Spent the evening removing the interior and seats. With the car being uncovered for the winter, there was still considerable moisture throughout the bottom. The carpet came up in handfuls. Underneath the carpet, a previous owner had put down sound insulation which also was soaked. The seat rails were rusted and were not going to budge no matter how much PB Blaster was sprayed on them. So, that meant that all 4 mounting bolts on each seat had to be cut. Note: in the future, get a saws-all! It would have gone much faster. Since the floor pans on both sides will need to be replaced due to rust, I didn't have to be gentle in removing the seat bolts.
Here is final result inside the tub. It will be good to finally let it air out a bit.
Close-up of the driver side. The wiring harness for the rear lights/fuel sender looks to still be in good condition and hopefully won't need a re-wrap.
The passenger side. The footwell is completely rusted out and was removed. Fred Flintstone anyone?
Both sides still have the original lap belts in good working condition.
The rear of the pan is in much better condition. Only surface rust so hopefully nothing will need to be replaced/welded.
The seats did not fair well in the wet conditions. The foams are destroyed as are the coverings. The seat frames themselves are in OK condition and may be salvageable.
Here is the foam from the passenger seat bottom. It was soaking wet.
Sometimes when you clean out from under the seats you find something cool, like this Spitfire keychain. Oh, and $3.30 in coins!
Anyone remember these? :)
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