The brackets are for a fold down lid where your removable rear windsceen glass goes When you have the tops off and your rear glass comes off as well There are 2 latches on the top inside of your rear glass to release the glass out
I went through the same ordeal, the car was a bare shell when I got it. Pretty much approached all these projects with the “wing it” method. Happy to hear this video helped you out. 👍🏻
Great video, just did mine and that light is a SOB...even though i had old carpet. One thing i would ad is to precut useing old carpet as template and use some masking tape to mark holes like for the rubber plugs and light screws locations.
Thank you! Absolutely, great piece of advice for anyone doing this project. Unfortunately I didn’t have any carpet to use as a template which made it a real bugger to install.
Just yesterday we did the back half of a 71 Corvette. By far the worst for us was the wheel wells. Unless you're putting relief cuts in you're going to have lumps and bumps.
@thedrivewayC3 better late than never 😀. It’s definitely a “wing it” kinda job, just get in there and hope for the best. Don’t forget to embrace your inner contortionist, it’s a tight squeeze. 👍🏻
It’s actually recommended to not glue the carpet in C3s, the carpet was not glued from factory, I can see having to do it over the wheel wells, but the carpet will relax and form where it’s put after a couple weeks
@@ratfarm767 Your video has given me some motivation to finish everything up! I’m currently working on the rear carpet. I’m so worried about cutting it wrong!
You can buy it both ways, the carpet I purchased was just carpet with typical backing and I needed the padding but the more expensive carpet kits will have a rubber backing.
I removed the drain tubes and plugged them off for now, I need to order new tubes and drain vents. But when I do I’ll probably use a small razor like an Exacto knife to cut around them.
