<VV> Frustration with Clark's Corvair, humor

[ricknorris at suddenlink.net]

I ordered a set of optional holes for my carpet. They are really hard to find if you mislay them! GGG!
The Lone Haranguer

---- "corvairduval at cox.net" <corvairduval at cox.net> wrote: 
> I just read the online catalog and found they buy in large quantity from an
> outside source. So then this would be a special request that maybe their
> contract will not allow.
>  
> I have never bought a carpet from them that had the holes cut for the
> dimmer switch or accelerator pedal shaft. And I just bought the last one in
> October. As you can see on their online catalog page, the heel pad is
> installed, but the holes are not cut.
> 
> The heel pad is heat sealed, not sewn, to the carpet, so maybe you need to
> install car carpet mats on both sides to match your needs. Not stock, but
> nice looking, and probably found in your area with the heel pad on the
> right mat.
> 
> Frank DuVal
> 
> Original Message:
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> From: Arlette Carl arlettecarl at hotmail.com
> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:08:06 +1100
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Frustration with Clark's Corvair
> 
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
>  
>  
> 
> My most recent order was for a molded carpet set order to suit a 1965-69
> Corvair. I asked that these carpets be supplied as follows:  
> 
>  
> 
> 1. With vinyl heel pad not attached (NOT SEWN TO THE CARPET) but supplied
> nevertheless. 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 2.  That no holes are cut for the accelerator pedal and head lamp dimmer
> switches.
>  
> I explained that these carpets would be installed in a right hand drive car
> and that I would fit the heel pad and cut the holes on the right hand side
> of car
>  
> Well Clark's could not deal with this simple request and  I told me that
> the heel pad must be installed on the left hand side and the holes have to
> be cut on the left hand side. In short it was just to difficult the leave
> the molded carpet set uncut. Why this is so difficult is very hard for me
> to understand?
>  
> Anyway I am ordering the carpets in left hand drive form and will have to
> try to undo the damage to them when i receive them.
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