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xhaust50

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A family friend was trying to sell this car for $750 with no takes. I told him I'd clean it for free, and advertise it and keep anything over $750 that he receives. I hadn't seen the car at the time though. Ughh.......



Apparently there was a smell in the car, so he put that carpet freshener all over and left the windows down for a few weeks while it was stored outside. Then after a few rainstorms, closed the windows and left the car for another month. This is what I was left with:



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Process:

Heavy Vacuuming to Remove Carpet Freshener, Puddled Water, etc.

Soaked all Interior Plastics and Vinyls in Woolite

Spot Treat with Kids and Pets

Oxiclean on Carpets and Seats

Extract with LGCM

Dress with Armor All





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The exterior was just a quick bang up job to get it looking decent to sell.



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Wash W/ NXt

Clay w/ Meguairs

HTMC on Orange Pad

1000P by Hand



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oh that was horrible in the befores, esp that rear floor, wonder how it looks under the carpets :soscared: You did a good job making it decent again, you might get a few 100s more now :)
 
:eek: And he wondered why he couldn't sell it I bet !

Good job, I hope you get a few hundred from the sale.
 
I am probably going to put it up for $1500 and see what happens. It runs perfectly, which is the only reason I was willing to put some time into it. Yeah, so is anyone looking for a Bonneville?:idea
 
I hope you put a mask on with the interior...you could get very sick with mold inhalation. I did an RX-7 a while back with an entire interior of mold...not cool. Great job!
 
I actually had to drive it about two blocks while it was in that condition. Perhaps the most embarassing 5 minutes of my life.
 
lol... if you think THATS mold... i am going to have to work on an old VW rabbit truck that has been sitting outside for 10 years.... i have to wear a FULL respirator system when working on the interior. But i love the car.... plus it might end up as my daily driver.



good job though.
 
baseballlover1 said:
lol... if you think THATS mold... i am going to have to work on an old VW rabbit truck that has been sitting outside for 10 years.... i have to wear a FULL respirator system when working on the interior. But i love the car.... plus it might end up as my daily driver.



good job though.
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Haha, I'm sure it could have been much worse. But there's a difference: the owner actually drives in this car!
 
xhaust50 said:
Haha, I'm sure it could have been much worse. But there's a difference: the owner actually drives in this car!
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DAMN!!!! And he didn't notice that he could barely breath? And it was getting on his clothes?! wow!



Well i hope you had fun working on this car! I always have fun doing resto jobs.
 
Some floor mats would have helped alot here, maybe it would be worth getting some new ones to make it look better.
 
Mark77 said:
Some floor mats would have helped alot here, maybe it would be worth getting some new ones to make it look better.
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The owner said he is looking for his set....why they weren't in the car I have no idea.
 
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