[Shelby428cj]

Originally posted by Rev
I bought my '66 Coupe in '68. It had 17,000miles and I paid $1700. It was the family car and then the second car until about 1980 when it went into the garage (couldn't fix it and wouldn't sell it).

It sat there for 15 years before I was able to pull it out and go to work on it. I did get it mechanically redone, but the smell of the rats that had lived in it for 15 years was always present no matter how much I cleaned things. (when I first started, evidence was everywhere). Even after I redid the interior, there was still a whiff of rat smell.

When I redid the headliner, that's when I finally removed the last of the rat's nests. They had tunneled up all around the roof area. The only way to remove all of that was to remove the headliner. Once that was replaced, all rat smell was gone.

Since I have a poor sense of smell, I had to get my wife to give the car the "sniff" test repeatedly as the restoration progressed.

I was relieved when she finally pronounced the car "rat smell free".

Rev

That is kindof funny Rev, I was gonna post a tale like that!!! My friend is over working on a 67 chevelle and this car is in pretty good condition, it runs and drives, the biggest problem is it is rusty in the trunk and some on the floor boards, any how we were taking down the headliner last night and guess what falls in the middle of my lap......... You got it a dead mouse nasty!!! It had a little home in there too, at sometime.
See ya,
Karen