New tyres on, I took it to a mechanics last night but one thing led to another and I never got to look at it on his ramp. So I parked it at work. Will get there probably after the weekend.

Noticed the boot was a bit damp. Definitely coming in through the seal on one of the rear lights. Thought I'd take them out and silicone them... then decided once they were out I'd have a fiddle and see how much tin worm had made it's way through:

The rear is surprisingly sound from the outside, it gave me a chance to clean it properly though :


Wheel well was sound and not damp, so the leak wasn't too bad. Bit scratched though:


The seem that runs in the boot underneath the loading cover was a bit corroded. A touch of rust remedy [Truston Extra - the bollocks! turns rust back to metal, no idea how] painted along and left for a few hours;



Whilst I had the remedy out, I thought I'd take the battery out and have a look at the tray. It's surprisingly sound [and original] but where I spotted rust, I painted Truston on



I took the passenger seat out to have a look under the carpet, seems ok under there but this pic shows how minging the car was:



SO I GOT REALLY KEEN

Rubbed down the wheel well, couple coats of primer and a couple of coats of some metallic black I found and she's come up a good 'un. Shame the fucking wheel will be covering it and no-one will ever see



After the rust treatment was done treating, I blew over the seem in the boot and the battery tray:





Ran some silicone around the seems of the lights and cleaned around everything whilst I was at it:



Waiting for the treatment to harden [and in between dealing with a few cuntsomers] I got a bit keen and cleaned the old girl thoroughly on the inside. I use this "blue stuff" which is basically an industry upholstery/carpet cleaner. It mixes 80:1 and is very powerful stain remover and cleaner, perfect to properly clean vinyl trim and carpet. This is just a cleaner though, so I use some silicon based spray to bring a bit of a shine up after:







Whilst I was waiting for the treatment, I also got a chance to re insulate some of the wiring under the bonnet wear it had been cut into for stereos/alarms and just worn away over time:



The owner basically cut the wires to take the stereo out in a hurry [cheers buddy ]. I've got a load of old head units sat here, so I'll stick one in when I get a chance [and obviously before I put the battery back in ]