Before Cleaning

Here is the cluttered garage, before cleaning up the clutter. Wood, parts, tools, etc. everywhere!

After Cleaning

Ah, a tidy garage, again. Well, yes, it does still look a but cluttered, by some standards, but at least I now have room to walk around and do the work I need to!

The Lab- Before

Barely room to turn around, and every horizontal surface covered.

The Lab- After

Now there's the room I need to work on things, even do some more head grinding!

Boot Skin Removal

The first step is to get under the lip that's been pounded over the edges, and levering it up.

Pull it Away

Using channel locks, the next step is to pull the lip further away from the edge of the boot frame.

Flattter

Prying the lip away as far as possible is the only way to get the skin off of the frame. Even a rotten frame can be tough to remove from a skin.

Rotten

...And this frame is ROTTEN! It kills me that this boot lid, as well as the two rotten doors, show the green color that leads me to believe that they came, originally, from a Paul Smith LE. Sad, but they are so rotten, there's nothing to do about it but scrap them.

Separation Anxiety

Here is the skin and frame, separated. I'll be cutting the skin in half and sending it to my MiniMania compadre shortly.