When I bought my 69 GP last summer I noticed that there was an unpleasant smell in my garage. I was getting dust on the engine every time I popped the hood so I decided to rip out the underhood pad (that was missing a corner) and hose out the hood and engine bay.
A few days later I walked into the garage and it had a repulsive smell. I traced it to the engine bay of the GP so I drove it outside and took the hose to it again. This time I noticed that the area around the inside of the "beak" of the hood was gummed up with gunk.
I started pulling it out and realized it was the missing part of the underhood pad. The bad smell was from a family of mice who build a nest in there and died. I guess wetting it originally actived their dried out bodies. The gunk was full of mini body parts, yuck!
Took several washings with disinfectants to finally lose the smell. Luckily it never made it inside the car.
Did feel sorry for the little guys though. Previous owner had it stored in his warehouse for many years.
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