Carpets for closed AM75

[jameswheildon]

Hi Doug, what you are thinking could well be right. My 1934 95 luxury saloon had green leather seats originally and the carpets were green, edged with green leather.

[Doug Reid]

It's a while since I posted here but I wonder if I can ask anybody who's retrimmed a saloon or better still, have an original interior, for a bit of guidance?

I am about to put new chestnut brown wilton carpet into my AM75 saloon and need to bind the carpet edges. Given my car is an early 30s model, I think the works carpets would have been leather bound, to match the seats but I could be wrong. I think, by the late 30s and into the 50s and 60s trimmers were using cotton herringbone tape but was it used earlier than that?

Please can anyone with a 1930 to 1935 Talbot saloon let me know what carpet binding your car has and any comments you think will help.

Thank you!