Removing Nasty Carpet Adhesive

Not a stupid question.  I think that's what it might be now that you mention it.  This is my first Lemons build and I've never torn the carpet out of a car before.  It's basically a thin black sheet that's adhered directly to the floor boards.  It's very soft and very sticky, of course the car had been baking in the Texas sun all day before we got to it, so I can see where freezing it would help.

Thanks for the advice!

We actually discussed just throwing a match in there when it was all covered with paint thinner.  But we figured that might be detrimental to other critical components.  Of course the firewall works both ways right?

Yeah, dry ice is definitely the way to go.  We were kidding about lighting the thing on fire, it was just hot nasty work and we were getting frustrated.  We are pretty stupid and short sighted sometimes, but not quite that stupid.

The car is an '84 Toyota Celica Supra.  It was in the ideal condition for Lemons car.  All the mechanical stuff is in pretty good shape.  But the paint and body are pretty beat up, there are no door handles or locks, and the interior was absolutely disgusting.  I honestly have no idea how someone could drive a car in this condition.  The previous owner apparently had a white/yellow dog of some sort and there was hair EVERYWHERE.  The backseat was full of trash, and the whole thing smelled like mildew and dog crap.

Apparently it had been sitting in the parking lot of this mechanic's shop for about 90 days.  A guy dropped it off to have something fixed, but then never paid or called or anything and the city was threatening to fine the shop owner if he didn't clear out some of the parking lot.

I think the guy thought it would only be good as a parts car, but we went to check it out and the car started when we put a fresh battery in but had a really bad knock.  Amazingly the guy had another old Supra engine with a blown head gasket on his shop floor that he didn't have time to deal with so he threw it into the deal as long as we didn't need a title.  So now we just have to replace the head gasket on this other motor and swap them out.

We'll see y'all in New Orleans.

To get rid of the stuff stuck to the floors on mine I just dumped a bunch of goo gone, let it sit for a few minutes and it came up easy plus the car now smells like oranges which may also help your mildew and dog crap odor, or be added to the smell and then the inside would smell like mildewed oranges and dog crap.

I assume it's not "Bimmers Clinic" out in Metairie, since I haven't seen anything laying around, but with all the causeway construction it's hard to tell.

BimmerWerks in Elmwood maybe? I'd be curious to see what's there...not that I can drag anything else home right now...

Whenever we go to the Elmwood Palace Theatres I stare across the fence at the "holding area" for Gambino's Foreign Car Service. I think last time they had a ton of MG's and at least one Rolls going back to the earth...though I think they finally sold the Rolls on Ebay awhile back.

There's a sad tale in every service yard, tow yard, junk yard, and the back of every flatbed full of crushed & rusty metal...

-=Tom

Yeah, it was Bimmerwerks off of Dickory. They've got 2 e24 M6's sitting right in front of the front door to the shop right now, one in blue and one in red. The Bavaria and the 3.0CS are in the row behind that and to the right (as you're looking at the shop).

They also had a e38 750iL in the shop for detailing and cleanup. It belongs to a customer from Mississippi (I think?) who has had it sitting in his garage for a few years now not driving it. It's a twin-turbo Dinan 750iL. Yawn.

The owner's son is driving a 318ti but is thinking that maybe, just maybe, what he should do is swap out the S50 that he's got in it now for a spare V-12 that they have sitting in the back of the shop. Oh to be 17 and have options like that...

Find your dad's (or other suitable old guy's) old crappy wood chisel, 1" works pretty good. sharpen slightly with a file. Wrap handle end with a piece of cloth (to cushion the palm of your hand). Use the ramped side down and slide it under the black sound deadening. You can scrape pretty aggressively after you get the hang of it, and black stuff will be flying all over the place. The older and harder it is, the faster and cleaner this works. Also colder is better, its harder and more brittle. You should be able to do a car in a couple hours, with no chemicals needed.

Crud Thug:

  This thing is pretty bad-ass, we've got two of them and they shred sound deadening and seam sealer.   The Dry-Ice method works well for large flat areas, cool it and then hit the panel with a hammer... it shatters the frozen tar and off it comes....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzv38W1D … r_embedded

Use a HF "Multi Tool".