The work is in progress

Started work on the Trabi.
It was air-locking occasionally in the fuel lines that go from the petrol tank to the carburettor.
There are 3 fuel lines in this simple, gravity fed system.
One fuel pipe had to be shortened and one replaced with a longer pipe to ensure better flow and rectify the problem. Sounds  simple really, but of huge importance.
Hopefully this will now do the trick.

Next, I vacuumed  out the whole interior of the car, but would still find dirt and dust in places.
So, I took out all the seats and all the carpeting and trim, which only took about 30 minutes as these cars are so easy to work with. I thoroughly cleaned all the seats and upholstery with appropriate cleaner and mopped and washed the whole interior shell of the car.
Result, everything is cleaner than it was since new and the whole car smells fresh and clean.


Next, the driver's and passenger's footwells were rusty and needed to be sorted before they worsened beyond repair and would end up needing sheet metal replacement.
They were only rusted on the inside and not through to the underneath of the car, so a rust remover ( deox C) was employed here to great success.

Then two coats of Lowes Rust primer was put on this area, which leaves it ready for paint.
Once painted, the whole interior can be put back together.

now solid, primed and ready for paint.

you can see the problem that needed fixing

the rust removed satisfactorily.

Next job then is to get someone to cut out the old door sills and weld in the replacements I received with the car.