The car actually photographs well, but closer inspection shows the ravages of life in the Midwest-there isn't a solid panel on this car-they're all rusty. None seem worth saving.
See what I mean? At first glance, the car looks fine...other than being a 'fat chick' late model Square. It looks like you could jump in it and drive it.
Craig checking out the new project. This dude is down for anything that involves demolition...if you look close, you can see that none of the panels quite line up and the front bumper isn't quite right.
We started taking the interior out of the car-slow start because it was wicked hot and humid. The goal was to strip the car as quick as we could while saving as much as possible to sell and recover the cost of the car and the trailer rental.
Closer inspection of the front trunk. That hole got much larger without much effort. The front fenders are rusted to the bolts/inner fenders. They will not come off the car via the bolts.
The right side...the fuel filler door doesn't latch closed and the 'guts' were siliconed to the fender to make up for the missing collar.
The spare tire carrier tray thing was so rusty that it fell through the lip that's supposed to support it. I'm not sure how the spare tire stayed in the front of the car.
It's worse in person than it appears in pictures.
We charged the battery to see if we could get the car to start. The battery was dead, wouldn't hold a charge and wasn't connected correctly (loose connections).
This was the interior of the car 90 minutes after we started.
Notice the hole in the floor under the driver's seat...
Hood is off
Still doesn't look that bad, does it?
One example of 'close up' being far worse than far away.
Found a wasp's nest in the right rear fender well, complete with one resident who was doused with liquid death.
The hole in the floor got larger when it gave way...
We finally got the battery up to 14.1 volts and turned the engine over. It would have started if not for the fuel leaks at the injectors.
This picture shows (sort of) the fuel spilled on the tin after two attempts to get the car running.
Then we had to scramble to get the entire contents of the car off the driveway and into the garage because of a fast moving and very intense thunderstorm that moved into the area. We cleaned up and took the trailer back, then went to eat dinner (we skipped lunch).
The rust bucket stuffed into the garage, all wet, as the rain came down.
When we came back from dinner, we did a little more work on the car-but it's still on four tires.
After work on Monday/Tuesday, we'll work away to get the car torn completely down and gone by the weekend. So far, the only good metal I've found is the dash...everything else is either bondo or rust.
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