Duffman's 79 Spark Yellow Restoration Project

Duffman692002 · 11-08-2010, 08:27 PM

Update time:

I got quite a bit done this weekend despite 47 inches of rain and 3 tornadoes Saturday, and the 20 inches of rain, dime size hail, and 1 tornado today.

I got all my carpets removed:

And good God did those things stink like rotten coffee and 33 years of dirt. Took me 6 bucks to finally get nothing but clear water dripping from them. The middle section cleaned up pretty good but needs more scrubbing. The rear did alright but it's white in spots from the sun, may end up replacing it.

Got all the front and rear plastics out, got the fender well covers sanded, waxed, and polished as per Glazed's method:

Before:

After:

Found a couple of things after getting the carpets out, one strip of surface rust along the driver side floor pan, and the source of most of the stench. Whatever had been spilled there had rotted away the sound deadening and it was a nasty tar-like goop. It was bad enough that my shop vac was able to suck up a piece of it so out came the putty knife.

About that time my helper came along and apparenty objected to the way I was goin' about cleaning it up,

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The rust:

The goop:

Scrapped out and cleaned up:

Somebody tried to jack the car up righ next to that body plugs and bent it, a hammer will fix that. What would y'all suggest for sealing it back in place?

11-08-2010, 08:27 PM	#5
Duffman692002 Member of the D club Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Quinlan, TX Posts: 142 Rep Power: 17	10-24-10 Update time: I got quite a bit done this weekend despite 47 inches of rain and 3 tornadoes Saturday, and the 20 inches of rain, dime size hail, and 1 tornado today. I got all my carpets removed: And good God did those things stink like rotten coffee and 33 years of dirt. Took me 6 bucks to finally get nothing but clear water dripping from them. The middle section cleaned up pretty good but needs more scrubbing. The rear did alright but it's white in spots from the sun, may end up replacing it. Got all the front and rear plastics out, got the fender well covers sanded, waxed, and polished as per Glazed's method: Before: After: Found a couple of things after getting the carpets out, one strip of surface rust along the driver side floor pan, and the source of most of the stench. Whatever had been spilled there had rotted away the sound deadening and it was a nasty tar-like goop. It was bad enough that my shop vac was able to suck up a piece of it so out came the putty knife. About that time my helper came along and apparenty objected to the way I was goin' about cleaning it up, . The rust: The goop: Scrapped out and cleaned up: Somebody tried to jack the car up righ next to that body plugs and bent it, a hammer will fix that. What would y'all suggest for sealing it back in place? Last edited by Duffman692002; 11-08-2010 at 08:32 PM.