Thought I'd share a few lessons while I am rebuilding the interior. Why would you want to do that? Well, for starters, if you are bored during the mandatory stay at home. Or perhaps you just want to see what's up. My goal was curiosity plus inspection--I saw some minor surface rust. So why not take the front apart?

I started removing the interior so that the end it looked like so:




Lesson #1: It is not Phillips. It is Pozidriv.

What looks like a Phillips head to you is mostly likely to be a Pozidriv pattern. While you can attempt to use a Phillips bit, you're probably going to damage the screw. The idea behind Pozidriv was a pattern that could withstand more torque. That is probably why I had issues with using the standard Philips head at the beginning. #2 Pozidriv did a wonderful job, however. I also got #3 for the screws that I attempted to take out with the Phillips head.

Here is the comparison between the screwdriver heads and patters (borrowed from Wikipedia).



And here is my screwdriver setup that I was able to use to get all the interior parts out successfully w/o compromising either the screws or the interior panels:




I got my bits from Grainger.

Will get back after lunch with more tips and tricks.

 

I seriously wish I had your 99.9% rust free floor pans!

 

Partly why I got this car. It spent its life in Cali, and, if things go well, it will spend the rest of its life in the South West ;-)