baby steps in burb world

[Longhorn Man]

But... baby steps are better than nothing, right?
so I got some time today to work on the wagon today, and the weather was PERFECT... light breeze, 70-ish degrees... couldn't ask for a better day. So I was sittin there tryin to figure WHAT I could do... went out to look at it, and that big ass roll of carpet is still in the back. I figured I'd start getting it ready for the carpet.
SWEEEET!
But, not so fast.
I'm not gonna put the nice new rug on the crappy floor, not without some sreiouse prep.
So out comes the seat and the plastic mat.
This one's for you tony!

I already had it out once, so i knew what to expect.

I get the scrapers out and go to town. Scraped it all up, rubbed the painted areas with a green scotch brite pad, dug around in the nooks and crannies, and pulled out a bunch-o-crap.
Had to be carefull here. I'm too cheap... but more importantly too broke to be replacing the weatherstripping at this point.

My shop vac couldn't suck a feather off a hood, so I just went to the coin op car wash around the corner.
BTW... when did that start costing a buck?!?!?!

I've said it here before, but if you put your POR-15 in a mason jar, and make sure the lip is CLEAN before closing it... you won't waste nearly as much. A week or two ago, i did my core support. I poured the remainder in this jar. I then painted a battery tray with it yesterday, and I opened the jar again today to do this job.
I'm still on one quart.
88 cents for the paint brush. I sent my ex to harbor freight to get me a bundle... and she went to friggen wall mart instead.

Stopped 1/2 way through not only for this photo, but to text the same pic to a few ppl. Needed a cig too, those fumes are strong. I'm sure it'll be brought up... but I know how those fumes can get to you.
ok... here it is 15 min later.