I’m a ‘before and after’ junkie. Doesn’t matter if it’s a room, haircut, house, or piece of furniture. A good ‘before and after’ gets me giddy, it’s click-bait. The shittier the ‘before’ the better. There will be many opportunities for these little gems during Pop my Ride and I’ll document them here…no matter how mundane or plain. Watch and witness the magic!
Steering Wheel
One of many cracks around the wheel.
Nothing to see here folks.
Engine Compartment
Scraped down and degreased as much as possible.
Clean as a whistle…plus the master cylinder is in.
Seats
Originally thought the upholstery was in decent shape until we took the nasty ass sweatshirt off the drivers side. Oopsies!
Absolutely adorable, right?!
Inside
The inside is totally stripped so we can start cleaning it up, treating for rust and patching.
Mavis’s innards, clean, treated and painted.
Undercarriage
Initial scrape
The undercarriage, all cleaned up, rust treated and painted with truck bed spray.
Wheel Wells
Starting the scraping of the wheel wells.
Left back wheel well, cleaned up, patched, painted.
Rocker Panel
The front of the back wheel well area that was so bad we had to cut out most of it out and create patches.
Final back.
Gas Tank
Gas tank before: Covered in tar, dirt, old undercoating and shame.
Gas tank after: Cleaned, sealed, fast-etched (rust protectant) and painted. Proud as a peacock!
Bell Housing
Bell housing before: This is the engines bell housing, which covers the fly wheel, clutch and pressure plate and is bolted to the engine block. Caked on crud must be ages old but I attacked my first real cleanup job with vigor!
Bell housing after: Isn’t it beautiful? First a good scraping with a putty knife, then a scrub down in the parts washer. Good as new!
Pop my Ride 