Ed, I found the carpet on eBay its one store if you look up boatcarpetsales you should see the different carpets or www.spartacarpets.com I don't know if it was the original carpet but was time to go. I have used contact cement on all faces and edges. I have over 25/30 hours into this and still not done. I got a 30 foot long by 6'8" roll of Gunmetal grey 20 oz. for $118 shipped to my door,I am on my 3rd can of glue, $31, get a carpet knife and alot of blades! The prep time is unreal,all old glue and carpet have to come off, plus weather has to be warm, if you have a garage that will help,open a window or you'll get high. Read up on how to cut the corners on your lids, when you take off your hinges lable them,lid side boat side, make sure carpet is laid the same on every piece, I drew arrows on every lid floor deck. When you get your roll of carpet find which way you want the carpet to lay,then draw arrows on the back side of that, so when you lay your lid on it the arrows all point the same way. Put every thing in bags and label them. I spoke to Berry's bait and tackle today when I dropped of boat to get steering cables done he noticed my job so far,he gets $2000 for a 18 foot boat. By far the cheapest I have found! If you have any questions call me 508.380.4620 good luck,I hope I haven't scared you away from this project,it is well worth it!
