This car had been driven daily by the previous owner for about two years and 30k miles. He wasn’t much for cleaning, and had some really disgusting habits. When I got the car, it was full of trash, tools, cigarettes, dip cans and bottles full of dip spit. I’m not one for perfectly-detailed daily drivers or anything, but how someone could tolerate such filth is beyond me. The windows were also covered in writing from when he got married months before I purchased the car.
So far, I’ve removed the front seats, most of the trim, glovebox, headliner, center console, a couple of the door panels and the driver’s power seat belt mechanism. Some junkyarding yielded replacements for some broken parts, but the real work lies in the cleaning needed. Hopefully a Shop Vac, an upholstery/carpet cleaner and a ton of time will have this thing back to the land of the living soon. I’m ready to start driving it.
