WEll, I have an 87 and when we bought it the carpet was trashed and smelled!
So I took it out. Never really found any replacement carpet until now. A
fellow vanagon owner and club member, set me on to this carpet from Home
Depot. It was a piece, just about the size of the middle. He had bought it
for just $20 and placed it in the back, without the middle seat in. Which he
usually uses for an extra love seat in teh house. WEll, I couldn't find any
down here in my town so went to another store WEST Lumber, They sell carpet
too. Found some for about $3.00 a foot. Very easly to cut, and matches the
blue in the Van. WEll I took the pads out and cut to fit them. Got them in
teh Van and they fit perfect. I do have a little trouble with the middle
pieces when I slide the middle seat in and out. But looks great.
   Of course, this isn't the same as the stock carpet. But, since it is
available out there(sorry I forgot where) we just didn't have $150 to fork
out. By the way, my front has got the rubber whole mat, that I got from a
local junk vanagon.
  Just my .02 worth
Kathy Jacobs
87 GL
SEVWC
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave C <happycampers@PICUSNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Making my own replacement carpets... anything I should know?

> on 5/25/2000 2:34 AM, K. Taylor at ktaylor@PREMIER1.NET wrote:
>
> > The carpets in my '91 Multivan are worn on and I want to replace them.
I
> > haven't been
> > able to find replacement carpets (not mats... the basic carpet system).
I
> > found a
> > chunk of carpet down at the local carpet shop that looks pretty good...
heavy
> > duty
> > commercial carpeting... black with lots  of specks of color throughout.
My
> > plan is to
> > remove the original carpeting and send it with the new chunk of
carpeting to a
> > local
> > company that cuts and stitches edging so that the... uh... well, the
edges are
> > stitched. (yawn).  Anyone know of a flaw in that plan?  Will there be a
> > problem if the
> > new carpet is thicker?
> >
>
> If i'm not mistaken, Sew Fine was looking for a donor carpet to pattern
> production of replacements to. Maybe you could get a good deal on the
> replacement for being the donor? Or maybe just be the donor if your set on
> what you have now.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave C.
> Williamsburg, VA
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