While the engine was being rebuilt, there was time to fix the beginning rust holes in the driver floorpan.
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Rust around the shifter was also taken care of.
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As was the rust in the passenger floorpan. POR15 sealed the rest to prevent the rust from coming back.
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The floorpan rust had been caused by leaking door weatherstrip.
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In checking into the rust and weatherstrip, we also noticed the bottom of the driver door was rusting out.
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We took lots of pictures of the door structure and size and headed to the Spring Carlisle in hopes of finding a replacement door. No luck. For now, the rusted door had to stay in place.
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However, to prevent further deterioration, new weatherstrip was purchased and installed. Here is what was left on the driver side.
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The passenger door is in much better shape and will be left alone for now.
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The passenger side shows age cracks.
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The passenger door weatherstrip showed minimal damage when compared to the driver side. Unfortunately, the owner was faster than the photographer was and we didn't get pictures of the driver side prior to removal.
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One of the shows out at the local drive in movie theater..
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After several years of commuting several times a month, multiple cruise-ins, and a few pleasure drives, this beauty really started showing her age. We kept looking around at the local salvage and pick-a-part yards for a donor. We finally found one, a 1978 Old Cutlass four door sedan. We pulled every part that would fit this car from the donor. Unfortunately, a few of the parts we really wanted were either damaged or would not fit.
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The most critical piece though was this nose clip.
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We pulled both inner fenders and the sheet metal fenders along with the rear deck lid . . .
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and every bit of stainless trim that we could from the sides . . .
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as well as the windshield and rear window trim.
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