Floor pan differences?

[i8tokyo]

Hi everyone, I just picked up a 1978 C-20 and it is in need of some new carpet badly. I was checking around and there is a year break of 73-74, 75-80 and 81-up. I was under the impression that the floor pans were all the same from 73-87. Why the different part numbers for the carpet kits?

[mopar346]

Could be loop style or molded floor matt pad????

[i8tokyo]

Originally Posted by mopar346

Could be loop style or molded floor matt pad????

Maybe, but even LMC shows a difference between 73-79 and 80-up. But they show the replacement floor patches to be the same. I think the loop style would be the way i want to go on this truck. I just wanted to make sure it fit before ordering it.

[Jonboy]

I don't know that the loop style was ever OE on these trucks. I had to pay extra for it when I ordered my carpet.

There were some differences in the floors around the seatbelts. I put shoulder harnesses from an '87 in my '74, and they didn't fit the floor particularly well.

[ray_mcavoy]

According to the sales brochures (at http://brochures.slosh.com) the 73-75 trucks used "deep-twist nylon carpeting". I believe that's loop style.

While the 76-up brochures list "cut-pile polyester carpeting".

[i8tokyo]

That would make sense then on the break between 74 and 75 on some carpet catalogs. The seat belt config would explain the break between 80 and 81 maybe. I think I'll give it a shot. If it don't fit, someone on here will get a really good deal on some loop carpet.

I really prefer the loop carpet over the cut pile, maybe it reminds me of the first new car i remember my parents getting. (1964 Impala SS)