old car smell- can it be gotten rid of?

[my03]

dang that mk1 smells jazzy! what is the source of it? is it just old frabic in the entire car? or is there something specific? is there anything i can spray? or will i have to do a full carpet and set change to get rid of it?

[gpk_gti]

a flame thrower or block of c4 might do the trick!!!! hahahahaha -- jazzy smell hey??? something dead in there maybe?

[Antdragonist]

aaahahahaha
saw this thread and instantly thought of starsky n hutch
"who wants to smell the new car smell?" lol aaahhh dear..

how funky is it? if its real bad i reckon gpk_gti could be on the money,
somethin dead maybe.
is it a dead human? in the passenger seat? should prooooobably get that looked at.. haha

edit; gotta love how they used karmann ghias as the "new car" in that movie, awesome stuff.

[RedMk2Gti]

hey guys, be helpful n:

I'd pull out all seat and carpet to have a good clean, you won't know how bad under the carpet for 30 years old cars.

[Soundofav6]

perhaps trying talkign the seat covers off and give a good clean, I have heard put a few charcol in the car works. Supposably charcoal absorbs smell, you could try soaking the charcoal in hot water, dry it, place it around the car. Wouldn't hurt to try.

[Peter Jones]

Could be mildew. If there's any moisture in there it can get pretty rank. I'd make sure it's all sealed up properly, scrub everything inside and replace the carpets. If you have somewhere safe to park it with the doors open on a hot day it can help dry it all out and kill off the mould.

Pete

[gldgti]

my gld was pretty smelly 'till i pulled the carpet for the first time and found layers of dog hair embedded in everything..... dang! you'll be surprised whats under your carpet - i've found coins, cigarette butts, pencils and pens, allen keys, small spanners, rocks, dead spiders, mould spors... etc...

[hazards_golf74]

yeah that would do it, clean your seat floor and any thing you can be bothered to and then put a lil pine tree or lemon air freshener in it, being a detailer dog hair and dead bugs are nothing

[Golf Loon]

Mk1s have a distinctive smell anyway. Decaying horsehair in the seats mostly

[Lukev85]

nothing like the smell of a classic.

Look into one of those ambi pures