Since we've been having some nice weather this week, and today was no exception, I decided to do some interior work to the 89. I finally got around to installing the front carpet that I bought from another member of my regional club.

After removing the seats and console, I found lots of junk left by the previous owner.



After removing the carpet and cleaning everything up, I found a floor board in very good shape.


Before putting the new carpet in, I put in a layer of sound deadening material (aka Peel-N-Seal from my local Lowe's).



And this is what it finished up looking like.

 

talking about previous owners junk when i swaped my carpet i found a gold tooth crown gross huh

 

I just did this to my car a few weeks ago and I only found Doritos, Corn Nuts, and a lot of leaves...

 

and dont forget about the mcdonalds french fries too

 

i just took out the carpet on mine and found a ton of rust and cig ashes. im now fixing the rust and when its done deff no smoking

 

but dont you feel so much better knowing thats its all clean and fresh

 

Nice job with the '89s interior. I have the same year and same square steering wheel horn. I picked up an IROC steering wheel with the round horn very cheap at a swap meet. Makes a big difference.

 

thats the thing about rust it can be cut out and nice new metal put in. i have a lot of work before carpet goes in. im planning on taking some pics real soon.







i just found more rust at the firewall to floor seam. right kickpannel. all the upright rocker pannels are rusted, and teh whole back seat area that attaches to the frame. im going to make some 2x3 framing and install new metal should be prety strong

 

installing carpet was one of the biggest pita for me.

 

here is what i found when i took the drive side carpart off.. i was told it was a "little" hole

 

oh my...

 

i got a peice of sheet metal over it, sealed and screwed, but i am prob gonna throw some tact welds on it and tact weld the one side that isnt connected. cuz there wasnt a place to screw it in next to the door

 

id be willing to bet that car needs to go to a frame jig and be set straight

 

mine?

 

Ummmm....How did you NOT know that wasn't "small"?

I see a missing seat mount bar...Even if I'm wrong, one step inside the car & your foot is through to the ground. The carpet isn't gonna support your weight.

 

i cut some out before the pic but the carpet was in pretty good. u could feel some give, but didnt think it was gonna end up that big lol.