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Steve from The Filling Station here with some very sad news for the Chevy restoration community. Jim Mc Conville, the manufacturer of top quality running board mats and floor mats for early Chevs, has passed away. He died of an apparent heart attack.
For thirty years or more, Jim made fine quality reproductions to help us restore our old Chevys. Many of you might not know of him because he sold most of his mats through dealers like me. He was a long time VCCA member and all around nice guy. Always concerned about quality, he made some of the nicest reproductions to be found anywhere.
Those of us that knew him will certainly miss him. Those of us that have restored an old Chevy with his rubber mats, owe him a big debt of gratitude. He leaves a big void in our hobby.
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steve, as a lucky owner of one of those mats, I am in complete agreement...I'm very grateful to the attention to quality & detail that jim mcconville put into his products...he'll be missed...  epi
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Any word to whether or not his family wil continue the family tradition in the future. I know a couple guys who bought his product and were very pleased. Thoughts go out to the family... 
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I've known Jim for 30 years and he was one of the best old car dudes in the hobby. He had high quality stuff and he was an all around great guy too!! There will definitely be a large void in the hobby without him!!! :( :( :(
The Mangy Old Mutt
"If It's Not Junk.....It's Not Treasure!"
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Not sure if the family will continue the business at this time. If I hear anything definite, I will post an update.
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There is a new manufauture of running board mats now with the same or even better,workmanship that Conville had, infact they go one step more, the mats are molded to the OEM contours, There Classic Chevy Restoration, There web is new and not complete yet but you can see some of it. classicchevy2007@aol.com
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I can not find the web site for the running board mats.Can you help? Thanks
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The web for the running board mats is not coming up. Is that the correct address? Thanks.
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The website doesn't exactly offer a wealth of information..... 
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