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What can you use to get the residue from the OEM asphalt/jute floor pad off the cab floor w/o taking off the original paint too? This is on a '68 C/10.
Most of the old floorpad is coming up with a gasket scraper, but there's still this sticky black stuff. Turpentine? Kerosene? Alchohol?

Any mild solvent should work ok. Just read the labels and test in a small, hard to see place for paint worries. Adhesives are sometimes easier to work with if you use a heat gun to goo them up. Just VERY careful when using any heat source around solvents, plastic and fabric.
It may sound obvious and stupid, but check out the archived forum on "the dumbest thing I ever did in my garage." After reading that, warning lables don't seem so silly anymore!!!!

It came right up with mineral spirits. Thanks. Also the accumulated mud, dust and old sodapop spillage --that had tried to start a new lifeform under the seat-- came up with hot water, Simple Green and a stiff brush.
Next move is to test fit of new floor pads: EVA sound mat and aluminized heat shield and let new oem-type repop rubber floor mat settle in. Can't affix permanently as I still have to land rebuilt SM465/292 lash-up and attach xmsn top plate from inside the cab.
I wonder if I should start looking for a new seat?

Sounds like your removal is done and I'm not sure if the 68 is different from earlier ADs, but I've been told those old mats were full of asbestos. A good mask and gloves would not be a bad idea.

Too late. But thanks for the heads up anyway. I remember wearing big fuzzy white asbestos gloves to focus hot studio lights in TV Prod school back in the late '60s. We loved 'em because our hands didn't get burned.
I did think to hold my breath and let the dust cloud blow past when I dumped the contents of my GI can into the waste dumper.
The new stuff appears to be a polyvinyl/asphalt. Do I need to tack it down with 3M 77 or similar contact adhesive?