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After acquiring my '96 Corvette, I wanted to share how I cleaned my interior and a few other fixes. The car was a barn find, several rats nests and chewed wires. Thanks
PO's Light scheme 26 years of random junk (pass) 26 years of random junk (Driver) You'll be amazed what you'll find in a classic car Very first extraction
Chewed wires, Rat condo #1 was under the shifter Replacing the window motor New motor Rat Condo #2 I had to steam this piece. It had some nasty old fluid inside. I later removed the whole insulation for a better cleaning
Will do, there's more to upload, I just got sidetrack with another mission... The intake was painted. I thought the same thing, but the numbers show differently
Originally Posted by drcook
Take a better picture of the engine compartment. It looks like the intake manifold is red ????
There is a reason why I am asking.
If you have any residual odors, I use Ozium. Works great.
Track cleaned and lubed 1.6 Roller Rockers- Compliments of the PO Before new paint on Valve Covers Valve cover gasket kit and more... After painting valve covers After painting valve covers
Extracting water and grim, for a faster smoother drying This little tool has been VERY good to me Now THAT's clean! Tear in carpet? No problem I used nuts instead of the lock washers Yuk!
I use to use that, but the vanilla scent. It worked like a dream, I even had some for home lol. Now the Vette has a natural leather smell to it. It's very pleasant and not overwhelming like before.
Originally Posted by drcook
Take a better picture of the engine compartment. It looks like the intake manifold is red ????
There is a reason why I am asking.
If you have any residual odors, I use Ozium. Works great.
The Ozium I have doesn't have a vanilla scent. It is really odorless. You don't want to breath it. My car had a mildew smell from sitting when we got it. The Ozium completely killed the smell.
I too just purchased a '96 and went through a similar process. One small suggestion if the seat has wear from sliding entry. I purchased for $10 some light grey shoe polish to cover up the wear marks. Worked great! Used a steam cleaner on dirty surfaces.
There are actually companies that can re-die and then re-clear the leather. That is what we had done to our seats. Ours were not worn out, but had black spots from mildew from sitting under a car cover too much before we bought it.
Once I had everything clean, I had the leather re-done.
You can see the spots, before and after. These have held up well. We had this done 5 years ago.
I too just purchased a '96 and went through a similar process. One small suggestion if the seat has wear from sliding entry. I purchased for $10 some light grey shoe polish to cover up the wear marks. Worked great! Used a steam cleaner on dirty surfaces.
Thanks for the post.
Beast of luck.
Thanks Boss. That's some pretty valuable information. I didn't think about the polish, but I've been thinking about a shoe leather conditioner instead if the normal stuff you buy at the store. Did you take photos of the process? Before and afters' are great!
Sometimes I wonder how effective steamers are. She's defiantly a gem. And the seats came out great too. Were the original leather seats hard, or was it still soft? Thanks for sharing Chief
Originally Posted by drcook
There are actually companies that can re-die and then re-clear the leather. That is what we had done to our seats. Ours were not worn out, but had black spots from mildew from sitting under a car cover too much before we bought it.
Once I had everything clean, I had the leather re-done.
You can see the spots, before and after. These have held up well. We had this done 5 years ago.
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'96 Misc Interior Cleaning and Repairs
