I spent some quality time in the shed again
yesterday afternoon, spending a small amount of time on the ’76 car (more on
that later). But most of the time was spent clearing out the interior of the
parts car.
My original plan was to remove the dashboard
assembly and the main wiring harness. But I thought it would be better to first
strip the rest of the interior. This was prompted by the fact that a lot of the
interior trim had already been (partially) removed or loosened.
As the seats were already loose in the car that
seemed to be the best place to start, followed by the centre console (yes I had
to crawl underneath the rear of the car to undo the hand brake cable, in order
to remove the gear lever surround) and the rear bulk head trim.
The parcel shelf is only fit for the skip, the
rear bulkhead trim might be useful in future. So that was put aside, leaving me
with a fairly empty interior.
Next came the body harness (RKC 3630). Most of
the connections had already been disconnected. Only the earth points and heated
rear window wires were still in place. Easy!
As there was still plenty of day light left, I
removed some more parts including the very dead boot lid struts (clearly replaced
for obvious reasons 😝), the door strikers, the rear quarter grilles, and the rear window.
I was quite surprised that the last item only
took me about 5 minutes to remove from the car. And the seal looks like it
might be fit to be used again after a bit of cleaning. Final pieces I removed were
the drip gutter trim pieces. Also easy using a soft faced hammer.The final job for the day was removing the
carpets and inspecting the floor sections.
As you can see are both rear sections in fairly
good condition. But both foot wells have signs of standard amounts of rust,
with the drivers foot well also showing signs of a water leak. Might be that some
extra welding is necessary in that area.
