Each evening after work this week, I spent a little time disassembling the interior of the Mustang. On Monday, I removed the A/C controls, radio, center console, driver's side lower dash, and instrument cluster bezel. On Tuesday, I removed the sill plates, kick panels, the seats, and then the original premium stereo amplifier (which I'll set aside and save). On Wednesday, I returned to work on the seat belt bolts which were stubborn and the middle two at the transmission required heavy heat from under the car to get lose but I was then able to remove the console bracket that is behind the radio and ultimately the carpet.
The carpet doesn't seem to have ever been removed before from the vehicle. The car has been repainted at some point and they removed some of the interior to do a good job. They painted the door jams as some paint made it on to the carpet under the sill plate. There were two things I found removing the carpet which are rather interesting. They include a Paint/Metal Inspection sheet and gloves left in the car at the factory.
The Paint/Metal Inspection sheet was slightly under the bottom of the firewall insulation in the passenger floorboard. The gloves were between the gas pedal and transmission tunnel in a bit of a corner pocket down in that area. Surprising, you could not tell with the carpet in place. They were slightly inside out as if someone finished for the day, pulled them off by the wrist portion, and threw them in the car before heading home. Unfortunately, I didn't find a build sheet under the carpet or any of the seats.
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