpet in Brett Slater's '70 GS 4-speed car with console: Factory Carpet Install | V8buick.com
Jason's thread about his GSX also has some photos of Carpet: https://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/upgrades-and-repairs-to-gsx-508.372002/
I believe automatic carpet is the way to go but carpet needs to be formed around the Buick hump. May was elaborated on in Brett's thread. They didn't seem to have as much trouble as last one I did, which @Matt Knutson re-did.
Brett is correct, You can see in the above picture that the factory Buick Manual "Hump" is very small, so you need to buy a carpet for an Automatic car. The companies always try to sell us their 4-speed carpets, which are based off the Chevelle 4-speed floor pans with a huge hump. The only way you can begin to make them work is if you have a car with a console. If you have just the shifter boot, you don't have a chance of making them work. Duane
Here is a pic of the carpet piece that was cut out of my 69 car. It was originally a non consolette, boot only car. The consolette that came with the car was added at a later date. For non-consolette cars, the carpet actually tucks into a recess built into the shifter boot, with the rubber flaps of the boot finishing it up. Console equipped cars may have been cut different. This piece was found under the original carpet when the car was taken apart. Hope this helps. Duane
Based on the pic of Brett's orig. carpet above they cut more out on the consolette cars. Pretty rare ocurrance that either one would come down the line. Wonder if it was a PIA or nice to do something different.
My stage looked the same way. I thought it looked like that because of too many people taking off the consolette and modifying the carpet. (I didn't think factory would do it like that)
