Dad's 1989 Mustang GT

General karthief said:

Could the dent above the windscreen cause the metal to change allowing it to flex where normally it would not?

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I really hope this is the case. When I am able to get it fixed, we shall see. But knowing my luck, it'll probably be a really expensive fix...

The more I remove stuff, the filthier it looks. (Photo below was after vacuuming the floor board). I have had to spray the rear bolts of the driver seat with some WD-40 As they are pretty rusted in. But I looked at the bottom of the car and I’m not seeing much rust under there, so that’s a good sign!

We are also having trouble getting that back seat out. No matter how hard we push at the bottom of the seat, it will not budge. Thinking maybe there’s a bit of rust under there keeping it from moving? Or is there a special trick we are missing?

Just wanted to post a little update. We finally got all the seats out (the drivers side had many rounds of PB blaster applied to persuade the bolts to loosen) and have most of the interior trim removed. Some rodents made the spot under the rear seat it’s home, and I found lots of interesting things under there, including over $5 in change and one of the previous owners’ paycheck stubs. I also found a pretty thick stack of scratch off tickets under the drivers seat. Unfortunately, none of them were winners.

Next up will be removing that nasty looking carpet and clean everything up. I feel like I’ve already cleaned out several tons of dirt and still have several tons more to go. I’ll get these interior trim pieces cleaned up and looking new again. One of the pieces has a crack where the front seat belts disappeared behind it, so I’ll have to get something to fix it. I also am considering ordering the interior screw kit because there are lots of them missing from the car, while the ones that were there are pretty rusted looking.

I'm planning to replace with fresh carpet. This carpet is faded and way too far gone to save, as with the seat upholstery (it's got holes and rips in it). The headliner also will need complete replacing, as the rodents used the area above the headliner as their bathroom.