Swingin' '73 Dart
Lest you think it's perfect, it's not. This will need to be welded up. This is typical on these, no?
Driver's side door jam, other side is OK.
After a lunch break and an episode of Top Gear, I spent the afternoon scrubbing. I'm really good at scrubbing, it's that Navy training. :pirate:
This is the bottom of the back seat "before". Note the cigarette burn on the left side, there is another one on the right side. :angry7:
And here it is "after". The blue-stain is from the seat belts.
I got the back seat all cleaned, and vacuumed the carpet and then crawled in the car and cleaned the back side panels. I pulled the arm rests and cleaned them up, and the ash trays. I used Simple Green to clean most everything, spraying it on full strength and then using a stiff brush to scrub. After scrubbing (twice in most spots) I rinsed with a clean sponge and bucket of water, and finally wiped everything down with a towel. I cleaned the ash trays with brake cleaner first, and then did the Simple Green / water treatment.
Whew, I need a break. I can never get the smile to sync with the timer. (Plus I was getting tired!).
And here is the finished product:
Not too bad for an afternoon's work. As you can see, even the back carpet needs replaced.
Ugly stain. But again, for a 36 year old car, it ain't that bad. Unfortunately the front seat is toast. There are springs broken and the cover is pretty worn out. I may take the cover off tomorrow and see if I can do anything with it, at least temporarily.
Lest you think it's perfect, it's not. This will need to be welded up. This is typical on these, no?
Driver's side door jam, other side is OK.
After a lunch break and an episode of Top Gear, I spent the afternoon scrubbing. I'm really good at scrubbing, it's that Navy training. :pirate:
This is the bottom of the back seat "before". Note the cigarette burn on the left side, there is another one on the right side. :angry7:
And here it is "after". The blue-stain is from the seat belts.
I got the back seat all cleaned, and vacuumed the carpet and then crawled in the car and cleaned the back side panels. I pulled the arm rests and cleaned them up, and the ash trays. I used Simple Green to clean most everything, spraying it on full strength and then using a stiff brush to scrub. After scrubbing (twice in most spots) I rinsed with a clean sponge and bucket of water, and finally wiped everything down with a towel. I cleaned the ash trays with brake cleaner first, and then did the Simple Green / water treatment.
Whew, I need a break. I can never get the smile to sync with the timer. (Plus I was getting tired!).
And here is the finished product:
Not too bad for an afternoon's work. As you can see, even the back carpet needs replaced.
Ugly stain. But again, for a 36 year old car, it ain't that bad. Unfortunately the front seat is toast. There are springs broken and the cover is pretty worn out. I may take the cover off tomorrow and see if I can do anything with it, at least temporarily.