Well its been a good news bad news scenario for the old 'stang. I'll lead off with the bad news as to try to conclude on an up note. Bad news - the convertible top frame is broken on the passenger side and someone removed the pump and cut the lines. (choice words were spoken when I saw this) Good news - The electrical system isn't as buggered as I thought and so far I have not found any signifigant rust anywhere on the car.
Started to take out the interior...Wow...what a mess. There is some sort of greasy black goo that just is everywhere under the rear seats. Its all into the foam so I gotta toss those. I might be able to salvage some of the trim so Im setting that all aside. Clearly the last few P/O 's of this car had no clue as to how to take care of it properly. I guess its lucky I came along.
The engine actually turns over too which is something I surprised to see. Sure it doesnt start but that gives me hope. The ice in the cooling system doesnt appear to have caused any damage so perhaps there just wasn't enough water in the system to expand to the point of cracking anything. I have since been adding anti freeze to the system in order to melt the ice. The water pump is bad as I see water leaking from the top of it. That probably helped with the ice issue too.
Well no description is complete without pictures so I have managed to take a few this morning.
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