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This is a shot of the interior when I got the car. While everything was there, it all needed work. Someone had trashed the stock shifter and cut the console and hump to allow room for a Hurst straight-line shifter. The seats were in god shape and I thing that I will be able to save them. The door panels were okay but the cardboard backing had rotted. I was able to remove the vinyl and will be replacing the cardboard backings with 1/8" Masonite that provides a better and waterproof backing. I have kept all the old cardboard for templates for this part of the project. The dash pad is cracked and will be replaced along with the headliner. The carpet was surprisingly intact and in good shape so we will have to see if we can still use that or not.
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This is a shot of the floors after all has been removed from the car and it has been pressure-washed. You can see that there are many holes and rust spots here and there and they will be more evident in the post dip pictures.
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Another shot of the floors before dipping. The large hole below the driver's foot is visible as well as the rust through spots under the seat as well as the cut-up shifter kick out.
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This is a similar shot to the last one after the car has been dipped. The true extent of the rust can now been plainly seen. This is why I prefer dipping a car to any other stripping method. It removes all of the paint and gunk that is covering up the extent of the cancer that is eating your car. Dipping also takes out most of the rust down to the remaining metal so you can
truly see what you have left...not much in my case.
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Another shot from the driver's side after dipping. Check out the holes in the rear floor also. Before the car was dipped I had hoped not to have to replace the rear pans but again the dipping process told the true story.
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Here is a shot from the passenger side and it is the same story, lots of holes. As on the driver's side there was rust under the seat which made necessary the use of the 3/4 length panels that are available. While if you have to replace both the front and the rear floor pans you end up with some duplicate metal, this is the easiest and most complete way to do this other than NOS or rust-free donor metal.
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