Day 1 Work.

After getting the car inside we started the process of seeing exactly what we had gotten ourselves into. Further inspection revealed a couple of surprises – nothing major - and we were pleased with the integrity of the car.

We pulled out all of the old parts and literal ‘junk in the trunk’ and found an unusual assortment of watches and watch parts. The last owner must have been a watch collector or enthusiast. We even found one taped to the steering column with electrical tape. Odd. The trunk itself is in decent shape with some rust and a busted weld/seam where the car was hit in the right rear. A little whacking with a hammer, a couple of pop rivets and bondo should fix most of this.

We also pulled out the old seats which were mangled and the old carpet which was pretty worn and beat up. Further inspection revealed holes under the passenger footwells and small holes under the driver footwells. Time to get out the angle grinder and cut that old metal out. I’ll probably have some small inserts made from a metal fabricator to install versus buying the expensive replacements.
- Cam