[DeTomaso] Original Carpeting (was Original, low-mileage red Pantera L re-sale?)

[B. Seib]

The two sets of original Pantera carpet I have is from 1972 and the match is
absolutely perfect.
No difference at all. Both from California. Both cars must have been stored
indoors most of the time as the color is rich and unfaded.
Barry
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  Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 5:55 PM
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  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Original Carpeting (was Original, low-milage red
Pantera L re-sale?)


  FWIW, there was a cigarette burn in one piece of OEM carpeting when we
bought our car in '80 (then 7+ yrs old). So I went to a vendor and together
we pulled that piece of carpeting out of a wrecked car of the same year.
Installed in our '72L, the shade of the replacement was different. So I
suspect the shade of gray of even NOS carpeting will vary depending on
whether the car it came from and the car its intended for has tinted
windows, the area of the country (more or less sunshine) and time spent in a
garage. Since it didn't match well when our car was much newer, it may be
unreasonable to expect to perfectly match a 42-yr-old color right out of the
box. BTW, after 30 more years, I cannot now tell the replaced piece from the
delivered-on-the-car carpeting. As long as the weave is the same, it will
eventually all blend in. And of course, its intended purpose is to sound-
and heat-insulate.






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  From: B. Seib <oldwheel at shaw.ca>
  Subject: [DeTomaso] Original Carpeting


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