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May 30, 2005 | 01:46 PM

majic1984

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Carpet question...

How does the carpet lay over the light switch pedal in a 71? I see there's a plastic covering thing built into the carpet that indicates it would lie on top of the pedal.. but something about this just doesn't seem right.. would anyone care to take a picture of theirs or explain? I don't want to cut it.. and I don't want to just glue it down there - help!

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Michael

May 30, 2005 | 03:57 PM

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From: glace bay nova scotia

i just put mine over it,it's now a hidden switch,don't know what it was supposed to be, but thats it now.

May 30, 2005 | 04:13 PM

ksbunting

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From: Sudbury MA

On my 68 there is a "pedal" shaped like a hockey stick that mounts to the floor and goes over the dimmer switch. It ends up looking like a gas pedal mounted over the dimmer switch.
E-mail me if you need me to send you a picture of the pedal. My car is in the paint shop but I have a picture of the pedal off the car.
Kurt

May 30, 2005 | 07:44 PM

majic1984

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I know there's a pedal.. but does the carpet go over or under it?

May 30, 2005 | 08:32 PM

SanDiegoPaul

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Quote:

Originally Posted by majic1984

I know there's a pedal.. but does the carpet go over or under it?

Just lay the carpet over it. Period. End of story.

May 30, 2005 | 08:34 PM

vabeachvette

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Carpet goes over the switch on mine, not really a problem, sometimes I hit it and the hi beams will be on when I turn the lights on but not a big issue. I think that going over the switch looks cleaner too, since the carpet sometimes creeps fwd and the switch might pop out of a hole if you happen to cut one.

May 30, 2005 | 08:45 PM

majic1984

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SanDiegoPaul

Just lay the carpet over it. Period. End of story.

Haha.. thanks man

Just really confused me because I was gonna glue mine down with adhesive and the way the pedal makes connection with the floorboards seems pretty brittle - so I'm just gonna glue around it and slap it on top of the pedal.

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