[jtdoyleiv]

I am slowly turning my '74 GTV into a streetable driver's education/track car.

My GTV currently has 80s era aftermarket front seats, stock rear seats and stock carpeting. My current desire/thoughts are to remove these seats and replace the front seats with the latest racing seats, while leaving the rear seats aside. At the same time, I will have a half roll cage installed and remove the carpeting. So far, so good...I think.

My questions revolve around the rear seat area and carpeting. I have yet to take to take the carpeting (or anything) out of the GTV, so I don't know what I'm in for when I remove everything.

What will I find when I take the rear seats out? If someone has gone down this path, what do you suggest that I do, if anything, to replace the rear seat area? Mind you, I still want to drive this on the street, so the complete lack of carpets/bare metal look is not what I'm after just yet.

One suggestion was to place black vinyl in a diamond stitch pattern over the empty area. Do you have any other carpet replacement suggestions? Ideally, I could replace the stock carpeting with lightweight carpet, but I've searched online for such carpet without luck.

Thanks in advance for your assistance. It is very much appreciated!