Re: need a carpet sample for V-8 blue

Posted by BH On 2007/8/11 12:03:53

Joel -

I'm not challenging anyone's right to do as they please with their property and money. Yet, a comment made WRT to the lack of response to a question just naturally opened the door for further discussion. Also, you have to admit that you later opened Pandora's box when you said this site was about helping each other - especially when it turns out that this project may only benefit a few people.

Still, I'm not beating anyone up over the limited and private nature of this project. I just felt that with a little more information, a sample might be more forthcoming - though I've seen very few '56s with blue interior.

As the carpets in my three running V8s are original and the cars have seen very little use in recent years, I've not purchased any carpet sets for any of them. As such, I had no idea that the carpet sets presently available to Packard owners through existing vendors were so far off from original weave and color that a special run had to be made.

While there's some significant wear on the driver's area of the carpeting in my cars, it hides nicely with a repro floor mat, and I'm not really interested in having my cars judged under the sloppy standards of PAC or some general car show. As such, I won't be buying carpet for these cars until I absolutely have to and find a material that matches close enough to suit me.

Yet, authenticity is not at all an issue for my one Patrician that is earmarked to become a fair-weather driver. While it has been years since I had that car out, the copper carpet in that car is not what I'd call "bronze". IIRC, color of the carpet was closer to the lighter shade of copper-colored cloth used on the seats - though the color of the i/p and steering wheel and column is more like "bronze". However, I would expect that the factory would have used the darker shade for carpet in a Caribbean with white/blue/copper trim.

Here's hoping your project pans out for you. I suspect that if there is sufficient demand/desire for that level of authenticity, someone will find a way to make more.