Sooo, a long awaited package arrived on Friday...
Straight out of the UK! Newton Commercial is a very well known carpet producer for many vintage cars. VWs are just one of the lines they produce. And they make some pretty cool stuff...
Opening the box up revealed two sets for Ghias. Mark ordered a set for his as well, although it may be a bit before he fits them up...
Laid out on the old bed, the vibrant red carpets look quite nice. This is a product called "narrow weave" which looks similar to German square weave, but is much cheaper. This product also comes in many colours, whereas the square weave is limited to grey or oatmeal. Newton Commercial does carry square weave too, if you want some...
These carpets a supposedly made from original patterns, with original type protective matting. I have never seen original Ghia carpets, so cannot comment. I would have thought the material around the heater outlet would have been red however. One thing that could be better with the Newton Commercial website, is more accurate pictures of what their product looks like...
This is the gear shifter hole. Note it can accommodate shifters mounted above or below the carpeting.
The location for the park brake handle also has the grey trim. Nicely done, but I would have preferred red. I am sure it will look nice once installed. And given I chose grey seatbelts, it should look pretty good...
This piece is not part of the standard carpet set. I just wanted the section below the back window to be trimmed like this. They happily made this for me, using a pattern they already had that was supplied by Marks' Dad for his 1960 Ghia...
Apparently the one Mark's Dad received fit very well. This one could be better. Note that the front of the trim "bumps out" a bit in the middle, and this is interfering with the fit. Ghias are semi hand built, so is it possible that his car was a bit different then mine in this area? Hmmm, I am not sure about that. I would have thought all Ghias would be flat behind the back seat. Anyway we will deal with this problem a bit later...
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