December 20, 2024 saw 60 degree weather so we moved the J from storage to the garage.
I was able to give it a wash outdoors.
We removed the rear window motors and transmissions. Access is pretty good in that area and it didn't
 take long. Although the motors work, they are not in good condition. We will see if a freshening is enough to return them to service.
Removing the the front motors is tough. There are 3 bolts, the top one is hidden by the moon gear. On the driver side, someone had been in here before and the top bolt was missing. I was able to remove the motor and transmission. The motor is in tough shape.
On the passenger side, the top bolt was still in place and it took a special thin wrench to access.
I have been saving a set of NOS tail light bezels and lenses for this car. They are installed.
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The plan is to install the new Legendary interior. This includes a new carpet so we will start there.
The ash tray in the center console is missing the hold down brackets. I made
several sets of these some years ago just for cases like this.
The passenger seat is not power. It is easy to remove. I took off the upper seat back
to lighten the load. The seat did not have the "S" spring in the pocket. I have spares
and will install on reassembly.
The driver seat is power. I was not able to move the racks full forward to expose
the mounting screws. I removed the cushion and tracks as a unit.
After considerable soaking with lubricant, the inboard sliding rail freed up and the
screws were removed.
Interesting, the driver upper seat back pivot pins have Philips screws rather
than the press on retaining hat. The passenger side has the hat style.
I removed the seat belt anchors. The inboard two unscrewed easily. The driver outboard
was tough. The passenger outboard was almost fatal but eventually came off.
Note how well the original carpet fits the rear foot well and the drive shaft tunnel.
To remove the center console, there are two bolts at the rear and a nose nut under the radio.
You have to raise the rear to release the front from that nose bolt. On this car the rear braces are cocked and have only 1 bolt in the 2 holes and sit on pieces of wood. I have seen this on FGH consoles.
I removed the lower cushion of the back seat. The passenger side did not want to release. I had to take the lower bolts out of the upper cushion, raise it so the lower could slide back, then it released. Floors are super solid. Removed rear upper cushion, washed both with Lexol cleaner then conditioner and stored. These seats are nice enough they will be used on another car some day.
The rear carpet is easy to remove since there is nothing like a gas pedal or dimmer switch to deal with. This carpet is in fairly good shape and the jute underneath is in good shape too. It was good to see that the floors are solid.
Getting into the front carpet, I find the gas pedal pivot has a bolt through it. When it comes time to install
the front carpet, it will be easier if the gas pedal pivot has been removed -- install it after the carpet is down.
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