Findings

I drove the XE home from the workshop in early April as AJ needed space back. It was going to be a new experience driving the V8 for the first time. Who knows whether I will get home or not. Sandra followed me and everything ok except for the carpet steaming up the windows...the carpet? I spoke to Mick the next day and he said "heater core leak".

Well the car sat on the second drive way for a two weeks and I was trying to dry out the carpet but I was wondering if the floors were getting damaged. I was able to convince Sandra to bring the Falcon up to the carport out of the weather by moving the Kombi and allowing Sandra to park the Magna just outside the carport.

In the last two weeks I've slowly spent some time pulling out the seats and getting to the carpet. The carpet was a definate culprit for the dreaded rust. It had left its mark as I pulled the soggy wet mat from the floor. The drivers floor pan was very weak and rusty as I explored with my screwdriver poking and prodding.

Not to worry. All can be fixed when I get it back to the workshop.