[bird7263]

Ok.. So I real only have one thing left to do on my truck, (for now you know how that go's. Everything every gage every button everything works for now.) and that is to finish the interior. I am not going to paint the dash or mess with the patina of the inside.. What I want is quiet. I decided to take up the carpet and see what was underneath.

Yikes!!! I found nasty rotted home carpet padding.. Wood blocks around the shifter boot and worst of all RUST!! I know big shocker.. So now the process begins. I do not have welder that works right now.. So I am gonna try my hand at something else.. First off today I ripped up the carpet, took out the moldy padding than began to clean.

To my surprise it was not all the bad.. The usual spots had some holes and wear. Several small holes where some buckets were mounted in. I wire brushed the floor with my grinder got it blown and vacuumed out, then spayed some Rust-Mort on the bad areas. My neighbor is in the process of restoring his 68 fastback Stang, so why not barrow materials from him right? haha.

He patched a few holes in his floor by using fiberglass. Since I don't have major repairs I am gonna try it out.. and its free!! The drivers side is worse then I want to deal with but I am gonna cut up some scrap, bend and fit, rivet in to place then cover with fiberglass. The goal to to make it quiet and keep out any unwanted moisture. I am not trying to make it perfect. I keep it parked inside so this should be easy..

Tonight I will let the Rust-Mort do its thing and tomorrow I will do the metal work and fiberglass. Next step is to seal the floor then lay Peel-n-seal down for sound mat. I am cheap a$$ so I am going to go down to U-Pull-It and gonna take some jute patting out of a van or older car. Cut it to fit then lay my carpet back down.. Hopefully this will make it quieter, and more importantly it will make it much cleaner and safer for my new little baby girl on the way!! And its not costing me anything.. Budget is real tight ya know..

stay tuned.....