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I did this last weekend.............. pulled the seat out and all of the old ratty carpet and pad put in by prior owner. He had a few rust holes in floor, all the pad and carpet had gotten soaked and fortunately for me I got it all out of there to acces and plan some repairs, The damage is minimal now but had I given it a year or two, oh well!!! I then took some Naval Jelly I picked up at Schucks for a few dollars and smeared it around in every where I could get to, this was after vaccuming scraping etc to all of the floor area and removing all of the loose rust.
This is by no means a permanent cure, there are still a number of spots requiring cutting out the rust and patching in new metal, but it is cheap and adds to peace of mind.
Another thing I did to my truck when I had to replace front ring and pinion (4x4) was to take everything apart from the front axle that was fairly accesible,steering rods backing plates and steering knuckles. This gave me time to get all of the money together for parts while painting etc. to all of the rest. I used the Rustoleum flat black....about 7-8 dollars a quart and cleaned and painted the frame etc.
A lotta work...........a lotta time.............hardly any money spent.
Keep your eye on the handout add papers you find at gas stations and markets, I found an entire front clip in cherry condition off a 68.............zero rust and good trim for 200 bucks. A parts truck for 500 that was running.................transfercase, 4- speed tranny and all kindsa stuff that I can use on my project.
Leg work is cheap also. Plan a day or two a month at the wrecking yards..................a regular gold mine!
Talk it up at work too. I just scored a Crane Hydraulic Roller cam from a guy I work with that took it out of his 383 ( wanted more lump!) I payed 125 for it , less than half!
Also I got a Carter ( now Edelbrock ) 750 carb for 100 that is like new. Complete with a bunch of jet rods and springs also!
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