Unfortunately, said job turns out to be a lot more complex than Dad thought it would be when he decided to chuck the dealership's estimate and do the work himself, so it's taking... a while.

In the meantime, I do have these photos from before we got sidetracked. We removed the seat and vacuumed out all the dirt and whatnot from the cab floor, which gave us a clear view of all the rust damage down there that needs to be addressed.

Driver's side door sill:

Passenger side door sill:

Driver's side footwell:

Closeup of the worst of the driver's footwell, which is along the seam where the floorpan meets the side bulkhead:

Passenger side footwell:

All in all, no real surprises there. Most of the damage is right where you'd expect, along panel seams and in the areas most likely to get and stay wet over the course of normal operations. We could probably patch it up with stray bits of metal (I once knew someone who repaired a much rustier pickup floor using "borrowed" road signs), but proper replacement floor panels are available.

I say no surprises, but there was one. When we took out the seat, I found this underneath.

A bag from Stoh! That is some prime early-'90s fontology going on there.

Anyway, work will resume on the truck once the VW repairs are done and the space is cleared for the bed to land. And also once my lower back muscles stop going into spasm. I had to cancel a shop day today on account of this bullshit. :/

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