Rebuild the Rabbit

Today I brought The Rabbit home! I was able to pay for the time spent in storage, the tow across town, and also one set (2pc) of jack stands with the donations raised so far, so Thank You everyone who has helped contribute!

After pulling out tons of clothing, old electronics, and other random things that were being stored in both the cab and the bed, I swept the bed out and vacuumed the cab. The carpet, dash, and headliner are all decorated with leopard print designs which I will not keep. I plan to do the interior and exterior simple colors, so far I am thinking black. I found a spare steering wheel, but it need an adaptor. I also found some bulbs and other small bits of electronics in some plastic bottles, along with 2 extra grills in the bed! Wooo~

The back windshield has no cracks, but the tinting that came with it is in bad condition. I also discovered bad rust in the floor panels on both sides unfortunately. I snapped a picture of the passangers side for reference, it's a bit worse than the drivers side. I am afraid of jacking the vehicle up in the correct spots because the rust has made the area weak, but anywhere else is just as unsafe. So I did it quickly and got the front end up in the air for now on some jackstands placed under some re-enforced bushings - was my best guess, then noticed someone else did the same thing and had no problems, so yay!

After the homecoming and cleaning wrapped up it was too dark to do much more, so for now it rests in the drive-way. Hopefully soon I can free up space in the garage to begin more work. Haven't decided where to start, but possibly pulling the entire motor out, and ripping up carpeting and everything to find all the rust spots I need to address right away. From the cherry picker I gat also try to pull everything apart, inspect, clean, and make an shopping list.

More to come, stay tuned! I added pictures to the gallery, and as always if you would like to see progress sped up you can help by donating any amount here: www.gofundme.com/RebuildTheRabbit

- Anton