Hasn't been driven all week.
Don't worry; there's a good reason.
I gutted the interior (save for the deteriorated rooflining and dash). All trim plastics were scrubbed in warm water and sugarsoap, then rinsed well, dried, rubbed thoroughly with neat ammonia then rinsed and dried again. The textured coating on forward sections of the dash and console proper, is however rotting and remains slightly tacky.
Seats were well sponged and dried and I found a PSA trim spec sheet jammed in the driver's seat. Part of the base frame springing to this seat has broken at the welds - anyone else ever seen this failure?
Carpet was effectively glued in by a deteriorating bitumen layer of the underveldt so I pulled up the edges and wiped/Hoovered away best as possible. Door seals and roof rail rubbers were removed, scrubbed, and hung to dry. The door jambs and pinched flanges were washed with car shampoo, rubbed where needed with Farécla G3 and then treated with Autoglym #12. Seat belts were soaked (not the reel end), scrubbed and left to dry on the folding clothesline.
It's becoming much more "homely" now, rather than feeling like someone else's hacked-about car. I also de-clogged the fuel filler recess drain tube - full of rust flakes from the leading tube and general grime.
Still to do in the nearer future: Clean and detail boot interior, ditto for the engine bay and front wheelarches. Remove door trims and clean them plus buff/wax door edges. Full glass clean. Fix fuel gauge (or its sender!) The paint is pretty well shot, but that can stay untouched at least until the car has proven itself over thousands of miles.
So far it's been fun. I'm sure there are, and will continue to be frustrations - but overall it is shaping up nicely.
Cheers, Adam.
The only real worry is licence points!
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