Topic: Trunk mat For May 67 NJ Coupe

[68 GT]

For our 67 coupe, NJ, build date 5-11-67, how do I know what trunk mat to buy? The car no longer had a mat when the restoration began. NPD has plaid, TM-78CC-P. Speckled, TM-78CC-S. Plaid, TMB-7B. Curious if it needs plaid or speckled. Thought I?d ask the forum so I purchase the correct pattern.

[Bob Gaines]

For our 67 coupe, NJ, build date 5-11-67, how do I know what trunk mat to buy? The car no longer had a mat when the restoration began. NPD has plaid, TM-78CC-P. Speckled, TM-78CC-S. Plaid, TMB-7B. Curious if it needs plaid or speckled. Thought I?d ask the forum so I purchase the correct pattern.

If it were my car I would opt for the plaid with the sewed seams. Some very early 68 cars at the Metuchen plant used the plaid before changing over to the predominate speckled. With that said the plaid mat was most likely the most common mat like it was at other Mustang plants in the 67 production year. The plaid mats I have seen used had the sewed contoured seams. Most that you you find reproduced just have the seams cut . At least one mfg sews the seams.

[68 GT]

Thank you Bob! I appreciate your reply, now I know what to search for!

[J_Speegle]

NOTE: I too another look at al the pictures I had and as a result reworded my earlier response

For our 67 coupe, NJ, build date 5-11-67, how do I know what trunk mat to buy? The car no longer had a mat when the restoration began. NPD has plaid, TM-78CC-P. Speckled, TM-78CC-S. Plaid, TMB-7B. Curious if it needs plaid or speckled. Thought I?d ask the forum so I purchase the correct pattern.

First point is that I believe that coupe and convertible mats for 67 are shaped the same so that we can increase the number of possible examples to include both body styles.

For examples there is a number of pictures of a late NJ convertible in the Unrestored Picture Thread titled - 67 NJ T Code Convertible - Late 67 Built - Unrestored Picture Thread

It has a projected build date of 5/21/67 so possibly a little more than a week or less difference

There is also pictures of an April built coupe - same plant in  -  67 NJ T Code Convertible April 67 - Unrestored Picture Thread

Looking at my collection of notes and pictures I was hard pressed to find any speckled trunk mats used at NJ during 67 production. It appears that their main and possibly only normal supplier was the one that manufactered the plaid mats. Very different from what took place the following year at NJ. I did find one (7T01C1709xx) example with an original speckled mat but earlier and later cars with plaid style. Could post dozen of plaid examples but that likely isn't needed and we should really focus on cars built around the same time as your car. IMO which I think we did.

7T01C298836 is the highest sequential numbered 67 NJ coupe with an original plaid mat in it so far Looking for the highest speckled mat at the moment

So just what I found with my resources

If you have some close ups of the sewn pattern used on the original mats you can reproduce that with some heavy black tread if you careful. I made a paper pattern that I used to follow that I placed over the seams where they were originally done.  Not for everyone but worked fort me if you a "do it yourselfer"

[68 GT]

Thank you Jeff!!

[fizzsnob]

NOTE: I too another look at al the pictures I had and as a result reworded my earlier response

First point is that I believe that coupe and convertible mats for 67 are shaped the same so that we can increase the number of possible examples to include both body styles.

For examples there is a number of pictures of a late NJ convertible in the Unrestored Picture Thread titled - 67 NJ T Code Convertible - Late 67 Built - Unrestored Picture Thread

It has a projected build date of 5/21/67 so possibly a little more than a week or less difference

There is also pictures of an April built coupe - same plant in  -  67 NJ T Code Convertible April 67 - Unrestored Picture Thread

Looking at my collection of notes and pictures I was hard pressed to find any speckled trunk mats used at NJ during 67 production. It appears that their main and possibly only normal supplier was the one that manufactered the plaid mats. Very different from what took place the following year at NJ. I did find one (7T01C1709xx) example with an original speckled mat but earlier and later cars with plaid style. Could post dozen of plaid examples but that likely isn't needed and we should really focus on cars built around the same time as your car. IMO which I think we did.

7T01C298836 is the highest sequential numbered 67 NJ coupe with an original plaid mat in it so far Looking for the highest speckled mat at the moment

So just what I found with my resources

If you have some close ups of the sewn pattern used on the original mats you can reproduce that with some heavy black tread if you careful. I made a paper pattern that I used to follow that I placed over the seams where they were originally done.  Not for everyone but worked fort me if you a "do it yourselfer"

My NJ Coupe from late 67 (7T01C298649), built 8/11/67,   had a plaid mat when I bought it back in 1985.

Unfortunately it was already trashed beyond a useful life, and I wasn't paying enough attention back then to remember the exact details other than it was a plaid mat.


                       Mike

[J_Speegle]

My NJ Coupe from late 67 (7T01C298649), built 8/11/67,   had a plaid mat when I bought it back in 1985.

Unfortunately it was already trashed beyond a useful life, and I wasn't paying enough attention back then to remember the exact details other than it was a plaid mat.

Thanks for another data point