Oh Lordy, I now own a Fordy (a Lincoln actually)..

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Close up of the broadcast

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A better shot of the broadcast remnant that was stuck to the underside of the carpet. And other paperwork found under the tar paper, sound-deadening mats in the rear seat area. And the rear seat with a pristine broadcast sheet in the springs. I guess the mice weren't interested in it for their nest(s)

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The carpet sections after two rounds of shampooing with the wife's Bisell machine. They smell very nice now. Not like "old people" any more. I also used the machine and shampooed the headliner, seat belts, and the door panel carpets as well. It was a balmy 90 degrees out today so the dampness in the fabric/carpet evaporated very quickly.

I reinstalled all the tar paper sections that I took out yesterday to vacuum and disinfect the floors. By the way, the section of tar paper on the back floor that was permanently bonded to the floor was most likely the result of the ambient heat from the original single muffler that resided just underneath that location. There was no sense in trying to remove it since I was reinstalling the rest of the sections anyway.

Ready for the carpet to go back in tomorrow.

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Interior all cleaned up and back together. Smells a lot nicer! (according to my wife who has an actual functioning sense of smell).

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More mission creep. Still ridding the car of old car smell. I removed all the trunk lining panels and tar paper and cleaned it it all out and scrubbed the sheetmetal.

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Then I washed and scrubbed the panels and separated the fiberboard backing pieces and wet them down as well. That way I could apply some 2x4s and weights overnight to get them flat again. They were all buckled and bowed from years of being half-attached and half-hanging. Luckily it was hot and sunny yesterday and today so they all came out clean and pressed nicely.

Looks like the floor section was the victim of a spilled can of oil around a half century ago. Hence the black stain.

I then used some spray adhesive to reattach the backing panels and installed everything.

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And voila! The finished product. And the trunk smells so much nicer now. I gotta tell you, it was somewhat disconcerting to have to climb all the way into the trunk to clean the upper shelf area where the spare tire goes. I was completely inside the trunk and at the mercy of the Lincoln in case it decided to go "Christine" on me. I did place the shop-vac hose over the edge of the bumper just in case the trunk lid decided to come down and lock me in. I did also clean and reinstall the original section of green outdoor carpet that my grandfather hand-cut in 1971 to protect the floor. Still fits perfeclty!

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Took her out to the local cruise night for a celebratory drive. Finally hit the 1,000 mile break-in point for the engine rebuild from 2018!

I got to park next to a friend's 1967 Shelby GT350 with 12,000 miles on it,

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After seeing the Marti Report that my friend had for his Shelby I decided to finally order one for the Lincoln. I order the Elite report which has everything including the window sticker reproduction. That's the one document we don't have for the car. I also learned that Marti has the original invoices for a certain number of cars built in this era. When I reviewed that option on their site, it included our Lincoln based on the first digits of the VIN. Fingers crossed, they will be able to provide it. Now the waiting begins!