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Junk In The Trunk!

12/9/17
There was a bunch of parts in the trunk that I needed in order to continue working on the car.  As trivial as it seems, the trunk ended up being a fairly long project.  The first thing to do was remove everything including the carpet itself.  I vacuumed the carpet followed by a good scrubbing with both soap and water.  It was then hung to dry before I could reinstalled it.

While waiting, I scrubbed the trunk channel and trunk lid.  Nasty was an understatement!  I am not sure what it was but it appeared to be a combination of Bondo dust, leaves and some sticky goo.  I also fixed the wiring that attached to the underside of the trunk.  I believe there are replacement lenses in a box somewhere that I will have to address in the future.

With the trunk clean and dry, I decided to put all of the stereo equipment boxes in there for safe keeping.  Below is a picture of the finished "task of the weekend".

  

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  1. UnknownJanuary 19, 2018 at 1:06 PM

    Wow... Looks great! Bondo dust? Yeah among other things like fiberglass resin dust, gel coat over-spray, poly dust from stripping and re-finishing wood and epoxy dusk. Sounds like it made quite a protective coating? LOL

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