Goddamnit that was a tough one 💛

You can't overlook the Grink!

So back inside it went and covered it with black, and then used a textured roller to try and mimic the vinyl top look. It's not too terrible.

The original floorpans under where the rear seats would have been were also rusted through so I had to patch them as well.

I thought the old Mopar Plum Crazy purple was what I wanted for the top, but as soon as I got it in the natural light I wasn't quite as happy.

Yeah I pulled the partition too. There's about 5' of the original floor left in the back. I'll have to get some more recent progress pics.

The windshield header was rusty,I had to weld a bit of new steel in and tie in to the fiberglass.

Photoshop sounds like a good project for you to start learning now that you have all that free time with a toddler in the house 🫠

You're exactly right! I had no idea it was the Statesman model. That's pretty damn cool to know!

I will say that when they built them there was zero thought put in to help out the sorry bastard 30 years down the line trying to install rear seats. 😖

20 years ago? No problem.

Now? About 5 steps up a ladder and I'm clinging on for dear life!

It's so obvious!

A true @pftompkins.bsky.social fan wouldn't even have to ask that!

Will @pftompkins.bsky.social get on board with this?

I picked up a bunch of these for for my dad when we got his remains back and gave them to all the kids and grandkids that wanted one.

Timing lights? Are they running a fleet of 1982 crown vics???

Oof, almost as bad as having Fox news on in the background.

Don't you fucking tease me!

I feel you, I've got hay fever too!