One of the aluminum sill plates that retains the rear carpet section was present and accounted for, but in rough shape. Scouring the web for replacements quickly proved futile, and even better ...

The sill plates, or the strips of aluminum along the bottom of the doorjamb, serve two functions: They hide the body seam and the raw edge of the carpet. If you notice, we didn’t say they look cool.

From the very beginning when these cars were rolling off three assembly lines from coast to coast the aluminum sill plates have yielded their share of frustration. Because they were made of ...