thrashingcows Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Well spent a few hours last night pulling the seats and the old ratty carpet out of Fernando to see what my floor were like. Only had carpet in the rear part of the car, had a beat up old rubber floor mat for the front. Here are a few pics... After seats and front mat was removed.... And after.... I ended up with about a 5 gallon pail of undercoating, dust, dirt and debris. And I still have to scrape the rest of the undercoating off. Quote
thrashingcows Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) As for rust, there were only a few pin holes here and there and one section that will need to be replaced. Not bad considering. With that patch in the floor, and the small section at the bottom of the spare tire well, that is about it for rust out on the car!! Gotta love car from dry states!! Also the holes in the floor look very random. Most look like they were "Punched" through, not drilled. Were the floors not drilled, or punched when manufactured, or was this something that was added later? Edited January 19, 2011 by thrashingcows Quote
thrashingcows Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Posted January 19, 2011 Here are a few treasures I found while cleaning. A threaded chrome drawer knob? couple buttons, some bobby pins, a red plastic cap (Made in Hong Kong) a 30/30 bullet, a ball bearing, a value save sticker, cigarette or maybe a bandaid wrapper? and a movie ticket. The ticket is very hard to make out, but I can see "Missoula" on one side, then "Tacoma" on the other. I can also make out "Admit One". Kind of neat I think. Quote
Young Ed Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 That red "cap" and the ball bearing look like pieces to the board game mouse trap. The red thing being one of the mice and the ball goes through the trap. Quote
aero3113 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Here is a link that showes the "Mouse Trap " game pieces. Close but don't think it's a mouse. https://www.vintagetoys.com/toy/forsale/classified/381?imgdisplay=1 Quote
1940plymouth Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Looks like you have made some good progress, the floors look in very good shape considering the age of Fernando Quote
58prostreet Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Check the seat guides. The ball bearing may have come out of one of them. Bob Quote
Young Ed Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Oh and to answer your other question in my 48 plymouth there are a few holes in the floor that have rubber plugs. You seem to have more then my plymouth but maybe a rubber plug would be good enough for those drilled or stamped holes. Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Check the seat guides. The ball bearing may have come out of one of them.Bob Good catch, I hope you are wrong though.....in a good way:) Quote
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