John,
I completey agree , but judges also need to keep in mind nothing is written in stone. many years ago I judgeed the blue on blue 1970 Superbee of John Grindwald and I'm pretty sure it was blue bench seat with 4 speed and blue carpet. Having Judged at teh Nat s fo ra few years
I've seen the paperwork where it says black carpet only with 4 speeds ( no mention of with or without carpet ) Bur I have personally seen to many cars where it bucks the trend / paperwork and has non black carpets with colored interiors

I also have a customer with a 1970 Charger , also burnt orange int and it has black carpet ( I don't rememeber if it's console or not)

maybe it was a plant thing
my blue int 1969 GTX vert is St louis
the other 2 I don't remember but I think the red int 1969 GTX was also St louis.
But the 1970 Bee I have no idea( car was sold many many many years ago )