Seat and Carpet Question

[73737373]

2 birds w/one stone on this thread...

Are the seat brackets where they mount to the floor painted at the factory or bare metal? If painted, what color? Probably semi-gloss black?

When the trucks w/carpet left the factory, were the seat brackets laid on top of the carpet and bolted in so the entire bracket was exposed and in full view?

Or, did they make cuts in the carpet (w/out making a hole) so there were basically flaps, or a flap that they pulled back, set the seat on the floor, bolted it in and let the flap cover the bolts and bottom of the bracket?

On my Corvettes, they'd put the carpet in first, make 3 slices in the carpet over the bolt hole area, pull the flap back, set the seat in, bolt it in, then put the flaps back, so everything was covered up.

This is aftermarket carpet that covers the entire floor and I'm not sure back in the day when they were built, if the factory carpet covered the entire floor or just went up to the front seat brackets?

[FirstOwner69]

The carpeting my 69 CST/20 with buckets and console did not cover the entire floor. There was nothing, not even padding, under the seats. The brackets were painted black. I redid them in satin black. If I recall correctly, where the brackets did contact the carpet they were on top. Here's a picture of the original carpet for reference. The cutouts where the driver side seat goes were enlarged when an overactive English Setter puppy took out his frustration in 1972. Therefore, that side is not a good seat area reference. The area cut out in the center was to accommodate the front of the console

[73737373]

Pic is worth a thousand words; many thx. Jim

[sameyrasmea72]

Its funny how they did not have carpet under the seats. I guess GM figured they could save $2.5 on each truck. Multiply that times 700,000, that's a lot of money in 1972.