I thing I found carpet to match oem Options

[PanelBilly]

https://www.upholsterysupplyusa.com/product...ver-knit-carpet

Is this the right stuff?

[wonkipop]

@PanelBilly i think that carpet you are looking at is the carpet that went into 911s at that time.

its a kind of fuzzy look carpet. but not perlon.

914s used VW carpet stock.
most of the higher spec cars had loop pile.
but.........when it comes to 74 914s they changed the black carpet from the loop pile stock they had been using (used in VW 412) to a different type of carpet as was fitted to the VW scirocco.

@scallyk9 this is going to matter for a bumble bee.

@JeffBowlsby has a handle on when this change in the carpet occurred.
its either at the start of when the LEs were coming down the production line or during their production run. so some might have been the earlier carpet and some the later.

i have a sense of when the carpet changes from 74 L jet data. but not as narrowed down as mr. b has pinned it. its between end of feb74 and somewhere in april 74 the changeover happens.

the latter carpet is called salt and pepper. i would call it mottled.
i have seen that carpet or something very close to it on mercedes benz carpet suppliers.

you need a sample if you are wanting to be serious about getting a bumble bee right.
depends on what you are trying to do and how far you want to go.

[scallyk9]

@PanelBilly i think that carpet you are looking at is the carpet that went into 911s at that time.

its a kind of fuzzy look carpet. but not perlon.

914s used VW carpet stock.
most of the higher spec cars had loop pile.
but.........when it comes to 74 914s they changed the black carpet from the loop pile stock they had been using (used in VW 412) to a different type of carpet as was fitted to the VW scirocco.

@scallyk9 this is going to matter for a bumble bee.

@JeffBowlsby has a handle on when this change in the carpet occurred.
its either at the start of when the LEs were coming down the production line or during their production run. so some might have been the earlier carpet and some the later.

i have a sense of when the carpet changes from 74 L jet data. but not as narrowed down as mr. b has pinned it. its between end of feb74 and somewhere in april 74 the changeover happens.

the latter carpet is called salt and pepper. i would call it mottled.
i have seen that carpet or something very close to it on mercedes benz carpet suppliers.

you need a sample if you are wanting to be serious about getting a bumble bee right.
depends on what you are trying to do and how far you want to go.

Right! Why I've been looking so long and have a few swatches that are not close enough. My restoration of the LE has been as factory correct as I can make it and the car has been on extended displays and has won PCA Concours events...but the pursuit of correct period and model year correct parts never ends.

The closest match I've found was noticed in a friend's reupholstered side car for his early 1970's BMW motorcycle. I contacted the craftsman who did the work, and he said it was from fabric he had from a years ago project. The carpet had been customer supplied but sourced from Germany and known as Hargaarn velour. I've found several kits for 65 to 73 911s using the charcoal version (including 911 kits from Classic Touring Seats) but I've only seen that fabric in photos.

My LE (4742914854) was produced in early March of 1974 with this salt and pepper carpet.