'76mintgrün'02

try a pressure washer

One piece carpet is easy to remove.  Actually washing it will remove that stinky can of chemicals, along with the dirt.

The carpet is thin and dries surprisingly quickly.

While it is out, you can remove the old tar mats and assess the condition of the floor pan.  '76 cars are especially prone to rust up front and the large plugs in the floor often need attention.  I had to patch both footwells on my car (and then painted the whole pan).

Tom

Congratulations!

Look at that cool old cast iron distributor!!

Will it be replaced with another 123?

Beeautiful. 

(you know to be especially careful of the Cocobolo dust, right?)

Congratulations on fitting the stock air cleaner.  Nice to see it already snorkeled up too.  It is hard for me to see the details of how it fits to the top of the Holley, but if it is possible to use stock mounting brackets, (or make something similar that fits where it sits), I think that will be effort well spent. 

One of the coolest things about the stock situation is the way they reach out and support it at the rim with those little rubber isolators that dampen vibration.  It will be trying to move around, sitting on top of the engine that vibrates and moves quite a bit.  All of that stress coming back to one bolt in the middle is icky fizix.

I have noticed that my air cleaner clearance issue is with the driver's side lip of the cover, where it has shaken hands with the hood brace a couple of times. 

Once because I did not tighten it down enough and it wiggled loose.  The other from improperly seating it. 

The fit is tight enough on mine that I have to tighten the driver's side first, followed by the nuts on the passenger side... making sure the driver's side is low.  It is good that mine is not a fancy car.  Also good that the contact has not been with the hood skin itself, where dents would be painfully obvious.  Just a little paint rubbed off the brace and lid (so far).

All that to say, I'd put a little clay on the far left lip and close the hood, to make sure clearance to the brace is good.

That air cleaner looks really nice.

I remember when you were collecting those fasteners.

Have you found a use for the gold ones yet?

Thank you for sharing so many beautiful photos!  

I have scrolled through them all a couple of times,

yet, not one Mintgrun car to be seen : (

Perhaps they were more common on the west coast...

There is a small gathering happening next Sunday in Issaquah and I think your photos have inspired me to attend... again.  

Will you be coming up for that event? ; )

Tom

yours had gotten just little a bit farther along in the rust-consumption, than my mint 76.  I still have to deal with that area in your last photo, next to the tank.  Looks like you are digging in deep.  Very satisfying work.  THanks for sharing.  TOm