While waiting for the new parts to arrive, I took the driver's seat out and started work on the floor.
I got some nice new poly discs so decided to just strip the floors back to bare metal wherever there was signs of where surface rust was under the POR15, just so I can do a proper job on it.
Found a couple of tiny holes which I've filled with a combination of JB weld and aluminium mesh, then ground smooth with the poly discs. Seems incredibly strong for what is essentially a filler, so pretty chuffed with the results.
Was really struggling to see what I was going in the garage with the little magnetic mechanics light I had, so I spent £50 on this bad boy - 7200 lumens in every direction! It's like having the sun itself in the car.
And then a finger belt sander and a Flexi drive type extension thing for the drill so I could get into smaller spaces.. but I'm struggling with the latter.. it seems to almost immediately get tangled up with the drill itself and wrap itself around it both times I've tried to use it. Anyone got any suggestions? I'm thinking I'll have to make some sort of sturdy wooden box thing to hold the drill while I'm using it.
I've now also taken the centre console out. Found a number of acorns sequestered under the ash tray for that true 'barn find' vibe.
The factory sound deadening is in good nic on the trans tunnel so I'm thinking of just taking a knife and running it horizontally along it from front to back, and leaving the top half of it attached. Then I'll just run the new stuff up to the edge of it. Or even over the top of it for extra sound proofing.