1965 Rear Carpet to Headliner Glued?

[DesertG]

Hello Guys, the prior owner replaced the carpet and headliner. The back carpet is glued to the headliner (and falling apart). Is this correct. Is there a better way to do this. Thank you.

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1965 Beetle, 1970 1600cc DP 60HP, 12v

[61SNRF]

From stock the carpet is longer and the end is unfinished.
It rolls over the edge of the firewall and tucks into the crevice as does the end of the perforated headliner, then a piece of ~8 mm cording gets pushed in to hold them tight.
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-Bruce

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[DesertG]

[carcrazed]

On both of my bugs I glued that portion on. Haven't had an issue with it peeling back off. My 65 was installed in 1998.
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1965 Herbie Replica. 1776cc dual Kads.
1961 Beetle 33,000 Original Miles

"Just When you think you are getting ahead, you're always wrong."

[DesertG]

[Rome]

In 2013 I was lucky to view the red '65 Sedan seen here at Classic VW Bugs' shop in person. All original, ca. 8000 miles! Here are some close-ups of the rear carpet and headliner sections.

More photos: http://www.classicvwbugs.com/65rubyoriginal/#

[DesertG]

Thank you. That looks nice. I don't think I can undo what I have at this point.
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1965 Beetle, 1970 1600cc DP 60HP, 12v

[61SNRF]

Is your carpet not long enough to roll over and tuck in?

Is it glued down firmly? If it is loose perhaps you can undo it from the floor/firewall so you can pull it up and bias more material towards the top.
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-Bruce

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[DesertG]

[61SNRF]

As said stock it is long enough to roll over the edge and get wedged into the slot with a piece of cord. I suggest try that first if you can get an extra inch or two.
If you don't have cording try rope or a rolled up cloth of a discrete color.

If you can't get an extra inch or two then?
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-Bruce

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[61SNRF]

Here's an idea.

Pull the top of the carpet down five or six inches.
Tip: If it's glued, and it's closed loop carpet, be VERY carefull not to unravel as you go.

Cut a 6" by what ever the total width of the carpet/firewall is strip of heavy fabric (old denim might do well).

Lenghwise stitch 4" of it to the carpet, with like colored thread, on the top edge of the carpet so as to extend the carpet's end by 2" or so.

Like this now you have a heavy fabric tail you can wedge into the crevasse so to hold the carpetup firmly, and like that should also finish off the bottom edge of the window headliner piece too.
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-Bruce

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[DesertG]

Thanks Bruce. I will hit it this weekend.
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1965 Beetle, 1970 1600cc DP 60HP, 12v

[hitest]

If you have time to investigate using screws(!) you have time to pull that one simple piece of carpet and just do it right. The hard part of this thread to read is that you asked for the right way to do it but then say, "Not necessarily looking for "correct" but easy and quick."

If the carpet is pulling away from the headliner so easily- it must not be thoroughly glued down. Therefore it should pull out easily with the back seat removed.

The seal around your rear window needs the lower edge pulled properly- easily done with a warm garage and a hook tool.
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[DesertG]