Tear Down

Time to tear the car down. Two weeks ago we took out the front and rear seats and the gas tank (no apparent leaks - we'll have to keep looking for the source of the smell). Last week we went snowboarding. This week, in no particular order, we've removed

• Seatbelts
• The headliner (just tore it out)
• The dash
  
• All the windows except the ones in the doors - cut the rubber since we'll be installing new window rubber
  
• The steering column to be able to remove the body. It will also make it easier to paint. It was a bit tricky, but that's what service manuals are for

It's mostly interior stuff. Here you see the rear of the car: windows, seat, seatbelts, and headliner out. I tried to save as much of the existing headliner padding as possible.

And here's a view of the front of the car. The dash is out (you can see the original color of the car where the dash used to be). The steering wheel and column are out (the hole just to the right of the switch is where the steering column goes underneath the gas tank and into the steering box). Headliner, visors, rear view mirror -- all out. You can see the door glass still in.



Next time... more teardown