Carpet kit shifter cutout in wrong spot?

sinistervw · Post by **sinistervw** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:16 pm

Got a TMI carpet kit for out Hybrid vert. 71 pan and 61 Body. the foot area kit fits from firewall back to rails and side to side. wear panels are in right spot, but the cut out and grommet for the shifter is Way froward...about 6". Were there any VW's with normal pan dimensions, but had the shifter mounting froward more? Or is it a total fluke on TMI's part? All other parts of the kit fit perfect!

Thanks

Jon

Post by **Piledriver** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:00 pm

Memory tells me the early/late shifters were in different places... IIRC the later ones were further back, and the shifter was straighter.

sinistervw · Post by **sinistervw** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:15 pm

any chance you know where the year change was? we ordered the kit for the 70 pan part...so it should of been right!

Post by **Piledriver** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:09 pm

sinistervw wrote:any chance you know where the year change was? we ordered the kit for the 70 pan part...so it should of been right!

Did a little Googling, the came up with an example:
SCAT drag-fast straight shifter is for 68-79 models, the angled back one is for <67

I don't recall the offset, but it could explain the issue if they sent you an early carpet kit.

sinistervw · Post by **sinistervw** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:50 pm

hmmm... weird... I guess i have not noticed since we have not had a pre-67 pan in our shop in a while!

Chris V · Post by **Chris V** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:05 pm

http://www.geneberg.com/cat.php?cPath=17_474