I am installing front seats in my 68 camaro, I also installed new carpet. Question, will I have to cut the carpet for the rear frame to fit in or can I just bolt the rear frame on top of the carpet. Thanks

mine is bolted on top of (thru) the carpet, don't know if that is "correct" tho.

My front seats are factory original and are bolted on top of the carpet.

hi when i put in my new carpet first i put the carpet in the sun to make it easier to work with i fit it over the hump working outward when i got to the seat bolt holesi cut a small X and put the bolt thru the carpet and keeped working outward then used a hair drier where needed to form the rug and if i needed to pull the holes in the rug for the seat bolts i could it was easy to find the holes when i was done but the seat tracks sit on top of the rug

Tony

One thing I thought of doing (when the time comes) is to cut the heads off of some bolts and grind the ends to a point. Thread them into the seat bolt holes (or any hole that will have a bolt through the carpet), leaving the points sticking up an inch or so. Fit the carpet in and let the points pierce through the carpet. Then remove them one at a time and install the correct bolt(s) in place.
I'll let you know if it works.
:)

Joe, I did the same thing when installing my carpet in the '69, except I used all-thread and spent some time making sharp points so it would poke through the carpet...One other pointer I would like to throw out is to be very careful cutting any excess. Some kits come a little oversize and some are supposedly "form fit" right out of the box. I had to cut some off the edges (I'm cheap and bought the less expensive kit) by the kick panels and along the edges by the doors. When you pull the carpet at all it will pull the other side in a little ;)

Dano

Lost of guys place the feet over the carpet and bolt it down. That will help prevent the carpet from shifting, but that's not the way the General did it.

I have looked at a few unrestored originals, and found the rear feet to be attached through "U" shaped holes in the carpet. the "flap" was hinged to the rear, and folded back to install the feet. Then the flap was folded back to cover the bolt head.

The fronts were cut out for the front feet, and then the front piece of carpet was placed over the feet, so the trailing edge if the front carpet was directly against the vertical portion of the foot.

I actually installed the front bolts first, and then used and awl to align the rears. Then I used masking tape to mark the carpet, removed the seats and cut the carpet. Then folded back the carpet and re-installed the seats. I had to trim the flap a little to get it to fit back down.

After a long search I ended up installing the seats exactly as "Unreal" stated.
It seemed the general consensus at the time was that the seats should be bolted directly to the floor.

Rick

I finally yanked up my orignal carpeting this past fall, but I kept it to serve as a pattern for the new carpeting. GM did indeed 'notch' the carpet at the rear. At least they did in 1967. Can't remember how the fronts were treated, but I'll look next time I take a trip out to the garage. I seem to recall that the fronts were sort of tucked under an opening in the carpet, which is not notched like the rear is. Bottom line - the seats were not mounted on top of the carpet, although I wouldn't get hung up on it either way. Especially if the feet and seat tracks aren't all rusty.