Well, that sucked.

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 07/26/2019 at 14:29 • Filed to: esprit, firebird esprit, parts car, Rust Bucket

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Literally. Had a few spare minutes last night so I vac uumed up all the loose dirt rust out of the trunk and driver’s front floor of the Esprit. Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Hey, this is for a 301 Turbo 4bbl. I wonder why it, and a air pump (not to mention a spare fan, dist, and alt) were in there... but its worth a few bucks if I can clean it up.

I wanted to get all the loose rust, carpet, and insulation cleaned up before I start pulling the rest of the interior out, not to mention before I try to get the engine fired up this weekend maybe.

Question though, does this seatbelt look safe?

j/k being held on by carpet lol

Surprisingly, even though there’s 80% NO FLOOR, some spare change was found down there.

This thing has TITANIC level rust. The subframe, the THICKEST METAL on the car is rotten through and splitting apart. I don’t know how its held together this long. I just hope it survives the de-part-ening.

WilliamsSW > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 14:35

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The interesting bit will be getting rid of the carcass when you’re finished.

Then again you can probably just pull it apart by hand and haul it to the scrappie in trash bags.

MonkeePuzzle > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 14:41

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I thought for sure that introducing the vacuum to that floor would have resulted in something more like

ttyymmnn > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 14:52

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I’m new to this project. What are you doing here?

user314 > WilliamsSW 07/26/2019 at 14:53

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Hell, one good rainstorm should have most of it flowing into the storm drain...

facw > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 14:53

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Seeing your title, I was worried that it was not a vacuum pun, but a reaction to the car breaking in half when you were working on it...

lone_liberal > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 14:59

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Don’t let David Tracy see this. You might convert him from Jeeps to Firebirds. 

Takuro Spirit > ttyymmnn 07/26/2019 at 15:02

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Salvaging it for its many above-floor usable parts. Mostly to sell on to others in need, some for my own Trans Am project that’s lacking a few bits and bobs.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > ttyymmnn 07/26/2019 at 15:03

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Working on obtaining Tetanus by the looks of things.  

Takuro Spirit > MonkeePuzzle 07/26/2019 at 15:03

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oH NoEs mY sUbFrAmeS!

Takuro Spirit > user314 07/26/2019 at 15:04

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That’s what the tarp is for, duhhhhh

WilliamsSW > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 07/26/2019 at 15:05

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Yeah I’d definitely recommend a tetanus booster before getting within 20 feet of this thing.  And wear some really good goggles - rust and eyeballs are a bad mix.

Takuro Spirit > WilliamsSW 07/26/2019 at 15:07

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I’m up to date. And wearing SOME ppe. Moreso when I get further into dismantling.

WilliamsSW > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 15:13

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I figured.  This isn’t your first rodeo.  Good luck with it!

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn 07/26/2019 at 15:37

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creating a modern foot- propelled Flintstones car

arl > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 16:54

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The Titanic would like a word with you. Certainly it’s in better shape than this car...thingy! 

MM54 > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 17:11

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Can we build cars out of carpet, then? It clearly holds up better than steel.

Old-Busted-Hotness > Takuro Spirit 07/26/2019 at 20:42

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In Ohio, we’d call that mint.