Thanks everybody!
The first post was pretty long, so I'll add this one to catch up with current work:
First the clean out. What a mess, but old cars kinda get this way. Vinyl was not made to last forever and paint eventually wears away. Plus rally cars tend to remain in the state of the end of the previous rally until right before the next rally ;-)
The obvious place where you get into a lot of work on an old car are the floors. Water had gotten into the car over the years. Hey, it’s a rally car after all. On the bottom side, all that gravel for all those years had pretty well scoured the bottom of the car to bare metal and the elements.
After de-tarring the floors the news was pretty good. Only a few places with rust so bad it had eaten through. Please note: this is not your normal restoration. Race cars either get restored for the show room or the race track. In the case of a rally car, the race track is a rock strewn gravel road with boulders and trees lining the road. It really doesn’t pay to do too complete of a job as it would be mostly money wasted. But happily these floors were in really good shape.
Then I pulled the dash out. I love the metal dashes – so much easier to freshen up then the plastic ones. Removed the rust and painted and looks really good. I’ll replace the sweeping speedo, which is of little use in a rally car, with a panel of useful gauges.
Finished painting the interior and the engine bay.
Next I’ll be rewiring the car…
TeamHightower