The stripping of the 65 Mustang still continues. As I pull large parts from the car I move on to the cab section of the car. Of course when it comes to the cab, the first thing that one would think of is the doors. These things had to come off in order to really start pulling parts off from the inside without the worry of having to prop a door open or just work around the area filled in by an open door hanging in the way. The cool thing about these doors and the hinges is the idea that the hinges are bolted up from both ends. Unlike some hinges where they are more or less permanently attached or welded to either the door or the body. Because of that I could've pulled the doors with the fenders still on, unlike some cars. Of course after removing the last bolt the heavy ass door had to be lowered to the floor slowly so as to not do any undue damage to the already rotted doors. The next thing that I had to do after pulling the doors from the car was remove the front seats. As with the doors, the seats had to come out to open up the space inside so I can continue to pull stuff out more easily. The only problem is that since the seats sat so long, the studs and their nuts were going to be rusted and most likely seized. Also just like the other years of vintage Mustangs, the floor under the seats is actually two parts - the main floor then a false floor over that where the seat sits. That means there's access holes in the main floor for reaching the nuts with a socket. Well for the most part, the main floor was almost gone on both sides due to rust. I was able to cut out the remainder of the floor that was in the way so I can get directly to the nuts. The first nut I tried to remove on the driver's seat was stuck. The second one was stuck, After a while I said fuck it and just pulled out the angle grinder and chopped through all four nuts and studs. After chopping out the studs I was able to pull out the seat. Of course this means I will most likely have to weld in bolts to serve as studs or grind out the remainder of the old studs then drill out the track where I can put regular bolts through to the floor, then maybe tack weld the bolts to hold them in so I only need to use the socket/ratchet to put nuts in. With the seats out I was able to plan out what I wanted to do in the cab on the next go around. More than likely I will try to remove the carpet completely from the floor in order to expose the sheet metal along with the headliner, to expose the roof metal. The more stuff removed the better. Besides, getting the carpet out will get rid of the rat shit as well. It will also expose the bad areas of the floor that much more so I can give those areas some attention as needed.
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