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I too, faced the same dilemma when completing my 48 station wagon. While the original mat in the wagon had a slightly different rib pattern and no carpet inserts, the sheet metal floor pan is the same. It was my intention just to use the reproduction mat until I learned it was no longer available. Attached are a couple photos of my alternative. Using brown heavy ribbed rolled rubber matting and a modified cheap hand held trim router from Harbor Frieght is was able to mill off ribs to create a one piece mat. While all of the ribs on my mat go in one direction only, I think the next time I would try to mill off larger areas and glue in ribbed inserts perpendicular to replicate the original pattern. I should add this was very time consuming. After milling off the ribs, the areas were sanded with progressively finer paper and the buffed with compound. Note that the only wrinkle I have is where the center hump transition starts. I haven’t tried but maybe a heat gun would alleviate some of it.
By the way are the pictures of your mat original to the car? Maybe you already know this, but the parts books lists two different mats probably color, unique to 46 convertibles.
