Pricing help. New old stock carpets. Options

[beltwerks]

I am looking to get a fair value on some new old stock front footwell factory carpet mats that i wish to list for sale on the forum. I have one set of driver and passenger Brown mats, and 2 different coloured Brown passenger mats.

I have searched the forum for similar sales but have had no luck. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Dave

[StarBear]

I stand updated, by someone who knows!
So, early carpets, not 73-74, so really more unicorns. Check out Jeff Bowlsby's web site to match the color and pile type to date them more exactly.
Onward!!

[wonkipop]

I stand updated, by someone who knows!
So, early carpets, not 73-74, so really more unicorns. Check out Jeff Bowlsby's web site to match the color and pile type to date them more exactly.
Onward!!

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only reason i know about those early carpets is from when i was looking into that hair loom brown carpet that our 74s have. was trying to see if it could be sourced still.
no luck on that front. did find the black version of it from a german manufacturer.
its come back into style in architectural applications - its completely natural, no synthetic fibres. the goat hairs woven in to the loom when mixed with the wool make the wool long wearing. it went out of fashion in the early to mid 70s because they used to use horse hair, but the supply dried up as horses became less of a fixture of life.

don't think that early brown carpet in the set shown above are hair loom. think they might be just wool. not 100% on this but i think the hairloom may have been a VW thing rather than a porsche or mercedes thing.

i just finished cleaning up a set of brown merc carpets for the W115 coupe we are recommissioning down here. used baby shampoo. they come up showroom mint.
unbelievable quality materials in those old mercs. i don't know what the vinyl was that merc had but whatever it is its durable beyond belief. 50 years old. and all perfect.
no cracks, splits. and its had harsh aus UV on it along the way. the merc has what is called a tobacco interior. really beautiful brown. i dig these 70s brown interiors.
so much nicer than the grim greys and blacks so ubiquitous in 21st century cars. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)